Top Employer: Bold Commerce

Recognized as one of Manitoba's Top Employers (2021):

Here are some of the reasons why Bold Commerce was selected as one of Manitoba's Top Employers (2021):

Bold Commerce helps employees balance their working and personal lives through a number of flexible work options, including being able to manage their working hours during the pandemic to accommodate changing family needs and schedules -- the firm also developed a dedicated COVID Work Remote Guide to help ensure employees transition smoothly to work-from-home arrangements
Bold Commerce encourages ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies for courses related and not directly related to their current position -- and the company hosts unique "Innovate or Die Days" (which are 48-hour hackathon days) and encourages employees to dedicate 10 per cent of their time working on anything that will help develop their skills
Bold Commerce starts new employees with three weeks of paid vacation and offers each employee 10 paid sick days that can also be used for personal days -- employees can also apply for an unpaid leave of absence with the duration set on a case-by-case basis

Bold Commerce employees working together

Industry	Custom computer programming services
Established in Canada	2012
Major Canadian hiring locations	Winnipeg MB
Full-time employees in Canada	333
Average age of employees in Canada	31 years
Longest serving employee	8 years
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Health spending account	up to $250 each year
Flexible work options	flexible work hours, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), compressed work week, telecommuting
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Outside survey period	outside consultant surveys are held every 12 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 1 month
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, leadership training, mentoring, paid internships
Annual tuition maximum	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 2 paid days)

Pandemic response

quickly moved to work-from-home arrangements and developed a COVID Work Remote Guide to help ensure employees had needed resources to work from home

Bold Commerce employees at work

Industry	Custom computer programming services
Full-time employees in Canada	251 to 500
Major Canadian hiring locations	Winnipeg MB
Student opportunities	paid internships, summer jobs, co-op opportunities
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, orientation program, online training, in-house training, mentoring, leadership training
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 2 paid days)
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job

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