Top Employer: eSentire Inc.

Recognized as one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers (2023):

Here are some of the reasons why eSentire Inc. was selected as one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers (2023):

eSentire encourages ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house and online training initiatives as well as tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions, varying by request
eSentire recently updated their time-off policy to an unlimited vacation policy to allow employees to take the time they need -- and employees can work with their managers to incorporate hybrid work styles to provide greater flexibility
Along with signing and year-end bonus programs, eSentire encourages all employees to become recruiters for the firm with generous new employee referral bonuses, up to $5,000

Members of eSentire's return to office welcoming committee

Industry	Cybersecurity
Established in Canada	2001
Major Canadian hiring locations	Waterloo ON
Full-time employees in Canada	317
Part-time employees in Canada	3
Average age of employees in Canada	35.8 years
Longest serving employee	20.5 years
Hybrid work	office equipment loan program, employees can also use their lifestyle spending account for home office purchases
Flexible work options	flexible work hours, telecommuting
Long-term savings	matching RSP
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $750 each year
Unlimited vacation allowance	offers a no-limit vacation policy
Outside survey period	outside consultant surveys are held every 12 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, mentoring, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)

Here are some of the reasons why eSentire Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers (2022):

eSentire reaches out to the next generation of employees through apprenticeship and co-op internship programs and encourages employees to recruit their friends through a new employee referral bonus program, up to $5,000 depending on the position
eSentire encourages employees to save for the future with matching RSP contributions and lets employees share in the company's successes with a year-end bonus program that's open to all employees

eSentire employees volunteered at a local food bank's community garden

Industry	Cybersecurity
Established in Canada	2001
Major Canadian hiring locations	Waterloo ON
Full-time employees in Canada	302
Part-time employees in Canada	1
Full-time employee growth in the past year	3.4 %
Average age of employees in Canada	35.9 years
Longest serving employee	19.3 years
Long-term savings	matching RSP
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Flexible work options	flexible work hours, telecommuting
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
In-house training initiatives	apprenticeship/skilled trades programs, in-house training, online training, mentoring
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Performance recognition	individual performance bonuses, on-the-spot rewards, peer-to-peer recognition awards, tailored and unique rewards (e.g. travel), long-service awards