Top Employer: QHR Technologies

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

Here are some of the reasons why QHR Technologies was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2021):

QHR Technologies encourages employee volunteerism with up to 4 paid days off to volunteer annually and partners with the "Pathways" initiative, which works with local businesses and organizations to create employment opportunities for individuals with diverse abilities
QHR Technologies invests in the education of current and future generations with tuition subsidies for employees who want to further their education (to $1,500 annually) and academic scholarships for children of employees (up to $1,000 per year per child)
QHR Technologies supports employees who want to start a family with maternity leave top-up for new mothers (to 75 per cent of salary for up to 17 weeks) and parental top-up for fathers and adoptive parents (to 75 per cent of salary for up to 11 weeks)

Members of QHR Technologies' marketing team hold a meeting (Photo credit: Darren Hull)

Industry	Computer systems design services
Established in Canada	1997
Parent company	Loblaw Companies Ltd.
Parent company head office	Brampton ON
Major Canadian hiring locations	Kelowna BC, Vancouver BC, Toronto ON, Calgary AB
Full-time employees in Canada	483
Part-time employees in Canada	10
Average age of employees in Canada	37 years
Longest serving employee	22 years
Long-term savings	defined-contribution (DC) pension
Flexible work options	flexible work hours, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), compressed work week, telecommuting
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 2 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Outside survey period	outside consultant surveys are held every 6 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $1,500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 4 paid days)

A client service analyst at QHR Technologies

Industry	Computer systems design services
Full-time employees in Canada	251 to 500
Parent company	Loblaw Companies Ltd.
Parent company head office	Brampton ON
Major Canadian hiring locations	Kelowna BC, Vancouver BC, Toronto ON, Calgary AB
Student opportunities	summer jobs, co-op placements in software development, co-op opportunities
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, orientation program, online training, in-house training, in-house career planning services
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $1,500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Typical new grad positions	Junior Software Developer, Client Service Analyst
Starting salary	$40K to $45K
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting, transit subsidies, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 4 paid days)
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 2 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job

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