Top Employer: Sophos Inc.

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

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

Sophos encourages employees to become recruiters for the company with generous new employee referral bonuses, from $2,500 to $5,000 depending on the position
Sophos celebrated its return to work by hosting a taco party with drinks and raffles for a range of prizes -- and has continued with a remote-first work model that lets employee work remotely as needed and set their onsite work schedules with their teams
Sophos supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up, to 100 per cent of salary for up to 12 weeks, and offers parental top-up for fathers and adoptive parents, to 100 per cent of salary for up to six weeks

Sophos employees win the raffle prize at the company's return to office taco party

Industry	Custom computer programming services
Established in Canada	1985
Parent company	Sophos Inc.
Parent company head office	Abingdon, United Kingdom
Major Canadian hiring locations	Vancouver BC, Ottawa ON
Full-time employees in Canada	436
Average age of employees in Canada	37 years
Longest serving employee	29 years
Hybrid work	introduced a remote-first work policy with frequency of onsite work defined at the individual and team level
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 $1,000 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 12 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 100% of salary for 6 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 100% of salary for 6 weeks
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 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 5 paid days)

Here are some of the reasons why Sophos Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2023):

Sophos manages a 16-week summer internship program for a mix of technical and non-technical roles, and participants work on a variety of projects, attend company panels and internship events throughout the term
Sophos' onboarding efforts include an online portal for new hires on the company intranet and a formal onboarding plan, which includes guidance, resources, videos, tools, training and structure for new hires' first few days, weeks and months with the organization

Sophos employees attend the company's Pride pancake party

Industry	Custom computer programming services
Major Canadian hiring locations	Vancouver BC, Ottawa ON
Full-time employees in Canada	436
Student opportunities	summer jobs, co-op opportunities, paid internships
In-house training programs	orientation program, in-house training, online training, in-house career planning services, mentoring
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Unique training and development opportunities	sales development representative intern program (offered in partnership with BCIT), a confidential internal coaching program
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job

Sophos employees celebrated Halloween in the office in 2019

Industry	Custom computer programming services
Full-time employees in Canada	251 to 500
Parent company	Sophos Inc.
Parent company head office	Abingdon, United Kingdom
Major Canadian hiring locations	Vancouver BC, Ottawa ON
Student opportunities	paid internships, summer jobs, co-op opportunities
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, orientation program, online training, in-house training, mentoring, in-house career planning services
Tuition subsidies (related to job)	yes
Typical new grad positions	Technical Support Engineer, Customer Care Representative, Software Engineer, Software Developer, Sales Development Representative, Threat Researcher, and positions in sales and marketing
Starting salary	$50K to $60K
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 5 paid days)
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job

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