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Sophos Inc.
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Sophos employees at a Halloween party
Chosen as one of British Columbia's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
- supports a variety of local, national and international charitable initiatives each year and encourages employee volunteerism with paid time off to volunteer with their favorite community organization
- offers maternity and parental leave top-up payments to employees who are new mothers or fathers (including adoptive parents) as well as extended health benefits coverage throughout the duration of their leave and flexible hours for when they are ready to return to work
- provides compassionate leave top-up payments for employees who are called upon to care for a loved one (to 100% of salary for 4 weeks)
- helps employees save for the future with contributions to a matching RSP plan (to 3% of salary)
- invests in continued skills development with a range of in-house and online training programs, paid internship opportunities and subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation
- the company-subsidized social committee organizes a number of events throughout the year such as weekly rooftop barbecues during the summer, holiday parties with dinner and dancing, and an annual summer social which took employees on a boat cruise in 2011
Background Information
Industry:
Custom Computer Programming Services.
Major Canadian hiring locations:
Vancouver BC.
Established:
1985.
Parent company:
Sophos PLC.
Full-time employees in Canada:
190.
Full-time at this location:
188.
Full-time worldwide:
1,767.
Longest serving employee:
19 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:
5,500.
Average age of all employees:
36.
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