Sybase Canada Limited | Young People

Sybase Canada Limited

Sybase Canada Limited employees playing volleyball on company grounds

Chosen as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People for 2011:

By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editor ( Jun 6, 2011)

Health benefits plan	✓
Maternity top-up	✓
Vacation allowance after first year	3 weeks
Flexible work hours	✓
Tuition subsidies	✓
Formal orientation program (TCD)	✓
Mentoring program	✓
Formal leadership training (TCD)	✓
Career planning services	✓
Subsidies for professional accreditations	✓
Bicycle lock-up	✓
Casual dress (e.g. jeans) daily	✓
Employee sports teams	✓
Organized social events	✓
Hires co-op students	✓
On-campus recruitment program	✓

Young People Highlights

In addition to generous tuition subsidies, Sybase provides all new hires with a mentor, and checks in with them frequently during the first six months of employment. Sybase also offers career planning services and a variety of in-house and online training programs. The company also created "AIM" (Advancing into Management), a program to help develop high potential employees.

At work, Sybase offers employees access to a variety of fun amenities, including an employee lounge with foosball, television, shuffleboard and mini putt, as well as an outdoor green space for badminton, volleyball and basketball games.

Background Information

Major Canadian hiring locations: Waterloo ON, Toronto ON, Mississauga ON. Full-time employees in Canada: 223. Full-time at this location: 198. Full-time worldwide: 3,810. On-campus recruitment at: University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Guelph.

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