The good and the bad - Software Consultant Northforge Innovations Employee Review

Downtown office and parking is good. It's ok for someone who just needs a job.

By nature, it's more like recruiting agent finding people as subcontractor to embed in client's team. This is ok but so-claimed career development is just like a joke as nearly zero investment on technology. Embedded team is still not bad, but the worst case is that occasionally they get a in-house development contract (usually a few months coding project in random subjects), then start recruiting and rush to start. The management skill and industry knowledge is far from being enough to properly organize and get things done. They want to please customer, but have no means to understand what the real requirements are. It often ends up with panic, complain and excuse, just a big waste of time. As a consequence there is very poor or no engineering or project capability without engaging end-use and long term investment in one thing as a business should do.

Enjoy working here both professionally and personally. You can work for different projects and build your expertise not in a single area but in many areas. The management is very attentive to employees preferences and always helps in finding the best solution. Very nice atmosphere in the office. Compensation is very competitive.

Location, for the employees living on the other side of the river. But the number of Pros outweigh this problem, and considering you have flexible hours and do not have to be on the road in the rush hours, it's not that bad at all. Benefits package is not the best and RRSP matching would be a nice add-on.