Founded in 2003, Waterstone Human Capital helps organizations cultivate high-performing cultures. Each year, Waterstone honours Canada’s top corporate cultures with an annual awards program. “These awards recognize the very best in corporate culture,” says Marty Parker, who founded Waterstone more than two decades ago. This year, several technology firms nationwide made Waterstone’s list of Most […]
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Canada’s Best Workplaces For 2023
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2023 list of Canada’s Best Workplaces. Organizations were selected based on Great Place to Work’s Trust Index Survey, which measures the employee experience at each company. Employees are asked how frequently they experience behaviours that create a great workplace, including, […]
Coconut Software Launches Flexible, Four-Day Workweek
Saskatoon’s Coconut Software has announced that it is implementing its version of a four-day workweek. Coconut’s ‘Cabana Day’ program allows employees to take Fridays off to focus on things that matter to them. They work regular, eight-hour days Monday to Thursday, and their compensation does not change (despite only working 32 hours each week). To […]
7shifts To Add 130 Employees After $80 Million Softbank Investment
Saskatoon’s 7shifts has raised a $80 million Series C financing round led by Softbank. Founded in Saskatoon in 2014, 7shifts is simplifying team management, one shift at a time. More than a scheduling platform, 7shifts empowers restaurant managers to optimize their workforce to better manage employees, resulting in reduced labor costs. The restaurant employee scheduling […]
Who Are Canada’s Fastest Growing Tech Companies?
Deloitte has announced the winners of this year’s Technology Fast 50 program. Recognizing the world-class achievements of Canadian technology companies, the Technology Fast 50 program highlights their commitment to innovation, leadership, and rapid revenue growth between 2017 and 2020. This year, the average three-year growth of the Fast 50 winners is 2604%. Traditionally Deloitte has […]
The Best Workplaces for Today’s Youth in Canadian Tech
The 2021 list of Best Workplaces™ for Today’s Youth has been published and a handful of Canadian technology companies made the grade. The Best Workplaces™ for Today’s Youth list is based on direct feedback from employees of the hundreds of organizations that were surveyed by Great Place to Work®. Among the companies on the list […]
Coconut Software Banks $28 Million Round And Is Hiring
Saskatoon’s Coconut Software has raised a $28 Million Series B funding round to accelerate the growth of their market-leading appointment scheduling and lobby management solutions for financial institutions. The financing round was led by Toronto’s Klass Capital and included all of Coconut’s existing investors including Information Venture Partners, ScaleUp Ventures, and Conexus Venture Capital Fund. Coconut […]