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I loved the actual work of coaching java to kids.  It was also great to learn java as I was teaching it.  If you like working with kids this is a great job and there are great lessons for you to go though to get yourself up to speed if you're not skilled with java.

However the hours were very hard to work around.  I was sent to schools all over the GTA during their lunch break and their after school hours.  I managed to balance this while working other part time jobs.  

One problem was that management was horrendous.  I' was scheduled to pick up laptops at their main centre to take over to the school I was to coach at.  When I arrived, they didn't have any laptops for me.  They told me to return the following week, which I did.  When I arrived they again didn't have any laptops available and also my classes were cancelled and I wasn't even notified.  I asked them to pay for my travel time which they did.  Very disorganized and a poor lack of communication.

Another huge problem was for their March Break camps they asked if I was available.  After making arrangements with my other part time work I told them I'd do it.  I went in for a March Break orientation and afterwards they said to keep an eye on my online schedule.  I didn't receive any hours at all and when I inquired they didn't give me straight answers and scheduled 2 half shifts, instead of the 2 full time weeks I was supposed to work.  I immediately quit after this.

Overall, the actual work is great but the management was so bad.  They took on more work than they could handle and the communication was terrible.  Unless they addressed this issue which I highly doubt, I'd look at other companies that offer similar kinds of work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Focus on profit, run like a cult with unpaid time to attend annual, mandatory ‘Manifest Day’ for a corporate brainwash session. Terrible work-life balance and no time for external training (only in-house developed training).

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The hours and work overload. Too manny projects with the same people used on all proposals. Management’s objective is to work everyone more than 40hrs but you are only paid for 40.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good people doing their best, but the management dangles an attractive private stock plan as something you can aspire to if you work hard enough to be invited as an ‘associate’. Reward for the few that decide to sell their souls and life to the company. Generate enough profits for the old white men at the top and get your ‘reward’.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy and like elementary school with a lack of trust. In-office attendance is tracked and reported on with your direct manager to let you know that working from home is not acceptable and will be reflected on your pay and performance measures. Also having to record a safety observation at least once per week or you are ‘flagged’ for not following requirements.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working to understand and adapt to meet customer requirements.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Adapting to sourcing challenges.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Diverse, a challenge returning to work after a taste of early retirement.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, handling complex assignments and encouraging coworkers to understand and meet the requirements.

Good place to start your career and learn from experienced and intelligent senior engineers. Also provides lots of varied international experiences (remote and on site work).

Career progression and salary growth is slow - essentially must put in 10-15 years to work towards company shares. As a result, the company struggles with retaining talent with 4-10 years of experience. Also, mandatory 5-days a week in office is exhausting with GTA traffic, and most meetings are still virtual. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great opportunity to work on an amazing project! Great team!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Fast paced work load but great team!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Collaborative, professional and great fun!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy and interesting. opportunity to learn new things everyday!

On regular they don't give you more than 2 hrs of work.  Make you travel far and they just don't care about how much you care about their students.  They rather micro manage you and upper management doesn't care how its like to manage the staff and the kids at the same time.  If your looking for long/mid term i'd say look else where.   They don't listen to you

Hatch Coding Canada offers very low hours to their existing employees, and does not properly assign work due to excessively disjointed management. Organization and reasonable compensation is a huge weakness.

The job can consist of a lot of travelling which can sometimes be difficult if you are travelling 40min away with no compensation for only an hour's worth of actual work. The teaching component was fun and fulfilling. Class sizes were okay but they wanted to increase them by 1 which, personally became a bit much and fairly hectic.

Work life balance is good.
Everyone is friendly at the office.
Salary advancement is performance based.
Bonus payout is not performance based and pretty arbitrary. If you are known to the higher ups and liked then you get something.
Lots to do and learn. 

Have a good friendly environment.
 Good training provided with weekly meetings. 
Yearly bonus, incentive given. 
Staff are motivated at all times.
Every festival celebrated.
Kids summer camp conducted yearly.


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