Nominate: Top IT Companies to Work for in 2012

Good thing I saw this article, I’m currently looking for a job related to what I finished, ECE, and I want to work in the IT industry, now my problem is that before I graduated, I’m working for a good BPO company and stayed there for 3yrs now, since I want to change career and get back on track, I tried looking for an IT company but they keep pushing me into the BPO side of their organization.

Anyone here knows an IT company who would welcome a not so fresh grad but has an excellent comm skills and above average analytic skills? Pls refer me if you don’t mind

Pointwest!

I think what makes these companies the best is that simply because they respect and value their employees.

i nominated yugatech networks. nice basic pay, and a whole lot of perks.

Synthesis Innovations, Inc. :)

Some companies like IBM and Accenture would offer lower base pay but would brag about benefits and stuff when they come out with offers to lure prospective employees, but here’s the catch, You as an employee is on the raw end of the deal when you accept a lower base pay with more benefits. Yes, your tax may be a bit lower because you have a lower base pay, but then, you stand to lose in the long run.

The first thing that would suffer is your market value, when you move over to another company. they would ask you how much your salary is. then they would most probably just add around 10k to your current salary, when they present their Job offer to you. You will miss out on your goal of reaching a certain salary grade by the time that you reach a certain age.

Two, those so-called benefits aren’t guaranteed most of the time & can be written-off by your employers quite easily, especially those allowances, if they are suffering in terms of revenue. Remember the financial crisis some time in 2009? :)

Anyway,
I got a chance to chat with someone from Safeway, he’s been interviewed for a remote desktop admin post at Fujitsu, why am I there? because I was interviewed as well, but for a different IT position.. LOL

Anyway, the guy said that the pay in Safeway is “ok”, but the work is toxic!

there’s only a few of them in their team and there’s always a deluge of problem tickets everyday. and their boss doesn’t seem to want to add more people to lighten their load. (sinusulit)

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@Sir Yuga,

Aside from those criteria that you mentioned, maybe you might wanna include “Work Toxicity” to rank the companies.

As there really are companies who makes their employees work for every centavo they are paid for, even if the base pay isn’t really something to brag about(sinusulit).

Every employer should realize that there should be work-life-balance, in some companies, there’s only work-work balance.

What I mean is, in some companies, they make it hard for their employees to take a leave from work. They reason out that the others left at the office would have to work double-time when someone takes a leave… and that shouldn’t be the case.

Companies that I know of who are like that, are those BPOs (read: call centers who hires people not to take in calls, but to work for IT outsourcing jobs)

I work with Emerson and I should say it’s one of the best multinational companies around. Sobrang hirap makapasok if you are into IT. In my experience, I had a total of 8 screenings. They invest on their employees by sending them to trainings, ikaw na mismo ang aayaw minsan sa sobrang gusto nilang ipadala ka for training. Pay, very good. Benefits, good but not much for the HMO. Lalo na kung Single ka. Environment is ok, family-oriented sila. One not-so-good about the company is that they may be VERY stable, pero they observe cost-cutting once in a while (which is normal for other US-based corps.)

I nominate FactSet. It is included in the Fortune 100 companies and has an office here in McKinley. Been working here for 8 months and I must say I have grown a lot technically. People here are also friendly and accommodating. These includes bosses from US, UK, and India. Compensation is very competitive. We can work from home once a week. I just love this company and I think I’m gonna stay here in the long run.

Deltek (Systems) Philippines Ltd.

If you are worthy enough, they will surely give your asking salary.

The benefits we are enjoying right now (applied to all employees, commence on your start date and not after you have been a regular employee):
(1) Life Insurance
(2) HMO (with 2 dependents and no participation fee for both of them – can be parents for single)
(3) 14th Month Pay
(4) Longevity Pay
(5) Quarterly Bonus
(6) All kinds of Allowances that you can think of (included in your pay and no receipts needed): Rice Allowance, Transportation Allowance, Laundry Allowance, Clothing Allowance)
(7) Night Differential (15%)
(8) Overtime Pay (with transportation and hardship allowance; you can still have OT Pay even working from home)
(9) Work from Home/Offset/Flexible Hours
(10) 15 VLs / 15 SLs (if unused converted to cash)
(11) Shuttle Service for Midshift/Night Shift
(12) P10,000 a year (medicine/vaccine reimbursement)
(13) Deltek University (enroll for training)
(14) Library and Gym at the office
(15) Good Management (they conduct focus groups, meet the leaders, etc so you can raise any issues that you might have)

What can you asked for! :)

ACS love ur own lol! Im working from home 5days a week.. :)

Hi Everyone,

How about Chevron Shared Services, I heard 90% ng IT positions nila ay fixed shift, (8AM-5PM) I want to confirm because I’m done with a shifting schedule, nakakapagod na..

Thank you!

You may consider Philip Morris, coz they have one of the best trainings there is, when it comes to training IT staffs.

They send them to Australia or wherever it is abroad for 5 months training, and then the employees have lots of other bonuses and perks.

May car plan pa sa ibang IT positions.

As for HP Philippines, they have taxi reimbursements everyday, one way lang yun, may IT certifications for free, meron mga things na pwede mong i-reimburse, like medicines, clothing, prescription eye glasses, rice, except shoes.

meron din work from home, especially noong bagyo, coz employees are issued with laptops.

you can move from one IT specialization to another, (i.e. Windows servers to Unix or to SAP or Network), So in a way, marami kang matututunan, all within the company.

Promotion is fast, very nice office, may free coffee LOL…

Non-BPO kind of management…
Yun bang nde toxic at para kang sinasakal.
at andaming bawal.

Wala nga lang sleep rooms.

Deltek Systems (Philippines)

Accenture – Mga may asawa at anak maganda ang maxicare card nila. Believe me! I think it’s 400K at bihira gumawa ng excuses ang mga hospitals kung covered ang sakit or hindi. Believe me ito ang isa sa pinaka maganda nilang package.

Pay – 13th and 14th Month pay, health bonus, Local Variable Pay, christmas bonus, medical allowance

at kung ano ano pa… tinatamad na ako mag type. Nagtrabaho na ako jan pero nagsisi ako. Accenture is not for fresh grads, lalo na kung CS or IT grad ka. itatapon ka na lang nila kung saan ang may kelangan na position.

Sasabihin nila pde naman magpa retool sa gusto mo na IT Field pero aabutin ka pa ng 2 – 3 years or minsan papaasahin ka na lang. Tumatanggap sila ng ibang course biology,nursing, nakakainsulto pag ganun lalo na pag sa coding position pa at aanga anga pag nasa trabaho na. Kung bihasa ka na sa coding yung tipong alam mo na ang mga intermediate knowledge like Data structures, design patterns eh lugi ka kasi naman mga noobs pa kasama mo. Training nila siguro mga 2weeks – 1month mga basic knowledge lang.

At tsaka pala kahit may experience ka na baka itapon ka sa hindi related sa past experience mo. Of course bihira mangyari pero pag malas malas ka eh Sorry na lang. Say for example .Net ka sa Avanade tapos bigla na full at walang project itatapon ka nila sa Java. Good luck sir! Of course wala namang issue kapag magaling ka na programmer pero kung gusto mo magspecialize eh olats ka.

Umalis ako kasi ayaw ko Managerial work mas gusto ko mas technical. Of course depende yan sa choices mo pero iba talaga pag coding na.

Don’t get me wrong! Maganda ang Accenture sa pay at incentives pero kung priority mo eh yung matuto then wag ka dito. Usually mga kasama mo eh mga lakwatsero lakwatsera yung tipong laging lakwatsa. Maswerte ka pag may nakasama kang “geek” at mag tuturo sayo ng advance knowledge sa programming.

Ang depensa nila eh, “Trainings” pero on my standards di ko masasabing high quality training(s) ang training nila. Yung tipo bang nagbabasa lang ng notes.

Bottom Line, Wag ka sa accenture kung gusto mo matuto at magpaka henyo. Pero kung goal mo lang eh may mataas na pay eh dito ka na. Yearly may increase. from 16K na sweldo ko umabot ng 26K after a year. Imagine kung tumagal ako siguro mga 30K – 40K ang sweldo ko at wala pa jan ang mga perks at incentives.