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Top IT Companies based on Employee Salaries

GigaOm ran a quick report on the top tech companies is the US based on the average salaries they gave their engineers/developers and Google came out on top. I wonder which tech companies in the Philippines would be on the top 10 if we had the same salary information.

Based on the numerous feedback I get from regular folks in the IT circle, here are my top guesses:

  • A lot of old classmates/schoolmates I heard that were employed to HP fresh from college says they have great salary packages. One fresh grad even got a car loan on his first year.
  • While very few developers could get into Oracle Philippines because of the vertical industry they are in, people say they have very nice compensation package to retain their top employees.
  • Canon Philippines has a ton of engineers and developers here in Manila working some stuff related to cameras, printers and the lot. While the pay is not really very high, developers get a chance to go on special projects in Japan ranging from several months to a couple of years. That’s the time when get the “pay bonus”.
  • IBM Philippines was once considered as the top company to work for and has been competitive salaries and a very mobile workplace environment.
  • Very little is known about Lakeside Technologies but when they put out an ad before looking for web developers, the starting salaries they were offering were very much higher than industry figures. I also had several former officemates and friends who used to work there and they confirmed the handsome pay. However, one commented that is “if you still want to have a personal life“. So okay, they pay you good and work you real hard.
  • Trend Micro, Inc. has a number of top notch antivirus engineers working at their offices in Libis. An old classmate tells me the pay is good but the hours are really bad.
  • HeadStrong Philippines. I used to work there before for several months so I have a fair idea of their compensation structure. However, friends that have recently worked there tells me the pay is good and the benefits are great (though not as great as it was 8 years ago). They have a fleet of private cars which will bring employees home if you work overtime (past 10PM).
  • Novare Technologies. I know a number of top notch engineers/developers (geeks) are working there so the pay must be really good.
  • Smart Communications has been very popular among employees for their extended month bonus. Last December 2006, employees were given up to 21-month bonus. Standard is only 13 months. That’s 8 months more.

Yahoo has just formally opened their office in the Philippines and since they are on GigaOm’s Top 10, they might also be the same here.

There are several other smaller companies that have very attractive compensation packages but I thought they might not be able to scale that once they grow much bigger. If you have some idea which tech companies I should include here, please do leave a comment. The ones I have here aren’t based on hard data so I might have listed some of them wrong too (which brings me, we should do an IT salary survey of sorts here).

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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  1. Avatar for prettyboy prettyboy says:

    Hi Huhuhu, hindi ko na lang banggitin ang company name, start-up lang ang company and shipping software ang main product. Mag-3yrs na ko dito, work namin dito is front-end and back-end in short all around programmer. Payo ko sayo pumili ka ng language na indemand sa market para di ka mahirapan lumipat ng company.

  2. Avatar for PRETTYBOY PRETTYBOY says:

    Hi JP, it’s me PRETTYBOY nagresign ako last year around august then nagself review ako. Nag-enrol din ako ng 2 training center and sa wakas nagkawork na din ako as a software engineer successful ang pagshishift ko naka 3months na ako. Masasabi ko na naeenjoy ko ang programming and swerte pang above average ang salary ko. Totoo palang malaki ang future sa programming, I will enhance my skill to be a good programmer and thank you sa site na to at nakakuha ko ng lakas ng loob makapagshift.

    • Avatar for Huhuhu Huhuhu says:

      Congrats po sa inyo!! Saan po kayo ngayon? At ano position I am a fresh It na nalilito sa career ko magststart na ako sa accenture as associate software engineer but I plan na umalis din kasi sabi nila di daw primarily focus sa programming ang position natatakot ako

  3. Avatar for prettyboy prettyboy says:

    Nag-iisip ako kung magreresign naba ko para makafocus ako sa review, hirap magreview habang nagwowork…

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      Hi,

      I understand your predicament. Pareho tayong ECE Graduate and I am now in the IT world after working for 10+ boring years as an ECE. It’s a subjective statement by the way and that is for me only since I didn’t want my course and it is computer programming that I love. My advice for you, if you want to shift career just because of the attractive salary, baka ma frustrate ka lang if along the way, it may not work out okay for you. IMO, the best reason for shifting career is because ito ang gusto mong gawin sa buhay mo. If you want to be a C# programmer, go ahead. There’s nothing wrong with it. Just be sure sa sarili mo na ito ang gusto mong gawin sa buhay mo sa pang araw-araw. There must be a passion and I must say an obsession in doing programming jobs because it entails a lot of discipline and challenge. Most of it is mental. Kung ikaw yung madaling magsawa, I suggest you think twice. You should not think about getting a high salary at the moment because it will follow. Be good at it first then you will be rewarded.

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