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).
@ blob_marley hehe, did not intend to exagge that much.. but I was referring to companies abroad and converting to our currency..
@ECEtoIT
sino ka? hehe… batch 2006 ako from MIT rin… baka magkabatch tayo! magboboard ako sa april pero desidido na mag IT…
@ECEakoITgustoKO
hulaan mo. hahah. saan ka nagwowork ngayon?
@ECEtoIT
06 ka ba? sure ako babae ka… haha… lakas ng kutob ko kilala kita… work? wala pa pero lahat nang inapplyan ko IT companies… wala paring offers… hindi ka na ba magboboard? nagwowork ka na ba? medyo OT na…
I’m a guy. batch 06 ako. Feb 2011 ako graduate. Bench(Phone booth) at Forums ang tambayan ko. hahah. *clue yan. ikaw? anu org mo at sino tropa mo? haha
@ECEtoIT
ah… tropa mo sila pacis… kabilang ako sa bookworms… hehe…. work ka na ba? saan?
Oo. hahah sino ka kaya sa bookworms. hindi pa ko work, pinagboard nila ako eh pero naghahanap hanap na din. IT din papasukan ko if ever walang magandang offer sa TelCo o kaya Broadcast.
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Ok ba na career ang SAP PI? Share naman yun mga experienced na sa SAP jan. Fresh Grad ako at few months pa lang ako dito sa work ko. Iniisip ko kung lilipat ako ng career track.
Iniisip ko:
1. SAP ABAP (SAP Programming Language)
2. C# .net
3. Java
Nagiisip ako kung ok tong career in the long run. Share naman mga experienced jan
SAP PI is a rare skill in SAP… if you reach an experience of atleast 2 years, you’ll earn more than you can imagine.. just love your craft and enhance your skill.
Nakakencourage to sir ah. Mindset ko ngayon absorb lang ng absorb. I’m thinking about getting Java certification since familiar na ko sa language na to and a lot of PI components use J2EE. Would it be helpful? Medyo madami pa kasing things to learn for before thinking of PI certification eh.
maganda ba future sa natural/adabas?
Ok din ang Natural/Adabas, kasi ung mga gumagamit nito eh marami eh nagpapahinga na ahihihihi. Kaya kailangan na ng kapalit.
@Boy Tirador
no joke? hehe… may pending offer kasi ako sa capgemini at yung training daw ay programming languages sa mainframe. More on natural daw ituturo, pero nabanggit rin nila yung cobol etc. sorry I’m not an IT man kasi… what’s my future kaya dito?
Yeah, ung mga expert ng mainframe karamihan ay lagpas 40′s na ang edad. So kailangan na ng kapalit, Usually maintenance na lang ung ginagawa, bihira ung from scratch kasi mga old system na to legacy, Oks lang din galingan mo sa training … para pag ok ka e di madali ka makakuha ng work, marami reqs yan sa malaysia, singapore … pero kailangan 4 years experience ka muna siguro 3 pwede na.
@Boy Tirador
wow! salamat sa info sir!!
sa Rendition Digital ba ok mag work? ano range ng sweldo ng mid and senior java dev dun? thanks!
I am a fresh grad. I already have a jo at Capgemini for mainframe technologies. I wanted to pursue a career in SAP, but so far I haven’t got any luck from other companies that are willing to train me. If I started from mainframe, madali lang ba mag shift papuntang SAP?
i already accepted jo for a SE position in NetworkLabs. 24k starting salary,. maganda ba dito?
I’m also considering taking up a position in NetworkLabs. Just wanted to ask you guys…do you think the work here (RnD in telecom and networking) will be too specialized? That is, will moving to other companies or fields in the future be difficult?
sa DKS magkano sweldo ng senior developer? ok ba mag work dun?
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@DKS panu magapply networklabs
haaayyyyyy hirap talaga mag hanap ng mgandang sahod pag less pa ang experience mo kahit nga 4 years ka na sa network and systems pag mahina certificate mo wala rin, may mga may certificates naman d naman marunong sa actual.. haaaayyyy
@ECEtoIT email your resume to nsn.referrals@yahoo.com. I’ll refer you.
ako pwede d rin po ba?
Sure
@NetworkSysofBiCol
Nasa tao yan. Wag mo sisihin ang certification and experience mo. Haha. Baka di ka lang marunong mag hanap ng mga kompany na maganda sweldo.
4years of working? dapat nasa 40-50k ka na.
@NasaTaoYan- yah tama ka, pero ok naman sahod ko dito sa probinsya.. anyway kailangan pa rin ng may certificate mahirap lang samin mga IT sa probinsya lalo na dito sa office namin anas walang change maka pag review and exam. d pwede mag leave ng matagal like 6 months or 3 months leave.