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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Hi, just wanna ask, anyone here have any idea regarding compensation packages in Towers Watson?
Thanks in advance!!!
Haizt hirap tlga mag hanap ng IT works kpag 1 yr exp lang..
skill ko..
1, Mandriva linux, Windows user, Kubuntu linux user,
2, Expert in MYSQL, PHP, C++, Javascript, VB.net, HTML.
3, Linux Addministrator.
4, System Developer.
5, Apache, Fillezilla Server.
6, Computer and hardware trouble shooting..
Nsa aken na nga lahat kaso wla eh hirap prn mag apply..
the question is, alam mo lahat pero gano ka ba kabihasa? malay mo dun ka bumagsak during interview…
Nasayo na pala ang lahat eh.. Ikaw na! hehe, peace.
oo nga nasa sayo na lahat ikaw na ang bagong idol ko… ehehehe joke
Hai hrap fresh grad wlang alam coe pa man din ako… :( 2long gusto ko matuto ng ibat ibang programing language
@Novice
di mahirap ang fresh grad kung may alam ka. whatever your knowledge-base is after you graduated, ay dahil din sa iyo. kaya sabi ng mga magulang natin ay mag-aral ng mabuti. kasi pagka-graduate mo, there would be a large of numbers like you dreaming to be placed in a job. and malaki ang chance na manalo ng fresh grad na naging competetive. aminin natin, kahit di ka magaling pwde ka maka-graduate – amen? pero di lang basta maka-hawak ng diploma ang usapan dito. dapat naging mahusay ka or dapat may alam ka kc yan ang kelangan mo pagtawid mo sa kabilang mundo… ang tinatawag na corporate world. now, baka sisihin ng iba, eh kasi pangit sa skul namin… ke panget or maganda ang skul, nasa tao yan. lalo pa ngayon na internet-age na tayo. most information is free. pangit sa skul nyo? eh magaral ka via self-study…
i’m a living example. gs2 ko maging programmer pero jologs ang mga language na tinuro sa amin. java ang isang hot programming language, pero wala sa curriculum namin yan. when i started java, isa akong total mang-mang (aka super noob). should i blame my school for not having it in our curriculum? well, i did the other way, i self-studied. kung nung dati ang alam ko lang na java ay ung cave man… ngayon, 6digiter na ako…
Our company(Top IT Company) is in need of qualified employees for the ff positions:
1. Web Developer
2. Software Developer
-With working experience in C++ or C#
-Atleast 2 years working experience
-Kindly email your resume at [email protected]
wala ba dito nga hahanap ng sysad? nag hahanap ako ng mapapasukan… dito sa bikol ok na sahod parang nasa ibang bansa ka na rin pero walang staff dev… wala na hanggang server administration ka na lang microsoft pa.. i am running 5 blade servers.. SQL, Exchange, PDC, BDC… and other softwares….. gusto ko naman ng bago.. and with at least doubled my salary
@sys.net admin-bikol
taga bikol rin ako…
ano company mo sa bikol? bka meron pa sa company ko dito manila..PM mo na lng ako sa email ad ko:[email protected]
@bertIT sain po kamo na kompanya naga trabaho? [email protected] email add ko po
We’re looking for experienced Developers (any) who are willing to segue to Peoplesoft. If interested, please email your resume to [email protected].
Thank you!
i refer nyo naman ako. IT graduate and experienced as Technical engineer and Tech support sa call center. Im looking for service desk position. [email protected] salamat.
Hi all,
I want to share the growth of my compensation with a 1 year of experience Business Intelligence and Datawarehousing.
June2010: starting salary 24k
May2011: 26k
Transferred to a new company July2010:40k
Tools and Technologies that i’m familiar with: SAP Business Objects XI, Informatica, SSRS,SSIS,SSAS.
:)
BI-Man, bumalik ung date mo
[Erratum] July 2011: 40k :)
just want to share, i started with 12k as a trainee and after 3yrs and 5mons it rockected up to 120k, i currently held a senior post now…
laki naman ng tinaas ng sweldo mo… imagine from 12k to 120k?
kaiba yan ha. sa 10yrs ko sa recruitment, parang never pa ako nakakita ng recruiter na papayag sa ganyan kataas agad considering 3yrs ka pa lang. and considering the economic crunch happening now…
reminder lang po sa mga ngpo-post d2… don’t post lies… kc misleading sa ibang tao na ginagawang reference itong thread na ito…
yup, i don’t believe this guy either…
please don’t post lies here…
respect this thread!
Actually posible naman cguro yan, ako 1 year experience ko sa Business Intelligence and nagkaroon ako ng J.O worth 80k net pero contractual yung position and nightshift.
@hr recruiter: If I’m going to look for another job, I’ll contact you… ;-)
sure no prob. hope you’d impress me. because if not, then i will go back here and tell the truth
wow buti pa kayo, buti pa kayo.. iba talaga pag nasa development team ka kesa maging netsys admin. pahirapan at pa swertehan lang ang magandang sahod.
mag software na rin kaya ako .. hehehehehe
Our company(TERADATA) is in need of competitive individuals for DBA, ETL/Sr Consultant Positions:
-Minimum of 1-2 years of experience working with an ETL tool.
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Kindly email your resume at [email protected] for faster processing of application. We are mass hiring.
Hi To All,
Sa lahat po nang gusto mag-apply sa Trend Micro, paki send lang resume nio sa akin, foforward ko sa HR namin. Eto po email address ko [email protected]
See Below List of Open Positions:
> Threat Response Engineer
> Japanese SPOC Engineer
> Software Developer
> Team Leader
> Operations Manager
> Solutions Consultant
Again, please send your resume to [email protected]
Goodluck and Godbless..:)
hi schuchz,
how much po starting salary for Software Developer w/ 3yrs. exp. sa inyo?
Thanks…
hi mr. curious,
Im sorry I can’t answer your question as I am not part of SDev Team in Trend. If you want, you can send your resume on my email so I can forward it directly to our HR. They will be the one to contact you then.
Cheers..:)
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Telecoms Software Tester
Production Management Operations Analyst – Webhosting
MS Windows 7 Service Desk Specialist
Associate Software engineer
If you want to apply for any of these positions please email at [email protected] and include the position that you want..
i’m doing this because i want to help…tnx
oracle taguig ka ba? 15, 16, 17?
for all engineering na gusto ng career sa IT, pwede namang huwag na mag-board exam…instead of waisting your 6 months for the review ituun nyo na lng enerhiya nyo sa pagpacertify well rewarding naman ang certification kumpara sa walang kwenta at MADUMING-PUNO-NG-DAYAANG boardexam ng ECE…
hehe
peace sa lahat ng ECE, ece din ako guys hehe but sadly that’s the truth that we seldomly accept for ourselves bec. we have the pride na engineer tayo, pero tingnan natin kong gano KA-DUMI boardexam natin ngayon? (ECEs could attest to this, so dun sa hindi ece ngayon alam nyo na sikretong malupet ng ECE board of examiners mga bayaran haha!!) Long ago our fathers are very proud na ECE sila because they have dignity of passing the board without cheating pero ngayon kahit bobo pumapasa na,tpos pagdating sa trabaho talo pa tayo sa swleldo na mga nasa IT… so IT rocks, thanks to IT that we ece could find a better opportunity…thank you IT! hehe peace
@KeplerTheIT
parang kilala kita… hehehe
Hi I graduated COE but yung 1st job ko and up to now, more on content solutions…not really techy…4 years after, honestly do you think I still have a chance to shift back…prang gusto ko mg try sa trend micro…Threat Response Engineer…thank you I found this thread!
@guen
pareho tayo… nakita ko lng din tong thread na ito…
ngbackread ako and tamang tama sa iyo ito:
ex-novice says:
Sun, June 19 at 1:26 am
@Novice
di mahirap ang fresh grad kung may alam ka. whatever your knowledge-base is after you graduated, ay dahil din sa iyo. kaya sabi ng mga magulang natin ay mag-aral ng mabuti. kasi pagka-graduate mo, there would be a large of numbers like you dreaming to be placed in a job. and malaki ang chance na manalo ng fresh grad na naging competetive. aminin natin, kahit di ka magaling pwde ka maka-graduate – amen? pero di lang basta maka-hawak ng diploma ang usapan dito. dapat naging mahusay ka or dapat may alam ka kc yan ang kelangan mo pagtawid mo sa kabilang mundo… ang tinatawag na corporate world. now, baka sisihin ng iba, eh kasi pangit sa skul namin… ke panget or maganda ang skul, nasa tao yan. lalo pa ngayon na internet-age na tayo. most information is free. pangit sa skul nyo? eh magaral ka via self-study…
i’m a living example. gs2 ko maging programmer pero jologs ang mga language na tinuro sa amin. java ang isang hot programming language, pero wala sa curriculum namin yan. when i started java, isa akong total mang-mang (aka super noob). should i blame my school for not having it in our curriculum? well, i did the other way, i self-studied. kung nung dati ang alam ko lang na java ay ung cave man… ngayon, 6digiter na ako…
hello! I’m a fresh grad of IT – 4years and hindi ko alam kung sang field ang pagtutuunan ko. Medyo pointless kasi mga inaral ko sa school because i didnt take it seriously when i was a student. Basta makapasa lang okay na ko! But i realized the fact na kelangan may alam ka talaga to make it to the Corporate World. And in this case, naprepressure ako masyado kasi kung mag aapply man ako, hindi ko alam kung ano ang maipagmamalaki kong natutunan as an IT student. Well in my case, before ako maghanap ng trabaho, parang gusto ko muna mag self study kahit papano para pag sumabak ako, medyo may alam naman ako because i wasted 4 years in college na pa easy easy lang… Hindi pa naman siguro late para matutunan toh diba? Im currently 21 years old and alam ko kung kakarireen ko toh, I can be effective and be a professional someday…
Can someone guide me there.. Mga IT experts na pwedeng tumulong or give some pointers na pwede kong aralin.. Any sites or books na pwede kong basahin, any seminars na pwede ko attendan? Kindly guide me to this, Because sa totoo lang.. ngayon.. i want to learn na! Very much appreciated to those na makakaintindi at makakatulong sakin. :) Salamat po!
@latebloomer- ganyan din ako nung college, basta maka pasa lang.. 5years as CoE student may natutunan din ng konti.. after college sabi ko saan ako pupulutin nito.. then i started as computer technician muna tas d rin tumagal naga ka idea at knowlege na ako sa IT and now Network Systems na ako dumating na lang sa punto na eto ang gusto ko na field…
ehehehehehehe goodluck!!!
possible naman cguro yung 120k after 3 years 5 months, baka sinuwerte talaga sya, ako 12k rin start as developer trainee, now after 5 years 110k
120K is possible for a contractual employee. no benefits.
Hello po mga bossing! May alam po ba kau na company na tumatanggap ng java trainee? Self study lang po ginagawa ko for about 4 months now. Experience IT po ko na gusto magshift sa Java Programming. TIA! Godbless!