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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.

1,098 Responses

  1. Avatar for im_maria_maria im_maria_maria says:

    hello, ask ko lang po kakainterview ko pa lang sa ACN last week sa HR, pumasa ako sa test as SE and I am a fresh graduate, last oct. lang po ako grumaduate, after ng interview sabi nila tatawagan nila ako after 4 weeks, 3 weeks to go pa, now I’m thinking kung ganun ba talaga yung process or it means di ako pasado?

  2. Avatar for cash and carry cash and carry says:

    Hi,

    Hope you can help me decide, would you stay in your company if you have an offer of 140K net of tax, but will not receive OT pay anymore. My currently salary is 90K net of tax but I’m getting regularly 150K – 160K net every month since I render heavy OT hours

    other details

    Job offer – (three years secured contract)

    current work – (6 months contract but will surely be extended for another 6 months).

    Bydway both are contractual works and are local only.

    I’ll appreciate your thoughts!

  3. Avatar for absolute absolute says:

    @freshgrad. sorry i can’t disclose the company pero nasa telco industry cya. hope you understand. try companies that offers training for SAP, there you will have certification + hands-on experience = good career. rather than enrolling yourself into training coming from your own pocket. un lng. goodluck!

  4. Avatar for PurpleJen PurpleJen says:

    Hello! What can you say about these IT companies?

    1. Pointwest Technologies
    2. Tiger Consulting and Software
    3. FactSet

    Thanks!

  5. Avatar for freshgrad freshgrad says:

    @absolute
    where are you working for SAP? im interested mag-SAP since im a fresh grad. san ba maganda mag-apply?

  6. Avatar for absolute absolute says:

    @alohomara. thank you for the info! i heard a lot of positive feedbacks with regards to NGA. i hope my application will go well too. 40-45K is quite high & competitive. looks good! btw, i am a sap hr support for 10 mos. already and i am taking around 17K. I really wanted to jump into consultancy, hope to get a shot. once again thank you very much!

  7. Avatar for alohomora alohomora says:

    @absolute – alam ko okay naman in terms of skill growth, kasi ung friend ko mas napapractice nya daw ung SAP nya dun kesa sa previous company nya. kaso a bit lower ung pay sa friend ko, siguro kasi gawa nang di naman buong 4 years ng work life nya eh SAP sya. 2.5 years ibang skill, tapos 1.5 years SAP. alam ko around 40-45K sya ngaun.

  8. Avatar for absolute absolute says:

    @alohomora. yes. any info with the nga? pay? work envi.? thanks in advance!

  9. Avatar for alohomora alohomora says:

    @absolute – northgate arinso? it’s in ortigas. i have a friend there.

  10. Avatar for absolute absolute says:

    anyone have an idea regarding northgate or supply chain?

  11. Avatar for AAA AAA says:

    @CAT, I understand. :D Thank you!

  12. Avatar for CAT CAT says:

    @AAA
    Di naman mwwala ang negative sa isang workplace. pero so far, ok naman ang lawsons. and again, ok doesn’t mean that you’re gonna spend most of you time in it. sympre, lilipat ka pa rin no matter how ok dun sa workplace mo. it is for your growth rin kasi

  13. Avatar for AAA AAA says:

    @CAT
    Thanks Cat! May experience ka na ba regarding Lawson? Or feedbacks na naririnig from friends? So far kasi puro positive feedbacks naman ang na-read ko dito sa thread.

    Thanks again!

  14. Avatar for cat cat says:

    @AAA
    Ok ang lawson. Pero kahit di pa gaanong ok sa lawson, lamang ka na kasi nasa loob ka na eh. Mabilis ka na ma-hire, mabilis mgkawork… kaysa mag apply ka pa sa iba. If I wer u, stay ka muna jan as an employee. saka ka lipat pag may experience ka na

  15. Avatar for Sylar Sylar says:

    Hi,

    tanong ko lang.. pwede ba mag-backout kahit na naka-sign ka ng contract at may start date ka na? In my case, iniisip ko kasi baka bigyan nila ako ng legal action since I already signed a contract with them. Thanks!:)

  16. Avatar for Haas Haas says:

    Si storrs haha

  17. Avatar for Haas Haas says:

    Si storrs to oh

  18. Avatar for AAA AAA says:

    Hi im a graduating student, with DATABASE WAREHOUSING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE specialization, still on my OJT right now, here at Lawson.

    Since I’ve read comments dated from last year regarding HP and Lawson, what about today?

    I want to hear of updates sana on what’s the best company to be employed? (with regards to salary, benefits and promotions) I have 2 companies in mind, which is better Lawson or HP?

    Iniisip ko din if mag-sstay naba ko here sa Lawson(apply for employment)

    Thank you sa makakasagot sakin! :D

  19. Avatar for Way Way says:

    @laksman kung ano ang nasa puso mo sundin mo…subukan mo pre malay mo jackpot ka dun.. xot xot na.. hehehe

  20. Avatar for cat cat says:

    @Sai
    Try allied telesis labs. phils. inc
    Rival ng Cisco yan, pero in line sa credentials mo.
    Wala masama mgtry…

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