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).
oo nga any feedback sa TELUS?
Hewlett Packard has the very worst working environment and management. You can smell discrimination in the air as they have contingent workers for years and they hardly absorb contractors to regular employees due to management reasons. Management only pays officers of a department 13,000-15,000 pesos only even after 4-5 years of work. Take note that their service department handles HP corporate customers namely from A-Z big companies…ABS-CBN, Amkor,Deutche Bank , BDO, BPI, SM, GMA Network, Zuellig Pharma, PAL, Cebu Pacific, Citibank, and the list goes on….
anyone got something to say about TELUS? any feedback on compensation, type of work, culture would be great. im a java developer. thanks!
@Tester – Kawawa nga. At kahit hindi nila sabihin na mas mahalaga ang utilization, obvious na obvious naman e. Wala na silang bukang-bibig kundi utilization. Minsan nga napapaisip ako ano pang pumipigil sa kanila na i-declare lahat ng holiday pati na rin ang Saturday at Sunday na working day?
@Ako – Agree ako sa iyo. Kayang-kaya kang i-dismiss kung paisa-isa lang ang nag-rereact, pero kung maramihan ‘yan na sabay-sabay, sigurado ako papansinin na tayo. Dapat may union ang mga employado para may boses tayo.
@IBMerr, Knives, ex_IBMer
Eksakto ka! totoo yan. Ayan ang hinaing ng karamihan. At ang msama wla kang boses sa hinanakit mo, ksi wla nman silbe kht na magreact ka
@IBMerr, Knives, ex_IBMer
Totoo ba na mas mahalaga ang utilization when it comes to evaluation sa performance in IBM? since wala silang direct contact sa ginagawa ng empleyado nila sa projects?
kawawa naman pala mga employees pag ganun.
@Knives – swerte mo naman … it’s a breath of fresh air to hear a good experience story because most of what i’m hearing aren’t.
Pwede bang makilipat sa PeM mo? hehehe!
Hi Guys,
For those who had work experienced and you want to work in ACN or Accenture kindly send to me your CV/Resume.
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Hi Guys,
For those who has working experience and you want to work in ACN or Accenture kindly send to me your CV/Resume.
elmerp****@****.***
@ex_IBMerr
hmmm i think it depends on your PEM re increase? i just got into IBM last year, and I had my 15% increase this year, though my PBC was just 2.0. or was i just that lucky? lol :) and i agree about the PBC being flawed. your Project Manager (or Team Lead) should be the one rating you, not your People Manager. zzzz
loving my work from home job at IBM!
mukhang ok ang discussion dito a…
actually meron din akong inaabangan na topic dito about salary din sa IT… check nyo nalang..
http://www.pesorepublic.com/db/industry-specific-discussions/
@lion king sir may marerecommend ka ba na magandang company para sa infa? HS kasi di hiring :(
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@infaaspirant and newapplicant
for informatica i think this is the range here in the phils
1.5-2 years (50K gross w/ ben for regular and 60K net for contractual)
2-3 years (70K gross w/ ben for regular and 70K-90k net for contractual)
3 years up (100K gross w/ ben for regular and 100k++ net for contractual)
5 years up (120K++ gross w/ ben for regular and 150k++ net for contractual)
these are based on my experience and sa mga salaries ng mga kakilala ko. dito ksi sa pinas kapag may 3 years experience ka na sa informatica sobrang senior level ka na dahil konte lang marunong baka wala pang 100 ang marunong by heart ng infa dito. Remember the law of supply and demand.
@rei_lied – siguro depende rin sa need nila kung gano kabilis ang processing.
Pero I think in general matagal nga ;) Medyo erratic ang processing nila, minsan from one interview stage to another ang bilis-bilis, tapos after 2 weeks hindi ka makakarinig sa kanila, tapos biglang tatawag.
@infaaspirant – senior professionals preferred but open to hire 1+ yrs of experience.
@IBMerr – Ay thanks po!
I heard na matagal daw ang processing sa Accenture. Tama po ba ito?
@rei_lied – ACN is Accenture
Thank god I found this blog. I’m a fresh grad and by reading this blog ang dami ko natutunan tungkol sa ibang companies. I do have a question. Ano po ba yung ACN? May website po ba sila? I can’t seem to find.
Anyone heard of Pointwest Technologies? Kamusta po kaya dito? Thanks
Hello to all, anyone familiar with Teradata? Do you know the salary range they offer for a fresh grad?