If you're a fresh graduate , Go Ahead , If you're experienced (1 yr above). AVOID THIS COMPANY. (Indra Philippines)
Pros
People - Almost all people here are friendly. Core values and work principles - This is a company with high level of integrity, but there are cons. High work life and balance. Overtimes are rare. Many sports / club activities before or after work. Flexible Benefits. If you're a probationary employee you get the following by default. 1 HMO Employee (150MBL) Grouplife Insurance (24months*GMC) 12 Days Paid Leaves If you're a regular employee , you can get the following based on your annual flex points budget. (You can only choose some and not all) Accessible Technologies. Internet Usage - Reimbursement of internet usage. Accessories - Purchase of brand new items (laptop, personal computer, phone plan, computer peripherals including camera) Mobile Phone Usage -Reimbursement of internet usage Vaccines at discounted price Executive Check-up - Complete health check-up for employees only Optical Allowance Individual Life Insurance Grouplife Insurance 10 to 29 Paid Leaves Travel to various hotels reimburstment Transport - Grab Vehicle Maintenance Gasoline – Employee’s Choice, Shell, Petron & Caltex Reimburstment Groceries, Clothing & Appliance Food Discount Card The Bistro Group Food Discount Card Enjoy Card Food Card Discount Starbucks Rewards Food Discount Card CBTL Swirl Books & Magazines reumburstment Business, Photography, Foreign Language and IT-related Trainings and Certifications reimburstment. Gym Membership Gold’s Gym Gym Membership Anytime Fitness Sports Allowance Spa, Massage & Salon Services Mutual Fund Provident Fund I will say that they have the most comprehensive and high level in terms of benefits package.
Cons
Low salary for experienced developers / experienced software engineers - AVOID this company if you're looking for a higher salary. In comparison to others they have the lowest or in the IT industry , NOT COMPETITIVE. You have to stay in the company for more than 3 years in order to be considered for a promotion (in rare cases 2 years). In most cases this renders the annual performance review of the employee into nothing. Quoting on the HR on my exit interview , "Just because you have many excellent ratings on your performance and excelled in leadership. It does not reflect a promotion". Please note I'm saying promotion and not progression. This is different in terms of Indra's ladder. Progression is actually very easy vs the promotion. Progression is like this. Junior Software Engineer - Level 1 becoming Junior Software Engineer - Level 2 Promotion is like this. Junior Software Engineer becoming Mid Level Software Engineer. There is an increase of salary in promotion. In progression , don't expect too much. Underappreciated , Project managers most of the time do not care to those under them. Only the team leads do. Possible slow career growth - depending on where you're assigned you may end up at a high growth team or a stagnant one. Core values and work principles - despite good intentions , most managements do not actually put them into practice. Micromanaging = Project Managers
