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    Work/Life balance
    4.1(67 ratings)
    Career development
    3.6(67 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    2.7(67 ratings)
    Management
    3.4(67 ratings)
    Working environment
    4.2(67 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    2.5(2 ratings)
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    3.0
    Full Stack Software Engineer
    Sep 2024
    Quezon City Metro Manila3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Overall, my experience was satisfactory. It facilitated my career shift, provided me with valuable project experience, and equipped me with the necessary skills to become a developer. However, I believe I would have remained longer if the company had offered a competitive salary after three years.
    The good thingsA great kickstart for a career shift, offering a relaxed working environment and supportive culture.
    The challengesThe company has a challenging internal culture, with noticeable influence of office politics on promotions and project assignments. Additionally, the salary is not competitive, and the benefits are minimal.
    3.0
    Software Engineer
    Jul 2024
    Quezon City Metro Manila
    Good spring board for fresh grads or career shifters if you are okay with the 3 years employment bond worth 6 figures
    The good thingsFlexible work arrangement. Good people to work with.
    The challenges3 years employment bond for those entering by their boot camp training. 60 days resignation notice. Expect heavy work load and doing tasks outside the job description. Career progression almost impossible without heavy initiative. Salary is not competitive.
    5 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Software engineer
    Nov 2022
    Quezon City Metro Manila3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Great bootcamp, below competitive salary package
    The good thingsThe bootcamp was excellent and a solid foundation for aspiring software engineers (although the quality may have dropped in recent times)
    The challengesTraining bond of 3 years leaves you vulnerable to exploitation of a salary way below competitive levels.
    9 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Support
    Jun 2022
    Inconsiderate and aggressive management
    The good thingsClean office, flexible time
    The challengesJob security is questionable. 60 days resignation notice. Management promises unrealistic expectations to clients which leads to work overload to the point that you are doing tasks outside the job description. Full of politics. Salary delay is often. Very intrusive and no respect on your rest day. No Career Growth.
    9 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Software engineer
    Mar 2022
    Quezon City Metro Manila3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    mediocre experience no growth and low salary.
    The good thingsFlexible time, incentive leaves
    The challengesno career growth, delegating works not related to the position. low salary, management is not healthy.
    6 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Analyst
    Feb 2022
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Low salary minimum benefits
    The good thingsCulture, there is no pressure for those who do not want competition
    The challengesLow salary, minimum benefits, no training plan, they do not care on their employees. Their below minimum benefits will make you feel that we indebted to them.
    4 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Software engineer
    Sep 2021
    Quezon City Metro Manila1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Great workplace, people and work life balance
    The good thingsPeople here are very nice to work with.
    The challengesYour growth in terms of the salary if you will be comparing it to other company, besides that everything is superb!
    3.0
    Software Engineer
    Jul 2021
    Quezon City Metro Manila5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Average to below average. Don't stay for too long.
    The good thingsGood start for fresh grads (boot camp). Office culture is quite lax.
    The challengesBasic salary is below industry average. Not much growth for senior developers. Not a very innovative IT company.
    3 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Software engineer
    May 2021
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    great people and working environment but low on salary and benefits
    The good thingsmost of the employees are easy to approach
    The challengeswhen you got a difficult client and want to extend your hours and demand more from you
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Software Engineer
    Mar 2021
    Quezon City Metro Manila3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Great place to start your career
    The good thingsThey take you to just outside your comfort zone, providing you with experiences that you might not be able to find anywhere else.
    The challengesSlow to respond to newer technologies
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Software engineer
    Jun 2020
    Worked with this company for 3 years
    The good thingsChill environment Work life balance but no WFH opportunity
    The challengesNo onshore opportunities and career growth Low salary No job security
    2 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Accounting associate
    May 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Happy workplace and easy to approach people.
    The good thingsGreat and talented people and team mates
    The challengesI think the challenges that I have encountered in this company are just few and you might want to experience it yourself to become a better professional.
    4.0
    Software developer
    Apr 2020
    11 to 12 years in the role, former employee
    A good training ground for newbies
    The good thingsThe people here are easy to work with. They look after your growth and will try to provide you opportunities for you to grow.
    The challengesThe benefits are in the average and the pay is not as high as the other companies are offering.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Software engineer
    Jul 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Definitely a great place to start your software engineer career.
    The good thingsI like its flexibility when it comes to the concept of work and life balance. Based on the people I have worked with or I have met while I'm there, I'd say they hire people not only because of grades from college or previous work experience, but because they can see the applicant's full potential. Furthermore, this company pushes you to the maximum learning experience that you can attain, along with appropriate pressure and trust. I am really glad and honored that I had experienced working in this company.
    The challengesThe challenges I have encountered while working here was to learn different tools, programming languages, methods which I account to my learning experience. Each day, I assure that you'll certainly learn new things via solving technical issues, optimizing methods, and new ideas. Finally, my personal objectives when I was applying in this company was attained through their unique work environment.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Senior Software Engineer
    Jul 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    A very traditional company.
    The good thingsWorking with a collaborative and proactive team.
    The challengesSalary is not competitive. Minimal growth and promotion opportunities. Management/leaders are too rooted with the things that they continuously do over the past XX years - resists innovation and change. They see resources as costs not investments.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Sicretong Malupit
    Jun 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Ups and Down
    The good thingsHustle free and you will enjoy your working environment with your team.
    The challengesTime management is the key to have a good working environment. I experience it when it was almost closing time I was the luckiest guys that always give work before closing time.. let's say before going home.. and that's important to me I got early, do my job, finish what I can and what the server or my computer station can.. to be honest when it time to go home the server or my computer getting slow than usual and it affects my progress...
    3.0
    Software engineer
    Jun 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Great for fresh grads & career shifters
    The good thingsNice interior & exterior environment: offices are clean and the surroundings aren't overcrowded (at least for the TechHub & Ortigas locations) Very neat & transparent timetracking system, fairly liberal workplace rules (casual dress code, flex-hours), & positive employee morale inspired by excellent top management Offers in-house training and bootcamps
    The challengesBelow average salary. I definitely would have stayed longer if the compensation was at least at par with competitors As with any software consulting company, the working experience & prospects for career advancement are heavily dependent on project management
    3 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Software engineer
    Jun 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Amazing Culture
    The good thingsGreat people to work. If culture is what your looking for this is the place.
    The challengesI guess, having a not so competitive salary is one of them, but people stays.
    4.0
    Intern
    Jun 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    A learning Experience
    The good thingsThe environment was comfortable, everyone was friendly and helpful
    The challengesThe commute to and from the workplace
    4.0
    Software engineer
    Jun 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Great Company.
    The good thingsGood company for entry level software engineers. Have a really good bootcamp training. Relax working environment. UP technohub is a good office location. Good people.
    The challenges3 years bond after bootcamp. Average salary.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Intern
    Apr 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    It was fun and exciting because here, the supervisor will invest trust that you can do it. Aside from that, the overall internship program was really awesome because what they really promised during interview is what you actually will be doing so. This is a place where a trainee should be fulfill his/her internship because they will expose on what you really expect.
    The good thingsThe most thing I enjoyed here is the internship program itself. They gave me an exposure in their recruitment process such as phone call, job posting, administer the test, shadow and perform initial interview with supervisor.
    The challengesThe challenges I face was I find it hard to do the task first without atleast a minute of supervision to identify if what I'm doing is good or not, but along the way, I made it in accordance to what is the goal of the task.
    4.0
    Software engineer
    Mar 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Great but not that great.
    The good thingsAnnual events, good leadership, great culture, awesome workmates.
    The challengesAverage Salary, Bonds.
    5.0
    Account/admin clerk
    Oct 2018
    Great People to work then very professionaly
    The good thingsHome Grown Filipino Own Company
    The challengesIn minimal trainings in shared services department
    2.0
    Support Group
    Aug 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    nice people, obsolete leadership
    The good thingsrelaxed working environment, friendly people in general
    The challengesbureaucracy and lengthy approval processes make it difficult to initiate changes; old school thinking is prevalent among senior leaders; performance management system are not clearly in place, and many things are dependent on subjective opinion
    2.0
    Java software engineer
    Jul 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    You won't grow here much in terms of technical skills
    The good thingsFlexible working hours, lax environment
    The challengesLow salary, you won't be able to grow much in terms of technical skills due to their business model.
    2 people found this helpful
    4.0
    DRUG COVERAGE
    Jun 2018
    Best boss and great team to work with.
    The good thingsMy workmates are very cooperative and they work as one team.
    The challengesGraveyard shift and salary is lower than other company.
    3.0
    Software Engineer - QA/QE Automation Engineer
    Mar 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    A Frustrating Start for Your IT Career
    The good things- working environment is very fun and not stressful - office rules/policies are not that strict as long as you have a proper behavior - the office is clean and the tools used for working are adequate - working environment is excellent as long as you are friendly - Mentoring system is being followed even whether you are a pro or a beginner
    The challenges- starting salaryfor fresh grads is low - benefits are not that good enough compared to other IT companies - salary increases based on tenure ship - salary increase is slow - management is very poor in terms of allocating the right person to the right tasks/projects - some managers does not talk to their team members often - some managers does not provide proper counseling to those who seems to be under-performing - you will find it hard to love what you do if you will put to a project/tasks that is not a part of your specializations - you will always compare your salaries, benefits and type of work that you do to other IT companies such as Accenture, IBM and Nokia
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Software Test Engineer
    Feb 2018
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Great company but low salary
    The good thingsThe people and the environment. Plus, the project that I am in is not that stressful.
    The challengesCareer growth. If you will not request/ask for it or if you don't know that there's an upcoming training that you want to be involved in, you'll be late for the registration. And also, you won't be transferred to your preferred project for career growth. For example, if you're in a manual testing team right now and you want to be in a project which involves automation, it's possible but it takes a long time to be transferred in that project.
    2.0
    Senior Software QA Analyst
    Jan 2018
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Great Company but with Low Compensation
    The good thingsPerfect Work-Life Balance Environment
    The challengesThe growth on different Testing Tools is limited
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Java software engineer
    Nov 2017
    Good Entry level for Software Developers
    The good thingsRelaxing Environment; Gives employees freedom with their time as long as deadlines are met
    The challengesAn increase in salary would be a pleasant reward to keep employees happy
    1 person found this helpful
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