Best paying companies in the Philippines

***batang uliran*** · Dec 15, 1999, 11:32 PM

Which companies pay their employees best not just in terms of pay but bonuses and perks? Not just when you start but also consider when one goes up the corporate ladder.

Ira · Dec 15, 1999, 11:56 PM

I heard Proctor and Gamble (told to me by a friend who works there) pays really well; perks and bonuses are really good, too, and there is a large opportunity for promotion.

CaRaMBa · Dec 16, 1999, 01:10 AM

Thing about P&G, you work like a dog (daw). Same thing with Citibank (daw). You grow old really fast. But they pay well, and they have lots of other extra stuff.

The best paying companies are still the regional companies or the multinationals. HongKong Bank's management trainees, Pioneer Allianz's regional employees, Shell, Bane - grabe yung mga starting salary.

mparaz · Apr 15, 2000, 11:16 AM

Well for those in the ISP field... wait till more overseas ISP's come in!

Starting a new company without shelling capital and getting funding isn't bad either

lupuS · Apr 15, 2000, 11:59 AM

Of course, the companies who pay well will work you like a dog. Makes sense, doesn't it?

If *you* were paying the salary, wouldn't you want to get your money's worth?

AteRonee · Apr 15, 2000, 05:55 PM

You may work "like a dog" in many of these multinational companies but you also learn a lot more. One is typically given more responsibilities early on in one's career and in this sense, yes, one "grows old" faster than most of his/her peers. But this also increases your marketability in the job market.

green grin · Apr 15, 2000, 10:32 PM

i know for sure it's NOT MY company.

Ace McStar · Apr 16, 2000, 10:00 PM

Suggest more companies please. I am currently looking for a job preferably web development jobs. I am in the process of a career change because I am taking up IT lessons focused on web developement.

RuckuS · Apr 19, 2000, 06:52 AM

Ace McStar: In the IT industry, the bigger more established consultancy firms pay really well. Like Andersen, James Martin, IberPacific and Unisys. These companies also send their employees abroad for more training and/or send their employees back to school like AIM.

ASuL · Apr 20, 2000, 07:38 PM

ask gjtech!!! he earns a lot cash!!! tsaka si doc ira...isang opera lang nyan dami ng pera. libre ka naman. muntik ko ng makalimutan si kuya danny!!! isa pa yung walang magawa sa pera. lakas kumita!!!

moody_meeh · Apr 22, 2000, 07:21 PM

Ya. I agree. Proctor & Gamble pays very well. I think give a minimum of 20T. They also have a thing as 14-15 month pay!

Ira is correct. You have to work very very hard... I would term is as working like carabaos. NOt to mention relationship with colleagues - it is a very very tough working environment,and the competition is very very high. It is like dog-eat-dog thingy... My friend who is working there told me that you really have to know how to BITE before you can be recognized and before you go up the corporate ladder!!!

If salary and benefits are important to you, the P&G is the place for you. However if you are not used to "biting" other people, then you might think twice. A friend of mine is graduating in La Salle. She is already accepted in P&G. But because of the dog-eat-dog thingy she refused the job...

Ganon talaga.

what_a_guy · Apr 23, 2000, 11:12 AM

So...what is the PAY in numbers for these best paying companies? Any of these companies offering stock options?

Moody Meh, is dat 20T per week for P&G?

ching · Apr 24, 2000, 12:07 AM

Well, I work for P&G =) and while I won't comment publicly about the compensation (suffice it to say it's very competitive), I will say that the culture and working environment there are among the best I've seen. Different people have different styles -- but in the four years I've been there, I have seen many more people thrive through collaboration than a destructive kind of competition. What I like best is that people are measured based on performance and results, not on who you know or how you talk to them.

To all the new grads out there looking for a job: take it from me, culture is MUCH more important than compensation.

yuga · Apr 27, 2000, 03:07 PM

P&G : starting is 20K a month, six months probation and after that you can have a car plan, 15 and 1/2 months pay. k diba?

IberPacific: 15K a month and nothing much to do.

Andersen Consulting: 14K a month with good training (sometimes sa states for a year) but has 2 year contract.

Makro: 15K a month management training for 6 months, signing bonus 10K

Bane: 90K a month with travel to HK etc. Big time!

Canon Technologies: 16K a month puro eng'ng people

Trend Micro: 15-20K, 14 hrs a day no overtime.

***KuyaDanny*** · Apr 28, 2000, 09:28 AM

Hoy, ASuL!

Anong akala mo sa akin, drug lord?

Bakit mo naisip na malakas ako kumita?

AteRonee · Apr 28, 2000, 09:47 PM

ASul, oo nga, bakit mo naiisip na malakas kumita ng pera si KuyaDanny? At walang magawa sa pera for that matter?

**Isip-isip**

what_a_guy · Apr 28, 2000, 10:55 PM

Here is a link to a Salary survey from the March 2000 edition of Asiaweek...just to give you an idea how much you should be "compensated" by the best paying companies in the Philippines.
http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/maga...17/cover1.html

mparaz · Apr 29, 2000, 07:27 PM

counter-question... why would you work for a company that does not offer such starting salaries (like our company, we don't or can't)

what_a_guy · Apr 30, 2000, 09:13 PM

mparaz,

Do you have a choice?

I don't know the answer but I am interested on what fellow PEXers have to say about the situation there in PI.

mparaz · Apr 30, 2000, 09:23 PM

Do you have a choice? well work abroad then?

I would think that the low-ness of Philippine salaries as compared to US/other countries salaries is due to the lower costs and revenues of everything.

Maybe we should compare the percentage of salaries/wages as to the company's revenue, between Philippine and other companies.

Since the multinationals earn or have budgets in US$, they can have higher salaries.

The best could be to have an expat's salary but stay in the Philippines and earn in a US$-based range.

[ Disclaimer: This is obviously not my field, I'm just guessing. ]


Dec 15, 1999, 11:32 PM	#1
*batang uliran* Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Lawrenceville,	Which companies pay their employees best not just in terms of pay but bonuses and perks? Not just when you start but also consider when one goes up the corporate ladder.


Dec 15, 1999, 11:56 PM	#2
Ira Member Join Date: Oct 1999	I heard Proctor and Gamble (told to me by a friend who works there) pays really well; perks and bonuses are really good, too, and there is a large opportunity for promotion.


Dec 16, 1999, 01:10 AM	#3
CaRaMBa PEx Consultant Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: happytripper.com	Thing about P&G, you work like a dog (daw). Same thing with Citibank (daw). You grow old really fast. But they pay well, and they have lots of other extra stuff. The best paying companies are still the regional companies or the multinationals. HongKong Bank's management trainees, Pioneer Allianz's regional employees, Shell, Bane - grabe yung mga starting salary.


Apr 15, 2000, 11:16 AM	#4
mparaz Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Mandaluyong Cit	Well for those in the ISP field... wait till more overseas ISP's come in! Starting a new company without shelling capital and getting funding isn't bad either


Apr 15, 2000, 11:59 AM	#5
lupuS Mabuhay ang mga... Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Mandaluyong	Of course, the companies who pay well will work you like a dog. Makes sense, doesn't it? If you were paying the salary, wouldn't you want to get your money's worth?


Apr 15, 2000, 05:55 PM	#6
AteRonee Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Metro_Manila	You may work "like a dog" in many of these multinational companies but you also learn a lot more. One is typically given more responsibilities early on in one's career and in this sense, yes, one "grows old" faster than most of his/her peers. But this also increases your marketability in the job market.


Apr 15, 2000, 10:32 PM	#7
green grin Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Metro_Manila	i know for sure it's NOT MY company.


Apr 16, 2000, 10:00 PM	#8
Ace McStar Member Join Date: Oct 1999	Suggest more companies please. I am currently looking for a job preferably web development jobs. I am in the process of a career change because I am taking up IT lessons focused on web developement.


Apr 19, 2000, 06:52 AM	#9
RuckuS Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: San Juan	Ace McStar: In the IT industry, the bigger more established consultancy firms pay really well. Like Andersen, James Martin, IberPacific and Unisys. These companies also send their employees abroad for more training and/or send their employees back to school like AIM.


Apr 20, 2000, 07:38 PM	#10
ASuL Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Metro_Manila	ask gjtech!!! he earns a lot cash!!! tsaka si doc ira...isang opera lang nyan dami ng pera. libre ka naman. muntik ko ng makalimutan si kuya danny!!! isa pa yung walang magawa sa pera. lakas kumita!!!


Apr 22, 2000, 07:21 PM	#11
moody_meeh Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Metro_Manila	Ya. I agree. Proctor & Gamble pays very well. I think give a minimum of 20T. They also have a thing as 14-15 month pay! Ira is correct. You have to work very very hard... I would term is as working like carabaos. NOt to mention relationship with colleagues - it is a very very tough working environment,and the competition is very very high. It is like dog-eat-dog thingy... My friend who is working there told me that you really have to know how to BITE before you can be recognized and before you go up the corporate ladder!!! If salary and benefits are important to you, the P&G is the place for you. However if you are not used to "biting" other people, then you might think twice. A friend of mine is graduating in La Salle. She is already accepted in P&G. But because of the dog-eat-dog thingy she refused the job... Ganon talaga.


Apr 23, 2000, 11:12 AM	#12
what_a_guy waggy Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Isabela	So...what is the PAY in numbers for these best paying companies? Any of these companies offering stock options? Moody Meh, is dat 20T per week for P&G?


Apr 24, 2000, 12:07 AM	#13
ching Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Singapore	Well, I work for P&G =) and while I won't comment publicly about the compensation (suffice it to say it's very competitive), I will say that the culture and working environment there are among the best I've seen. Different people have different styles -- but in the four years I've been there, I have seen many more people thrive through collaboration than a destructive kind of competition. What I like best is that people are measured based on performance and results, not on who you know or how you talk to them. To all the new grads out there looking for a job: take it from me, culture is MUCH more important than compensation.


Apr 27, 2000, 03:07 PM	#14
yuga ituloy angsulong Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Makati	P&G : starting is 20K a month, six months probation and after that you can have a car plan, 15 and 1/2 months pay. k diba? IberPacific: 15K a month and nothing much to do. Andersen Consulting: 14K a month with good training (sometimes sa states for a year) but has 2 year contract. Makro: 15K a month management training for 6 months, signing bonus 10K Bane: 90K a month with travel to HK etc. Big time! Canon Technologies: 16K a month puro eng'ng people Trend Micro: 15-20K, 14 hrs a day no overtime.


Apr 28, 2000, 09:28 AM	#15
*KuyaDanny* Moderator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Makati	Hoy, ASuL! Anong akala mo sa akin, drug lord? Bakit mo naisip na malakas ako kumita?


Apr 28, 2000, 09:47 PM	#16
AteRonee Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Metro_Manila	ASul, oo nga, bakit mo naiisip na malakas kumita ng pera si KuyaDanny? At walang magawa sa pera for that matter? Isip-isip


Apr 28, 2000, 10:55 PM	#17
what_a_guy waggy Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Isabela	Here is a link to a Salary survey from the March 2000 edition of Asiaweek...just to give you an idea how much you should be "compensated" by the best paying companies in the Philippines. http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/maga...17/cover1.html


Apr 29, 2000, 07:27 PM	#18
mparaz Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Mandaluyong Cit	counter-question... why would you work for a company that does not offer such starting salaries (like our company, we don't or can't)


Apr 30, 2000, 09:13 PM	#19
what_a_guy waggy Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Isabela	mparaz, Do you have a choice? I don't know the answer but I am interested on what fellow PEXers have to say about the situation there in PI.


Apr 30, 2000, 09:23 PM	#20
mparaz Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Mandaluyong Cit	Do you have a choice? well work abroad then? I would think that the low-ness of Philippine salaries as compared to US/other countries salaries is due to the lower costs and revenues of everything. Maybe we should compare the percentage of salaries/wages as to the company's revenue, between Philippine and other companies. Since the multinationals earn or have budgets in US$, they can have higher salaries. The best could be to have an expat's salary but stay in the Philippines and earn in a US$-based range. [ Disclaimer: This is obviously not my field, I'm just guessing. ]