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2.0
Feb 26, 2013
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Pros

*The company is proud of its free drinks(duh! just imagine the budget for that drinks... come to think of it, at a certain point many employees get saturated to the soft drinks/unhealthy free drinks it provides) It's better to just give the budget as an additional allowance since many employees don't consume the drinks. *Free Shuttle Service going home

Cons

*If you are hired during 2009 and 2010, then most likely you have a good salary. For the rest, it's below what you expect that you may earn from other companies *During my time, if your shift is at 6am. You only have a 20 pesos allowance per day... if you don't come early, then bye bye allowance. It's nice if they could give a Hazard pay/allowance because coming in the wee hours of the morning is a bit dangerous. (In the first place, I didn't like the 6am shift, I just sacrifice my time for the team) *The Manila HR and the Manila Upper Management doesn't explain the policies very well. I feel that it is intentional The policies have a vague statement. On one perspective, it means something, on the other hand, it means another thing. When you ask them, most of the time, they would point you to another personnel to have it explain. But when you go to that person, either she or he points you to another person or gives you a WTF explanation. *I don't feel the comfort or freedom in the environment. It feels restrictive.

3.0
Feb 18, 2013
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Pros

I have made many good friends here at Factset. At a personal level, people are friendly, everybody is laid back. We get a free lunch from Monday to Thursday. Flexible hours for software engineer as long as we can get our work done before a deadline. There are many good in-house software tools to speed up development. I didn't get much pressure from my manager. The pay is average in an exchange of the best work-life-balance. I can call vacation anytime because there is no such a crunch time at this place.

Cons

This place can be boring especially for someone who cares their works or want to learn. There are many interesting projects but nobody seems to care to put it together. There is no system to support people who are helping others or develop a new hire. Sadly, there are too many level organization hierarchy and many try too hard to bubble up the chain. Those who plays their games will be noticed but not those who focus too much on their works. As a result, many people learned to do just enough work to keep their jobs. Some were like zombies doing minimum work and waiting for a paycheck or preparing for the next job interview.

5.0
Feb 14, 2013
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Pros

excellent work life balance; nice people; friendly coworkers;free lunch;good insurance;good training;

Cons

salary and bonus are not as good as its competitors like Bloomberg.

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