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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Smart Communications

This will be the first of the nth-part series about companies, based on first-hand experience and hear-says. Please, the reviews that I'm about to give in this series is just my opinion.

Ok, nung una kong narinig ang smart sabi nila.. ok daw ang pay dyan.. mataas.. at ang laki.. imagine 21th month BONUS (200+ thousand every december isang bagsak!) and matratrain ka talaga.. so syempre na-excite ang lola nyo.. but I had a single company in mind so hindi ko masyado sineryoso.

IT summit, ok.. mukhang may budget.. the inspirational talks lasted for 2 hours.. and their product promotions.. around 4 hours? at nagsimula na ang pagkabwisit ng mga tao (lalo na ako)

Interview? delayed by 2 hours lahat ng interviewees, hindi ba nila naisip na more than 100 ang students na nandun at hindi kayang i-accomodate ng kakapiranggot nilang tech-people? at grabe.. yung iba minadali yung iba ang tagal ng interview. Pero hindi wala dun kung matatanggap ka o hindi.

Nagpapaasa din sila ng applicant. Sinasabi nila "Congratulations! You exceeded our qualifications and expectations but we're sorry to tell you that we have no vacancies" (sa mga failed) at "Good day! You have been shortlisted in our vacancies"(sa mga passed). O dba? Tapos hindi naman nila tatawagan kahit sinabing "iforforward namin sa ibang technology" amp bat hindi na lang nila sabihin ng diretso..

No baka iniisip nyo kaya ako ganito dahil hindi ako pumasa. I passed the screening kahit ginago ko ang interview (dahil hindi ko nga sila gusto)

Heto.. kanina interview sa makati! SOWS! Napaaga ako ng punta pero bawal pumasok sa loob pag hindi mo pa time (so mega hintay ako sa labas! at umupo sa tabitabi na parang tanga) tapos yung guard!!!!! yung guard!!!! pinagkamalan pa akong nag shoplift.. (as if naman na may kukunin ako)

TAPOS yung HR! natapos na ang pag-exam namin at lahat wala man lang sinabi after.. hay nako...
basta...

iba din yung dating sa kanila...

hearsay: patayan ang trabaho.. totoong you'll work 24/7 365/12

so ayun.. 2 cents lang

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Smart is said to be one of the best employers in Asia.

Ewan ko lang if totoo. Hindi ako close sa mga taga-Smart.

Eto lang masasabi ko sa SMART. Their HR is one of the stupidest and most unprofessional in the industry.

Ganito: You are schedule for a 10am interview sa tabi ng internet cafe nila. You'll be interviewed after 1 to 2 hours pa. And you'll be interviewed for a specific position. HR level pa lang to ah. Ex. you were interviewed for a PL/ SQL programmer position. You will be interviewed again for a java programmer position.

It's redundant and very stupid pwede naman once lang ang HR interview. Use the sheet or the scoring sheet used in the HR interview for the technical interview. Sa kanila hindi. Very very stupid.

2x pa magtext at eto pa.. They do it as a group text. Asan naman ang professionalism dun.

Napaka-bastos.

Anonymous said...

NOT REALTED TO APPLYING IN SMART COMMUNICATIONS - THIS IS JUST ANOTHER RANT:

March 2006 - I applied for SmartBro.

March 18 - August 2008 - I get lucky if I get connected for a whole month. Smart rebates only go up to 60 pesos.

August 2008 - I intended to close/discontinue my account with Smart. Girl from *1888 did not give me a valid SR number of our conversation. She advised I wait for the rebate so I at least get to pay less.

September 2008 - I get billed for having 5 mins connection every hour. I get 60 pesos for rebate.

September - April 2009 - My bill passed 5k and a threat of pending court case.

April - June 2009 - Calling *1888 tells me to call Wireless Center - directs me to call *1888 - directs me to call Billing and collections - directs me to call *1888.

Jul 2009 - I get a letter from Smart Communications lawyers that "after Smart's repeated attempts to reach out to me - I failed to comply and my dues"

July 29,2009 - I am ready to fight Smart Communications head-on. I stumble on this site and I am ranting now to ease my anger on the company. FYI. I am using PLDT as a connection - not that I am promoting PLDT.

ANYONE willing to give me legal advices? ANYONE having the same problem?
i am technicalstuff101@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

FYI.. PLDT and Smart Communications are sister companies