Pros
-Travel, but expect to live in a busy city and not on the beach -Interesting work -Experience with IT tools
Cons
-All work no play, the office environment degraded over the years I worked there and stooped to the point where it is today. It is all about squeezing life out of employees in order to push highest numbers, while firing employees to hire new ones at lower cost. Numbers are everything while service gets worse. -Company will take your passport and keep it hostage. -Company have trouble with local authority and may have to put you on tourist visa instead of working visa. Working as an illigal alien in Philippines, while company saves money on you. -Low pay. -Bad insurance. -Company will deduct foreigners pay for SSS pension and Phil Health, though foreigners will never be able to use these. -Employer have no education in leadership and think being strict and slapping you for anything is the way to treat employees. -Once you arrive in Philippines you can only end your contract to go home early if you return money for ticket and rent first month. Thus if you decided it was a bad idea, you will end up paying high price for even going there in the first place. If you have no money before going there, you are basicly a hostage until you can earn enough money. -They promised you will get free flight home every year. This in reality means you will get no free flight unless you stay for a 2nd year. -You will not be able to get an increase in salary, even with tenure.