part six
Maliit pa lang ako noon at napasyal na ko sa lugar na to. Tawag nila Cubao na parang naguluhan ako kung bakit pero pagtitignan mo ngayon, napakaayos na lugar! Napagsama niya ang luma at bago, ang nakalipas at ang kinabukasan.. Naks, pagkatapos ng ilan taon, akalain mo magiging ganito na siya! Magandang business hub.. Iksihan natin to ha?
EGS - Tama, may EGS dito at ang account ata nila eh parang newspaper. Di ko lang alam kung nandyan pa o naiba na. APAC siya dati at nung nagmerge, iba na. Medyo malayo siya sa cubao, parang P.Tuazon entrance na siya at malapit sa SM Cubao. Hmmmm basta kung puro US account, wag na. hehe
Telus - Isa sa pinakauna at lumang site na Telus. Parang surviving sites sila, pero masasabi ko matatag pa din sila. Telus ang account nila, so yun main canadian telco account ang hawak. Mabait ang mga Canadian, pero well, geographically, mahirap sa Canada. Saka yun timezone, same sa US. Ang sikat sa Telus eh, libreng phone plan ata sa globe na di ko alam kung hanggang ngayon ok pa din sila. Ang sure ko lang, sobrang baba ng sweldo. hehe
VXI - Nakakagulat na may branch pala sila dito sa Cubao! hehe Ang alam ko lang eh may outbound sales account sila sa Makati at may ibang CS accounts. Alam ko Xoom eh nasa kanila. Baka mali din ako ng rinig. hehe Isa pa, wala ako alam kung paano sila magpasweldo or benefits.. Pero ang sure ko, ang rinig ko sa kanila, madali makapasok, at madali din makaalis. Alam na. hehe
AIG - Kahit natapos ang isa sa mga pinakamatinding financial meltdown sa kasaysayan, isa sila sa mga rason kung bakit nagkakaganito na ang US ngayon.. Buhay pa din sila. Nakakagulat pa, kala ko isa lang office nila sa Alabang, nadagdagan pa. Di ko lang sigurado kung sa Makati site nila eh tumatakbo pa. Para sa kin, ayoko ko lang pumunta diyan. Di dahil malaki sweldo o parang may pride ka pagnandiyan ka, iba lang yun image nila sa kin. Lalo nagiba tingin ko sa kanila nung mapanood ko yun documentary na yun.. Kalimutan na nga yan.
Accenture - Masasabi ko, ang laki ng site nila dito. Grabe, dalawang building at minsan magugulat ka na ACN pala halos lahat kasabay mo sa elevator. Well, sabihin na natin.. Ok sila. Yun lang masasabi ko sa ngayon. hahaha Isa sa mga sites na masasabi ko, madali pumasok, di gaya ng ibang sites nila.
Ano pa ba ibang sites na alam ko nandito. Sutherland lang ata. Wala na ko maisip na ibang call center nandito. May mga ilang bagay na sana ayusin o pagandahin nila. Una eh delikado itong lugar na ito. Sobrang buenas ako na wala nangyari sa kin, kasi may mga oras gaya ng gabi na nagcommute ako tapos nakakatakot! Lalo na sa mga foot bridge saka yun madilim na parte na Aurora blvd, di ko pa nasasasama yun patay sindi na parte ng Cubao. hehe Sana improve nila yun security dito nakapalibot sa Cubao. Ah wag na asahan yun mga pulis dito. hehe
Isa pa, eh sana sa laki ng space na mayrun sila eh ayusin nila yun hub. Pero siyempre wag naman gibain yun mga lumang building gaya ng Farmer's o Cubao X, yun ibang lugar naman dun. Ang dami pa lugar na pwede improve, gaya na lang nung bus terminal. Mailaw na nga dun, di naman magandang tignan. Sana ayusin at pagandahin nila yun lugar at sana mas malawak para sa mga nagdrive.. Grabe pag may concert o ibang ginagawa sa big dome, lintek na trapik!
Maganda kasi sa Cubao eh malapit lang sa lahat. Lalo ako na isang jeep lang mula sa bahay kaso matrapik sa mga dadaan. hehe Pag labas mo sa trabaho, nasa harap na ang commute, gimik, kain at iba pa. Maganda yun ginawa nila sa Gateway Tower, Gateway Mall, tapos yun paligid ng big dome, laki improvement di lang yun isetann. hehe Wag din kalimutan yun Manhattan malapit sa Yale! Sulit.. hehe Maayos at masaya naman dun, lalo na yun banchetto sa gabi. Grabe, sulit! Wag kalimutan pa ang cubao X! hahaha
Kaya masasabi ko eh, kahit papano, ang cubao eh di lang puntahan pang day off nila dong at day..
Kung hindi, para sa may mga class din na tao! Let's go to Cubao!
Showing posts with label place. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 29, 2015
Monday, June 30, 2014
Eye of the Beholder
I haven't been in this place for a long time. A very long time.. Hmmm everything changed, a facade of the past still shows in the activity plaza. High street brands at the bottom then now at the second floor, food and electronics section come together. Lightning is great at night. My favorite CBTL branch still stands and a it is still a great place to chill or have a date with someone. Whatever date that you can think of perhaps. Surprisingly, the activity center became between bare an vibrant. I mean there are now few shops than before, due to the new buildings outside of this center. Vibrant because it has a new paint job, another great lighthing job and few people going around. Well it's Wednesday night so maybe that's the reason only few people roams around here. Traffic outside is still the same or maybe worse at the real rush hours.
The crowd never changed. There are the high society, koreans, simple people, executives and a lot of greens. They are the leaves and trees surrounding this place. Don't forget other nationals such as the caucasian dude passed by me. He returned and a bit lost.
How few people are here? I see more sales staff roaming than the crowd itself or maybe because I'm in a place where few pass by. While waiting for her, I'm thinking I just love staying at the south. Everything looks somewhat elegant yet not crowded or very expensive staying here. Except of course you need to take tricycle to just get out of a village. A lot patience due to the pathetic traffic you encounter everyday. Oh please just don't come here at holidays. It's traffic hell.
Everything is accessible, beautiful people and less flooding. Someday I'll see if I have chance staying here for a long time. Again..
3 ladies still thinking where to go and they went to my right including to a different group which has a kinda good looking lady foreigner. Yes, I love it here. Sight seeing fills my boredom. Maybe I should send a follow up text to her.
Anyway, as rainy season is now ongoing its getting itchy here because of flies. As much I love cold weather, I hate 3 things in this season, flies, strong rains and my dermatitis going back. In summer those are the only things I like because they are not happening.. Not a chance.
This is also the place I see rich people wear simple yet expensive clothing. You can see the brands at what they wear. Geez.. They do have a lot of money.
Another caucasian passed which I saw earlier, a different dude, seems lost as well.
Will she show up? Hmmmm I don't know yet. Oh yeah I use to see celebrities strolling around here but for today, I'm in a wrong day. Sundays definitely they'll show up. Don't be surprised when someone looks plain or naive, speaks great english.
Just minutes left and Im out of here. But it's a really refreshing going back to this place.
A vibrant place here in the south.
The crowd never changed. There are the high society, koreans, simple people, executives and a lot of greens. They are the leaves and trees surrounding this place. Don't forget other nationals such as the caucasian dude passed by me. He returned and a bit lost.
How few people are here? I see more sales staff roaming than the crowd itself or maybe because I'm in a place where few pass by. While waiting for her, I'm thinking I just love staying at the south. Everything looks somewhat elegant yet not crowded or very expensive staying here. Except of course you need to take tricycle to just get out of a village. A lot patience due to the pathetic traffic you encounter everyday. Oh please just don't come here at holidays. It's traffic hell.
Everything is accessible, beautiful people and less flooding. Someday I'll see if I have chance staying here for a long time. Again..
3 ladies still thinking where to go and they went to my right including to a different group which has a kinda good looking lady foreigner. Yes, I love it here. Sight seeing fills my boredom. Maybe I should send a follow up text to her.
Anyway, as rainy season is now ongoing its getting itchy here because of flies. As much I love cold weather, I hate 3 things in this season, flies, strong rains and my dermatitis going back. In summer those are the only things I like because they are not happening.. Not a chance.
This is also the place I see rich people wear simple yet expensive clothing. You can see the brands at what they wear. Geez.. They do have a lot of money.
Another caucasian passed which I saw earlier, a different dude, seems lost as well.
Will she show up? Hmmmm I don't know yet. Oh yeah I use to see celebrities strolling around here but for today, I'm in a wrong day. Sundays definitely they'll show up. Don't be surprised when someone looks plain or naive, speaks great english.
Just minutes left and Im out of here. But it's a really refreshing going back to this place.
A vibrant place here in the south.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Ring! Ring!
(Makati)
Part 1
When it comes to business districts here in the Philippines, first comes to mind is this place.. Makati!
As much I want to describe this place, I'll kinda save that part at the next post. For now, I'll just give you some companies or some buildings when thinking of applying for a call center/BPO job.
Despite many people coming from the farthest of places like from the South or North, they still come to work here at Makati. It's all here! From big companies, government agencies, malls or even the stock exchange.
Just a short description of Makati.. Definitely, if your shift is at night, it's easy to come to work, no traffic and less frills. But if your shift is the normal day shift, office type, morning shift well.. Gotta say, give yourself at least one and a half hour in advance coming here. Then if you come home at rush hour, give your at least 2 hours going home. That's at my place, but worse if you're living far. Geez.. Makati is big, a lot of villages and a lot of strict traffic rules, all guards in uniform can apprehend your driver's license and much more.. To make it simple, I advise don't bring a car here unless your earning big time. hehe
Cut the chase, let's start!
If you're coming from Pasay, going to Dian St.. I heard this is a working call center that caters Korean for online english tutorials.
Going forward to Chino Roces/Pasong Tamo extension/Washington, actually there is one building to look out for a job. The much maligned Export Bank Plaza. Maligned because the Export Bank was well, under receivership of central bank, it went kaput.. But the building still stands.
Inside the building, houses the notable..
Headstrong - they are like Accenture in terms of job positions, back office, HR functions, programming then that's it. I tried to apply there thru my friend but it did not work out. Fine. hehe Even my friend left, so I don't know, what good or bad inside there. But important is they still stands. They only have night shift. Definitely smaller than Accenture.
Sutherland - I'm not sure if this one still operates in this building after their closure of their site in one province. They handle mostly US accounts such as, I'm not sure but google or amazon. Between those two.. It's an Indian owned company but what I heard. None that will really notice them. What I do know they just closed their site in one provice way back a year ago. Geez.
WEST contact services - Before, they have a lot ads, even reaching to city buses!!! But now, they kinda spending cuts of recruitment! hahaha I know they have Yahoo account, the YM part which besides at their Manda office. In this site, they have a tech account, then HR of AT&T, hiring of outsource techs!!! hehe That is the position I wanted! But sad to say, I did not pass. I applied twice, one was after my college graduation, then last one, after my days from 24/7. hehe The tests were not changed, still the same, from typing, reading comprehension, interview, then that's it. I don't know why I'm quite unlucky. One good thing about them, you get paid bi weekly! Every second and last friday of the month. One bad thing about them, if your scorecard or stats are quite low, despite TL's authority to save the agent, they will remove you. No questions ask. Even you're tenured. I just remembered that they do have US cable account, I just forgot the name. But definitely, that's a toxic account! hahaha
After Export Plaza, well, go forth and you'll find Burgundy Plaza. Home of the security guards who shot their counterparts.. Geez. Crazy!
Kidding aside, only call center situated here is Sykes. But I'm not sure if this center still residing because they just opened one in G5.
Anyway, I'll make it short for Sykes because the bash is at their next site, in the same Makati place. hehe But here at this site, I'm sure MCI still stands or what they are called now. Then they have a new account, quite intriguing.. A financial account which the rep cannot disclose to anyone.. I mean even friends. I'm quite curious, I can't even guess if it's US, they say Canadian, but definitely not UK. I have no clue. Well, Sykes has a weird payscale that you can choose, a lot of leaves which you can convert. The bad thing? Next time!
Walk a few minutes, passed the Makati Post Office, the Mercury Drug and Tropical Hut, corner of Ayala Ave. From People Support, now it's Aegis! Then sometime, a new name again! hehe
Proof? Gossips around the office, then my best friend who well got retrenched, as he is working at middle management. There is a way of cost cutting.
Well, this company has ups and a lot of downs. I mean before they were recruiting hard and became one of the best centers.
Unfortunately, some bad things happen. They used to have a lot of accounts, one prominent account Vonage used to be a good one. However, due to the scandal and dropping sales of VOiP, Vonage closed and pulled out. I forgot their US financial account, I'm not sure which but that pulled out as well, then left a lot of non working agents. Others left, others retrenched and others lucky still stayed in different LOB's.
I heard that they have their own gym, a great medical coverage and good food restaurants at the below of their center, with Starbucks. Only accounts I know they still have, the flower delivery that I'm not sure of it, Expedia and a local account of Philam which they cut agents every month.. Then the gossip of another sale of them.
Well, simply avoid this one and there are a lot as you move forward in Ayala Ave or Buendia. hehe
I'm now thinking that this series will be the longest part of this blog series..
Coz Makati is quite Big.
Part 1
When it comes to business districts here in the Philippines, first comes to mind is this place.. Makati!
As much I want to describe this place, I'll kinda save that part at the next post. For now, I'll just give you some companies or some buildings when thinking of applying for a call center/BPO job.
Despite many people coming from the farthest of places like from the South or North, they still come to work here at Makati. It's all here! From big companies, government agencies, malls or even the stock exchange.
Just a short description of Makati.. Definitely, if your shift is at night, it's easy to come to work, no traffic and less frills. But if your shift is the normal day shift, office type, morning shift well.. Gotta say, give yourself at least one and a half hour in advance coming here. Then if you come home at rush hour, give your at least 2 hours going home. That's at my place, but worse if you're living far. Geez.. Makati is big, a lot of villages and a lot of strict traffic rules, all guards in uniform can apprehend your driver's license and much more.. To make it simple, I advise don't bring a car here unless your earning big time. hehe
Cut the chase, let's start!
If you're coming from Pasay, going to Dian St.. I heard this is a working call center that caters Korean for online english tutorials.
Going forward to Chino Roces/Pasong Tamo extension/Washington, actually there is one building to look out for a job. The much maligned Export Bank Plaza. Maligned because the Export Bank was well, under receivership of central bank, it went kaput.. But the building still stands.
Inside the building, houses the notable..
Headstrong - they are like Accenture in terms of job positions, back office, HR functions, programming then that's it. I tried to apply there thru my friend but it did not work out. Fine. hehe Even my friend left, so I don't know, what good or bad inside there. But important is they still stands. They only have night shift. Definitely smaller than Accenture.
Sutherland - I'm not sure if this one still operates in this building after their closure of their site in one province. They handle mostly US accounts such as, I'm not sure but google or amazon. Between those two.. It's an Indian owned company but what I heard. None that will really notice them. What I do know they just closed their site in one provice way back a year ago. Geez.
WEST contact services - Before, they have a lot ads, even reaching to city buses!!! But now, they kinda spending cuts of recruitment! hahaha I know they have Yahoo account, the YM part which besides at their Manda office. In this site, they have a tech account, then HR of AT&T, hiring of outsource techs!!! hehe That is the position I wanted! But sad to say, I did not pass. I applied twice, one was after my college graduation, then last one, after my days from 24/7. hehe The tests were not changed, still the same, from typing, reading comprehension, interview, then that's it. I don't know why I'm quite unlucky. One good thing about them, you get paid bi weekly! Every second and last friday of the month. One bad thing about them, if your scorecard or stats are quite low, despite TL's authority to save the agent, they will remove you. No questions ask. Even you're tenured. I just remembered that they do have US cable account, I just forgot the name. But definitely, that's a toxic account! hahaha
After Export Plaza, well, go forth and you'll find Burgundy Plaza. Home of the security guards who shot their counterparts.. Geez. Crazy!
Kidding aside, only call center situated here is Sykes. But I'm not sure if this center still residing because they just opened one in G5.
Anyway, I'll make it short for Sykes because the bash is at their next site, in the same Makati place. hehe But here at this site, I'm sure MCI still stands or what they are called now. Then they have a new account, quite intriguing.. A financial account which the rep cannot disclose to anyone.. I mean even friends. I'm quite curious, I can't even guess if it's US, they say Canadian, but definitely not UK. I have no clue. Well, Sykes has a weird payscale that you can choose, a lot of leaves which you can convert. The bad thing? Next time!
Walk a few minutes, passed the Makati Post Office, the Mercury Drug and Tropical Hut, corner of Ayala Ave. From People Support, now it's Aegis! Then sometime, a new name again! hehe
Proof? Gossips around the office, then my best friend who well got retrenched, as he is working at middle management. There is a way of cost cutting.
Well, this company has ups and a lot of downs. I mean before they were recruiting hard and became one of the best centers.
Unfortunately, some bad things happen. They used to have a lot of accounts, one prominent account Vonage used to be a good one. However, due to the scandal and dropping sales of VOiP, Vonage closed and pulled out. I forgot their US financial account, I'm not sure which but that pulled out as well, then left a lot of non working agents. Others left, others retrenched and others lucky still stayed in different LOB's.
I heard that they have their own gym, a great medical coverage and good food restaurants at the below of their center, with Starbucks. Only accounts I know they still have, the flower delivery that I'm not sure of it, Expedia and a local account of Philam which they cut agents every month.. Then the gossip of another sale of them.
Well, simply avoid this one and there are a lot as you move forward in Ayala Ave or Buendia. hehe
I'm now thinking that this series will be the longest part of this blog series..
Coz Makati is quite Big.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Ring! Ring!
How did I end up here? Way down south of Metro Manila... hehe Maybe new scenery, fresh place or a breathe of fresh air or environment or how about better pay! It was indeed..
These were the times that I kinda lived care free attitude, financially and the whole being.. These were also the times that kinda chaotic. hehe Moving forward, after 6-7 years, this place became beautiful of sorts. Trees around the walkway in Northgate, then at the middle of it, circle of shops which are mostly food and one 711. There is a walkway with roof on it so if you're in a hurry before 5 mins of your shift under the rain, you can still make it! hehe
Traffic is way better due to the underpass.. The look of northgate way became better unlike those years before. So if you're looking for work and you're living near at these places well, don't look far. Here it is! hehe
Ah of course, this is one of my favorite places to work with, comes with some caution. Well, the only thing I can think of is if you're going to work at night or going home at night.. Please, just be careful showing off some valuable things especially riding in a jeepney. Great thing for me, I was able to avoid any mugging or mishap but others kinda unlucky. The whole Alabang Zapote Rd is kinda dangerous at the wee hours of night/morning, especially at the end of the road, near south station. Geez, don't go there especially at that market stop. Despite police visiblity, this road is very long, and there are a lot of spots where evil lurks. Just that, be careful unless you have a car. hehe
CVG (Alabang and now famous Nuvali)- Convergys houses at Alabang, Direct TV account which I don't know if its still there.. hehe Ah like Dish Network, this one is simply hell of a account. Pain in the arse, stressful, toxic and you kinda name it all. Well, another controversial account there is Optus, why? It came from a call center which is quite very familiar to me. It houses Optus LAD and prepaid service which you can speak in vernacular. If I got it right. hehe Of course, CVG is known for housing the toxic accounts, strict business code and conduct and sorts.. More of them when we go to Makati. By the way, Nuvali is at Laguna, and it houses suprisingly a lot of BPO offices, a new site.. CVG has one there and according to a previous employee there, it houses kinda premium accounts. Of course, stress is premium as well. hehe One account there, is kinda weird but clever, market research company, which give clients some information about a certain company for the purpose of acquisition or merger. Quite interesting.
Firstsource- I tried to apply for this company because I had a plan to come back at my sister's house if I did not pass my applications to other companies. Great thing it did not go through. hehe This is a new company situated at Northgate, it's an UK company doing outsourcing or Australian but you can check it at their website. Definitely, they are just a outsource company like CVG. CVG is located at the front of northgate while this one, way back, near Stream.
Stream - As they have centers in Shaw, Makati or in QC, well, this site I'm not sure if it still exist but definitely a lot left when it transitioned from eTel to Stream. Like some of my friends or former team mates. Geez. Anyway, I'll bash them when this one reaches my home turf at QC. hehe I have no idea what they have, well, one thing is for sure, pay is definitely lower than when they were Etel. hehe
GENPACT - This center is near Stream and yeah at the back of northgate. They sound another outsource company but they handle mostly GE accounts ranging from GE bank up to other GE accounts, I'm not sure if they handle a bulb account. hehe They used to be really a GE company but I think they were sold to become an outsource company. It used to house wachovia but due to financial meltdown in the US, they were gone. They still standing at northgate, they have a branch here at QC. I only know one batchmate used to work there, it was good but due to some management decision, she did not like it and left. If I were asked to apply here, hmmm there are many other centers out there. hehe
EGS - By the way, sounds new? Nope, they are the suprisingly old, coming from a merger between APAC and NCO/RMH callcenter which are both long standing call centers in Manila. Neither they've grown nor shrink, and decided to become one which is not very usual in the BPO industry. Maybe I'll explain it further when this one come to QC. Anyway, the account they have here is a medical insurance, which until now, not disclosed by my CG mate. hehe Anyway, what I heard from other people about this company, very messy because of the merger. Many are leaving, yet they recruit more. Very normal in this industry. But better find other centers.
Capital One - the most intriguing center in Northgate coz it used to be HSBC Alabang before. hehe Before, when they heard you came from this center, you're damn good! It is! hehe But due to financial crisis in the US and HSBC was slapped billions of fine due to laundering violations which was very embarassing due to the fact, we were always trained to be complaint against money laundering by the trainings and courses but well.. HSBC is kinda compromised that. They sold this site to Cap One. hehe I wrote a lot about this site and I told that it was the worst but time passed by, I heard they improved. hehe I discovered worse than them.. Cap One officially has one in house center here, but I'm not sure if they are really good especially they have US account, you know how hard it is! hehe
Well, these are some call centers to apply here at Alabang and yes there are some in Nuvali, Sta. Rosa which has Teletech and that directory KGB, I'm not sure.. Nuvali has CVG and soon IBM, not sure about that. Funny thing, until now, Northgate has the only BPO centers here, there are some in insular life building near Filinvest Mall, one notably a korean online teaching school. Oh, the AIG office which was formerly Philam Life subsidiary. As you can see, the only gate that has the most BPO offices are in Northgate, so I hope, in the future time, they will have all gates occupied with these kind of offices, not just Condos or specialty shops or restos..
What I love here is the proximity although traffic is sick especially in Christmas season.. hehe But most of the time, traffic is quite manageable as long you live house early.. Proximity from LP going to Alabang is only one jeep away. Then all the malls or restos you want to go is also here.. SM Southmall will be your second home. hehe Or choose from that all class Alabang Town Center, or if you want something different Filinvest Mall. Not to count that Molito part and the classy Ayala alabang village and other places sa south. Madrigal up to that Filinvest City is quite serene coz it has few tall buildings unlike in Makati or other CBD. You can run or breathe some air of it. Northgate itself is good by having some stores and yes, even Bellevue Hotel which I puked a lot. hehe
Schools, churches, hospitals are near and yeah everything you want to go is here. Of course I'm more connected at QC but because of these features of the city, I kinda love here. The people here? Damn fantastic.. And yes, south is beautiful. Many beautiful people! hehehe
I used to dream that if I want to have a family and be away? One of the locations I consider if I become successful, definitely here at the south. Yeah just avoid Paranaque due to flooding and more chaotic traffic, and weird roadways. Geez.. Even in LP, just don't be near Cavite part at Coastal because of traffic and quite far to Alabang or SLEX.
Don't forget if you're run out of funds and want to have a simple fun strooling time, there is Times, Metropolis and Starmall! =)
These were the times that I kinda lived care free attitude, financially and the whole being.. These were also the times that kinda chaotic. hehe Moving forward, after 6-7 years, this place became beautiful of sorts. Trees around the walkway in Northgate, then at the middle of it, circle of shops which are mostly food and one 711. There is a walkway with roof on it so if you're in a hurry before 5 mins of your shift under the rain, you can still make it! hehe
Traffic is way better due to the underpass.. The look of northgate way became better unlike those years before. So if you're looking for work and you're living near at these places well, don't look far. Here it is! hehe
Ah of course, this is one of my favorite places to work with, comes with some caution. Well, the only thing I can think of is if you're going to work at night or going home at night.. Please, just be careful showing off some valuable things especially riding in a jeepney. Great thing for me, I was able to avoid any mugging or mishap but others kinda unlucky. The whole Alabang Zapote Rd is kinda dangerous at the wee hours of night/morning, especially at the end of the road, near south station. Geez, don't go there especially at that market stop. Despite police visiblity, this road is very long, and there are a lot of spots where evil lurks. Just that, be careful unless you have a car. hehe
CVG (Alabang and now famous Nuvali)- Convergys houses at Alabang, Direct TV account which I don't know if its still there.. hehe Ah like Dish Network, this one is simply hell of a account. Pain in the arse, stressful, toxic and you kinda name it all. Well, another controversial account there is Optus, why? It came from a call center which is quite very familiar to me. It houses Optus LAD and prepaid service which you can speak in vernacular. If I got it right. hehe Of course, CVG is known for housing the toxic accounts, strict business code and conduct and sorts.. More of them when we go to Makati. By the way, Nuvali is at Laguna, and it houses suprisingly a lot of BPO offices, a new site.. CVG has one there and according to a previous employee there, it houses kinda premium accounts. Of course, stress is premium as well. hehe One account there, is kinda weird but clever, market research company, which give clients some information about a certain company for the purpose of acquisition or merger. Quite interesting.
Firstsource- I tried to apply for this company because I had a plan to come back at my sister's house if I did not pass my applications to other companies. Great thing it did not go through. hehe This is a new company situated at Northgate, it's an UK company doing outsourcing or Australian but you can check it at their website. Definitely, they are just a outsource company like CVG. CVG is located at the front of northgate while this one, way back, near Stream.
Stream - As they have centers in Shaw, Makati or in QC, well, this site I'm not sure if it still exist but definitely a lot left when it transitioned from eTel to Stream. Like some of my friends or former team mates. Geez. Anyway, I'll bash them when this one reaches my home turf at QC. hehe I have no idea what they have, well, one thing is for sure, pay is definitely lower than when they were Etel. hehe
GENPACT - This center is near Stream and yeah at the back of northgate. They sound another outsource company but they handle mostly GE accounts ranging from GE bank up to other GE accounts, I'm not sure if they handle a bulb account. hehe They used to be really a GE company but I think they were sold to become an outsource company. It used to house wachovia but due to financial meltdown in the US, they were gone. They still standing at northgate, they have a branch here at QC. I only know one batchmate used to work there, it was good but due to some management decision, she did not like it and left. If I were asked to apply here, hmmm there are many other centers out there. hehe
EGS - By the way, sounds new? Nope, they are the suprisingly old, coming from a merger between APAC and NCO/RMH callcenter which are both long standing call centers in Manila. Neither they've grown nor shrink, and decided to become one which is not very usual in the BPO industry. Maybe I'll explain it further when this one come to QC. Anyway, the account they have here is a medical insurance, which until now, not disclosed by my CG mate. hehe Anyway, what I heard from other people about this company, very messy because of the merger. Many are leaving, yet they recruit more. Very normal in this industry. But better find other centers.
Capital One - the most intriguing center in Northgate coz it used to be HSBC Alabang before. hehe Before, when they heard you came from this center, you're damn good! It is! hehe But due to financial crisis in the US and HSBC was slapped billions of fine due to laundering violations which was very embarassing due to the fact, we were always trained to be complaint against money laundering by the trainings and courses but well.. HSBC is kinda compromised that. They sold this site to Cap One. hehe I wrote a lot about this site and I told that it was the worst but time passed by, I heard they improved. hehe I discovered worse than them.. Cap One officially has one in house center here, but I'm not sure if they are really good especially they have US account, you know how hard it is! hehe
Well, these are some call centers to apply here at Alabang and yes there are some in Nuvali, Sta. Rosa which has Teletech and that directory KGB, I'm not sure.. Nuvali has CVG and soon IBM, not sure about that. Funny thing, until now, Northgate has the only BPO centers here, there are some in insular life building near Filinvest Mall, one notably a korean online teaching school. Oh, the AIG office which was formerly Philam Life subsidiary. As you can see, the only gate that has the most BPO offices are in Northgate, so I hope, in the future time, they will have all gates occupied with these kind of offices, not just Condos or specialty shops or restos..
What I love here is the proximity although traffic is sick especially in Christmas season.. hehe But most of the time, traffic is quite manageable as long you live house early.. Proximity from LP going to Alabang is only one jeep away. Then all the malls or restos you want to go is also here.. SM Southmall will be your second home. hehe Or choose from that all class Alabang Town Center, or if you want something different Filinvest Mall. Not to count that Molito part and the classy Ayala alabang village and other places sa south. Madrigal up to that Filinvest City is quite serene coz it has few tall buildings unlike in Makati or other CBD. You can run or breathe some air of it. Northgate itself is good by having some stores and yes, even Bellevue Hotel which I puked a lot. hehe
Schools, churches, hospitals are near and yeah everything you want to go is here. Of course I'm more connected at QC but because of these features of the city, I kinda love here. The people here? Damn fantastic.. And yes, south is beautiful. Many beautiful people! hehehe
I used to dream that if I want to have a family and be away? One of the locations I consider if I become successful, definitely here at the south. Yeah just avoid Paranaque due to flooding and more chaotic traffic, and weird roadways. Geez.. Even in LP, just don't be near Cavite part at Coastal because of traffic and quite far to Alabang or SLEX.
Don't forget if you're run out of funds and want to have a simple fun strooling time, there is Times, Metropolis and Starmall! =)
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