Unfulfilled and Monotonous
Pros
Salary is very competitive. Very generous benefits (healthcare, allowances). There are opportunities for business trips abroad
Cons
“Finance & Accounting” role in P&G for the Philippines is VERY misleading. 90% of the time you go to the shared services side of the business which is basically a BPO/ call center for the main P&G FMCG. Work was very unfulfilling and monotonous- if you do your job right, no one will notice, but if you get something wrong, escalations will abound! There was also no work-life balance in my role, and I was constantly hounded even during holidays and vacation leaves. Management is too focused on cost savings and everyone is strongly encouraged to automate to increase efficiency. When people leave or quit, work is just absorbed aka people just get more work. Although I was finance coded, I used none of the finance background I had, and was instead asked to do automations I knew nothing about. I also felt like I had very little guidance from management and there was no support for my career from my managers. There’s also a very distinct difference in treatment of marketing folks vs GBS folks. SMO folks get yacht parties and book fancy resorts for their celebrations, while we get overnight trips in unknown locations where wifi doesn’t even work. ( In case you were wondering, I was also asked to work during these overnight trips)
