Singtel Reviews

I have been working at Singtel full-time for more than a year

Pros – Its only good if you join as a middle grade manager and above or you are looking forward to retirement the moment you join because the organisation does not have any habit of recession or sacking of staff

Cons – Poor career progression for entry level staff.
Still function like a government despite it being a listed companies with plenty of associates around the world.
Too many layers of approval to clear for any project initiatives

Advice to Senior Management – Please wake up and get the right people for the right projects instead of trying to make do with whatever resources you have or hiring the wrong people for the wrong jobs

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Singtel full-time for less than a year

Pros – opportunities to learn new things.

Cons – office politics. Bureaucracy. move slowly.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Singtel full-time for more than a year

Pros – Many things to learn
Good location
Well known company (sometimes for the wrong reasons)
Good health plan

Cons – Promotions is slow
Pay increments are really very incremental (small amount of increments annually)
Very bonus heavy (low base, 3-4 months bonus brings it back up, but this deters talent)
Long work hours (I assume many places are the same now)
Poor senior management engagement

Advice to Senior Management – Review talent identification and retention program
Move from bonus heavy to attractive base pays
Keep up the good work on health plans

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Singtel full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great colleague, very good place to learn about telco business. HQ is here in Singapore, so support is never an issue.

Cons – Support is never an issue if you could escalate high enough. Politics prevents most task from being easy.

Advice to Senior Management – Let the politics stays at your level, let the ground people do their job.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Singtel full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – it is a great platform that you may have chances to learn more, feel more and see more.

Cons – some politics in such a big org..
poor and tedious processes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Singtel full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Excellent career development opportunity. They have good training programs and are really serious with individual development plan.

Cons – Weak HR support. They are not as dynamic an innovative with regard to providing good remuneration package.

I have been working at Singtel full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – 1. No pressure
2. Good team mates
3. Nice boss (especially my managers)
4. Work life harmony

Cons – 1. As a programmer, sometimes you may have some difficulties to learn their sw dev env.
2. Will not guide / brief about their system and have to start by urself.
3. Sometimes deadline are weird.

I worked at Singtel full-time for more than a year

Pros – Progressive approach to HR/L&OD.
Challenging stakeholders keeps you on your toes
Systems in place
Great career development program

Cons – Expected long working hours and requests to deliver even if you are out of office

Advice to Senior Management – More employer branding

I have been working at Singtel as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Staff plan for SingTel mobile.

Cons – Due to constant policies and pricing changes, customers will show dissatisfaction to you.

Advice to Senior Management – Rapid price changes and policies angers customers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Singtel full-time

Pros – - Able to transfer to other departments for career development
- Friendly environment, without much office politics at working level although it is a big organisation
- Pro-family benefits

Cons – - Base salary is lower
- Very financially-focused

Advice to Senior Management – - To also look at implementation after having set new directions
- To focus on few core areas in which the company can truly excel in