Hello everyone,

I just signed up after finding this forum & thread to be the most uptodate with what goes on while working at Astro. Thanks for the resource !
After reading reviews on Glassdoor and Indeed I still seem to be unable to understand what's going on with my current (?) candidature with Astro.

A headhunter contacted me to see whether I was interested in a certain position with Astro.
I accepted and was interviewed in early April 2018. The interview lasted almost 1.5hrs and was only one stage directly with the hiring manager. This was for a SAVP role. Unfortunately I cannot disclose what department that is for.
I was asked to record a "selfie video" introducing myself just for profiling reasons: apparently it's an Astro formality they have.

One day later the headhunter tells me Astro has already decided to make me an offer.
Over the next week I provide my references, fill in forms etc. for Astro to process a background check. Few weeks later I am advised by the headhunter that the background check came out good to go and that HR will now need to get budget approval from management.

Date of this writing is 27 June 2018. I haven't yet received the promised offer and the headhunter says that their requests/followup to the HR in Astro remain unanswered or ignored (not sure if truth).

Are you guys aware of Astro taking like 3+ months to issue a formal job offer?
This is absurd and really frustrating! Are there any current Astro employees in this forum who might shed a light?

Thanks a lot for any insight!

That's a great reply, thanks.
So you're saying to hang in there.

I haven't even seen what salary we're talking about here as I haven't seen their offer yet.
As such, I haven't even reached the negotiation stage. How long do you think negotiations can drag on for ?

According to the fact that they have clearly told me (almost 3months ago now) that I would be receiving an offer , I'm led to think that I'm not a 2nd or 3rd choice otherwise I bet they wouldn't trouble themselves to have me do all the background checks and tell me about budget approvals ongoing etc.

Just my .02$.

Nothing.

As I mentioned in my first post, this role was brokered to me via a well known headhunter agency.
After following up yet again with the agent 1 week ago, I have received no reply yet from either agent or employer.

Really makes me wonder.

Hah, are you in the same situation as me?
Since how long?

I have been chasing the agent ever since the background check came out clean and they told me I would be extended an offer.
Frankly I'm starting to lose hope.

May I ask you whether your position is also a middle management role or lower/higher?
If same or higher I wish you good luck, if lower then there is a chance it may take less time to reach a conclusion.

i never really stopped.

edit: double post

This post has been edited by randomA: Jul 11 2018, 02:46 PM

Thanks.

They told you they'd be extending you an offer and then you waited, right?
I'm officially in my 4th month of wait now.

Care to share what was the process like when you received the offer?
Did they send it to the headhunter and then they forwarded it to you? Did you accept it first and then reject?
Or did you go along with negotiations and rejected it later?

Thanks for sharing.
Still nothing here.

Just wanted to check in with you guys.
It's 1st Aug today and no news at all.

At this point I have honestly given up hope as it's been 4 months. I don't think 4 months silence has been heard before.

sounds like my same exact case: when was this?

the problem is not even waiting too long for an offer.
the real issue here is the complete radio silence from both astro's HR AND the headhunters who source people from them!

If it actually merged with Maxis it should be even better though.

Just heard back from agents.

They said ASTRO froze all candidatures for the moment, as a consequence of the management change.
We'll see what happens now to all of us stuck in the limbo...

Guess we just got in at a bad timing.

Bumping this: any news from the other candidates in this forum?

Was that your feedback from the agent or directly from Astro HR ?

Time to bump this thread.
Does anyone have any new experience w/ Astro to share?

Update:
Apparently this particular agency has been ghosted by Astro.
They don't want to pay their fees or something after the change of management so all candidates who had gotten verbal offers previously were dropped. And they can't bypass them and hire them directly because otherwise they would still owe fees to the agency for the introduction.

I noticed they use a workday platform now so they will focus on hiring directly rather than using agents. oh well, that was really unfortunate.

Good luck to everybody who got in via direct recruitment !

It's a mid-management position.
You basically report to your division's equivalent of C-suite staff.
you usually get people reporting to your role in companies as big as astro.

i don't think any specific benefits. just mid-management level of salary and "prestige" of the role being 1 step below C-suite. That's all.

Why you ask ?

No idea