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Scope International / ITSC@Standard Chartered Grp, culture / enviroment / prospect
bumz
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Dec 11 2006, 11:54 PM
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Getting Started
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QUOTE(Akimoto Shun @ Dec 11 2006, 11:13 PM) ya... wat is the penalty actually?... how much is it?... do u know it?... I really need to say "warr!" ... Although I expect long time working hours for IT job.... but i din't expect it to be everyday.... haha...mayb i m too 'fresh'!... then, is there actually personal time ??? ya... does this situation happen from day 1??? or after sometime of working... Then, how often actually will the salary increase since it is so suffering!!?? mIssfROGY, can i ask?... what actually did u learn here?... Is it a lot and the suffering is quite worth it... or is it totally "crap" and believe that there is other places that can provide better starting point for fresh graduate to work and learn at the same time... From what I heard, it's almost half a year salary... don't even think of cabut.
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deodorant
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Dec 12 2006, 12:35 AM
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Hmm, I thought the Crystal Plaza place was ISCM only? o.o You didn't really give specifics so i'm assuming you got offered a job with IT365? That company is basically just tech support. ISCM is more for systems development and programming. Anyway if ISCM I'd say go, IT365 I'd say don't go. Call centre is =_=; and you don't learn anything useful. I mean ... you'd learn how to trouble shoot a bunch of proprietary systems that are used in Stanchart and nowhere else ... and 2 year contract? zzzzzz. On the other hand, the PJ office got quite a lot of hot chinese chicks
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TSAkimoto Shun
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Dec 12 2006, 01:02 AM
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QUOTE(deodorant @ Dec 12 2006, 12:35 AM) Hmm, I thought the Crystal Plaza place was ISCM only? o.o You didn't really give specifics so i'm assuming you got offered a job with IT365? That company is basically just tech support. ISCM is more for systems development and programming. Anyway if ISCM I'd say go, IT365 I'd say don't go. Call centre is =_=; and you don't learn anything useful. I mean ... you'd learn how to trouble shoot a bunch of proprietary systems that are used in Stanchart and nowhere else ... and 2 year contract? zzzzzz. On the other hand, the PJ office got quite a lot of hot chinese chicks I dunno what the PJ branch call... coz havnt started yet.... but there is where i am offered a job and gone for interview... If so, is it still so horrible as our fren b4 said so... ?
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deodorant
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Dec 12 2006, 09:11 AM
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I work in the TPM office, in banking ops, so I really wouldn't know how good/bad the working conditions are over in the PJ side (which is purely IT).
"Horrible" is pretty relative, though ... I mean, I work 10-11hours a day, which seems horrible, but then I also have friends in CIMB and E&Y who have lunch AND dinner at the office every day ...
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darun
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Dec 12 2006, 05:18 PM
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Looks like you'll be situated in Menara Axis, got some friends in there, some in support, some in project development. For support it should be a very nice job as unlike development you dont have a deadline, but from time to time you'll need to be on call. But since you're a fresh grad, I doubt they expect you to fix all problems, most likely as a first level support and forward more complex problems to seniors or to the developers. Scope as a company has a lot of benefits compared to other sdn bhd out there since its actually part of stan chart bank, you'll get all the employee benefits as well like lower loan rates. Your probability of getting bonus is good as well unlike a lot of chinamen companies. I'd say its a good place to learn and network for a fresh grad.
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am_eniey
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Dec 12 2006, 07:04 PM
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scope international also has several offshore jobs
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olman
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Dec 12 2006, 07:05 PM
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QUOTE(am_eniey @ Dec 12 2006, 07:04 PM) scope international also has several offshore jobs u mean the one in lahad datu?
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am_eniey
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Dec 12 2006, 07:31 PM
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nope....in the oil and gas sector
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wongzai
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Dec 12 2006, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE(am_eniey @ Dec 12 2006, 07:31 PM) nope....in the oil and gas sector ?...scope involved in both sector oso?
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bumz
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Dec 12 2006, 08:34 PM
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Getting Started
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QUOTE(darun @ Dec 12 2006, 05:18 PM) Looks like you'll be situated in Menara Axis, got some friends in there, some in support, some in project development. For support it should be a very nice job as unlike development you dont have a deadline, but from time to time you'll need to be on call. But since you're a fresh grad, I doubt they expect you to fix all problems, most likely as a first level support and forward more complex problems to seniors or to the developers. Scope as a company has a lot of benefits compared to other sdn bhd out there since its actually part of stan chart bank, you'll get all the employee benefits as well like lower loan rates. Your probability of getting bonus is good as well unlike a lot of chinamen companies. I'd say its a good place to learn and network for a fresh grad. Support is worst than development. I ask 5 of my friends there, 100% will agree. During support, you are basically Rambo at night. If the program KO, and you make mistake, it will cost the bank alot of $$$$. Also the next day when they do post mortem, you will be in spotlight. According to them, they always ask who is interested to do support, almost everyone will start running away. He also very kesian, cos he doing support, user always will call support and hentam kaw kaw...
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deodorant
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Dec 12 2006, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE(bumz @ Dec 12 2006, 08:34 PM) Support is worst than development. I think I will agree, not just in Scope but in all other IT firms. I dunno, maybe it's cos I worked 3 year part-time while studying as Unix helpdesk ... made me totally and utterly hate anything to do with customer support/helpdesk/etc.
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bumz
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Dec 13 2006, 08:14 AM
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QUOTE(deodorant @ Dec 12 2006, 11:15 PM) I think I will agree, not just in Scope but in all other IT firms. I dunno, maybe it's cos I worked 3 year part-time while studying as Unix helpdesk ... made me totally and utterly hate anything to do with customer support/helpdesk/etc. Actually its quite simple. In development, if the project is a success, you will get all the glory and praises. But in support, if you solve a problem, most likely you will not get any glory because the nature of the work is a problem to be solved... I've seen before, although development sometimes got deadline, support also got deadline to solve a problem. But in development you have a team to back you up, support you need to be more independant.
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darun
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Dec 13 2006, 11:06 AM
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QUOTE(bumz @ Dec 12 2006, 08:34 PM) Support is worst than development. I ask 5 of my friends there, 100% will agree. During support, you are basically Rambo at night. If the program KO, and you make mistake, it will cost the bank alot of $$$$. Also the next day when they do post mortem, you will be in spotlight. According to them, they always ask who is interested to do support, almost everyone will start running away. He also very kesian, cos he doing support, user always will call support and hentam kaw kaw... Sounds totally different then what my friend is telling me, she's supporting their internet/mobile banking application and most of the time she doesnt have anyting much to do. They rotate on call according to her. Any serious problems that she cannot fix she will forward to the developers/vendors and she is not even a fresh grad but an intermediate level. By the way, this is software support, not technical/hardware/system support. 2 very different things. Perhaps the poster should enlighten us on which type of support he/she is actually interviewing.
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bumz
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Dec 13 2006, 02:03 PM
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QUOTE(darun @ Dec 13 2006, 11:06 AM) Sounds totally different then what my friend is telling me, she's supporting their internet/mobile banking application and most of the time she doesnt have anyting much to do. They rotate on call according to her. Any serious problems that she cannot fix she will forward to the developers/vendors and she is not even a fresh grad but an intermediate level. By the way, this is software support, not technical/hardware/system support. 2 very different things. Perhaps the poster should enlighten us on which type of support he/she is actually interviewing. Ya its two different things. If it is mainframe support, it's totally different story. I think poster should specify if he is mainframe or non-mainframe support.
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marshies
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Dec 13 2006, 08:58 PM
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New Member
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hello..im a newbie here..came across of this topic recently.. i hv just joined scope (pj branch) for 1 month plus. so far everything has been good.
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Jackieboy
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Dec 13 2006, 09:18 PM
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Getting Started
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marshies, u male or female?
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marshies
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Dec 13 2006, 09:26 PM
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New Member
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female. jackieboy, are u with scope too?
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mIssfROGY
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Dec 13 2006, 11:35 PM
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QUOTE(bumz @ Dec 11 2006, 12:55 AM) Miss Frogy, you were in ccms? AHhahaha.....no...
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mIssfROGY
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Dec 13 2006, 11:39 PM
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QUOTE(Akimoto Shun @ Dec 11 2006, 11:13 PM) ya... wat is the penalty actually?... how much is it?... do u know it?... I really need to say "warr!" ... Although I expect long time working hours for IT job.... but i din't expect it to be everyday.... haha...mayb i m too 'fresh'!... then, is there actually personal time ??? ya... does this situation happen from day 1??? or after sometime of working... Then, how often actually will the salary increase since it is so suffering!!?? mIssfROGY, can i ask?... what actually did u learn here?... Is it a lot and the suffering is quite worth it... or is it totally "crap" and believe that there is other places that can provide better starting point for fresh graduate to work and learn at the same time... I really dunno about your penalty becoz my contract is not same as yours But one thing is...i learn more things there in 3 months than i did in 1 year..hohooh!
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mIssfROGY
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Dec 13 2006, 11:44 PM
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QUOTE(deodorant @ Dec 12 2006, 12:35 AM) Hmm, I thought the Crystal Plaza place was ISCM only? o.o You didn't really give specifics so i'm assuming you got offered a job with IT365? That company is basically just tech support. ISCM is more for systems development and programming. Anyway if ISCM I'd say go, IT365 I'd say don't go. Call centre is =_=; and you don't learn anything useful. I mean ... you'd learn how to trouble shoot a bunch of proprietary systems that are used in Stanchart and nowhere else ... and 2 year contract? zzzzzz. On the other hand, the PJ office got quite a lot of hot chinese chicks i know the receptionist quite chun chic.... then another one is this aged manager.....but she looks dem hot too!!
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