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Hiring Practices of
American Companies in the Philippines: Jobs for Americans in the Philippines?
For whatever it's worth, most of the US companies with offices here
hire only a skeleton force of Americans in the most senior management positions, and hire a Filipino workforce for everything
else. Some don't hire any Americans at all. IBM Philippines for
example, has a totally Filipino workforce, from the president of the
company on down.
The only expats reside in the regional office in Singapore.
Microsoft
is much the same; all Filipinos, reporting to an American regional
manager in Singapore or Hong Kong.
There are some American companies, such as Intel, that have
established manufacturing and/or assembly plants here that have a
couple of Americans in senior management posts. Also, the large
American agri-businesses such as Dole hire a few Americans in
similar positions.
Five or six of the large US-based consulting companies are here, all
undertaking various development projects financed by various donor
organizations. Even those however, hire only a handful of Americans,
and most of the expertise they use is local.
In short, the employment picture for Americans desirous of coming
here to work for an American company is not encouraging. However,
for those interested in pursuing such a move, the American Chamber
of Commerce, headquartered in Manila, may be an excellent starting
point for figuring out which companies are here.
Regards,
Michael
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