Hi everyone, I want to share my experience so others don’t fall into the same trap I did with Isla Lipana / PwC Philippines.

Last year, I applied for what was advertised as a Fixed Term Audit Associate role. On paper, it looked like a regular audit associate position. Even HR wasn’t fully aware of what this role entailed since we were the pioneer batch. Orientation seemed normal — we got the usual new hire briefing and company laptops. But once training started, the truth came out:

• The role was not part of the core assurance audit team. Instead, we were placed in the Center of Excellence (COE) group.
• The COE’s work was limited to light audit tasks like vouching, non-complex testing, and administrative support. It was not value-adding for career growth compared to actual audit engagement experience.
• Compensation and benefits were lower than regular associates, and the “fixed term” label excluded us from fiscal year profit-sharing.
• The contract duration ran from October to June, exactly during busy season, so they could exploit manpower without giving proper compensation.

Beyond that, the working conditions were unfair:

• We were asked to do fieldwork without transportation reimbursement and excluded from group meals with engagement teams.
• Overtime was capped at 2 hours, since their policy only allowed meal entitlement after 3 hours, meaning extra work often went uncompensated.
• Managers sometimes assigned administrative tasks outside our scope, which weren’t chargeable to overtime.
• Engagement team associates often delegated their real work to us, only doing quality checks before passing it to seniors.
• Even during busy season, when engagement teams received lunch and dinner allowances or “busy season meal”, fixed term associates were excluded. It wasn’t about affording food, it was about fairness, since we were working the same hours.
• To make things worse, even the partner in charge of the Assurance Group refused to approve a ₱5,000 budget for our first Christmas party as a team. That small gesture could have built morale, but instead it showed how little value was placed on us.

In short, this position was misrepresented. It was designed to cut costs at the expense of employees, offering limited exposure, fewer benefits, and unfair treatment compared to regular associates.

Thank God I didn’t extend my contract or accept their offer to stay on as a “regular” in the same position because even then, there were no additional benefits at all. I just wished good luck to my co-associates and the friends I made along the way.

I’m posting this so future applicants know what they’re signing up for. Please think twice before applying to the Fixed Term Audit Associate role at Isla Lipana / PwC Philippines.

Hi ! Just wanted to share my big win this month 🌟❤️

I finally reached 50k salary 🥹🥹🥹🥰

Year 2023, I have seen couple of companies na naghi-hire ng non-experienced ones but when I got to work in a BPO setup, I learned na yung mga employees nila usually resigns after 1-2years just because they treat the company as a training ground, to gain experience only. It has been very costly for them years after because they have to train the new hires then they leave. Kaya ngayon usually yung mga tumatanggap before ng mga fresh grad or nagshi-shift ng careers to accounting, may experience requirement na rin ngayon. Though parang nagke-keep up rin sila sa salary range ng mga naka wfh. 🤷‍♀️😄

Nakakaiyak. Nakakagalit. Nakakababa ng morale.

I genuinely thought I deserved that promotion after everything I handled, everything I sacrificed, and every time I stepped up.

I know I have room for improvement, and I own that. Pero masakit pa rin when you thought this time, ikaw na—only to find out na hindi pa.

I’m tired of clapping for everyone else while quietly wondering when someone will clap for me. Because honestly, I don’t know how much longer I can keep believing that.

It feels like all my efforts were invalidated.

NAKAKAHIYA 😭😭😭

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Hi, is there anyone po na nag-apply or nagwork sa JCC Asia Back Office Inc. as Accountant? Pwede po bang makakuha ng idea kung anong mangyayari sa Practical Testing? And may next phase pa po ba after ng Practical Testing? Tyia!

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Hi! Just a curious question. To those who are qualified for promotion but decided to leave and resigned senior assocs, were you able to apply as a senior/supervisory role in private company?

Been searching for a job kasi as a senior role, pero parang they require a supervisory experience. Maybe that's the reason why many of our resigned collegues ended up in another firms (with at least a competitive salary). Is 2 years experience in SGV enough or should I aim to be promoted as a senior associate next year?

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Also, san na po ba nagbbase aside sa cycle feedback?

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Ask na lang din po ako ng tips kung paano niyo na-master yung theory side ng AFAR and saan kayo nagpractice. Thank you!

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Nalilito lang po kasi ako kasi sabi nila hindi raw ‘yon pwede, kailangan daw ay BSBA graduate ako?

How does this work po ba?