- Sales-Oriented SME with ~20 employees in total. Big gaps in the compensation/package salary between Sales and Technical people.
- There is very little to no profit sharing (at all!) for the technical people. That's a big surprise. Just comparing with what other companies can offer. Technical should be as important as Sales. This is a personal statement.
- Changing technical jobs and companies resulted in a 75% salary increase for me. I am not saying that I am a superstar. But there was something wrong there. I can understand a 10% increase after changing jobs. IT roles are too vague in terms of job description. You can get paid almost twice more to do the same job at a different company. That's more a general fact for technical people: never underestimate your skills and how much you worth. And for sure: don't let people decide for you!
- Very few new learnings on the technical side, I've learned more in a couple of months in my current role than over the years with Esker Australia on the technical side. Also, I love to learn and explore new things. That's probably why I was not a great fit for that static business model.
- Turnover is high and controlled. In a sense, you are not expected to stay too long. There was nothing really attractive to stay for me after 3-4 years. Our business agreement subsequently broke down.
- To conclude, Esker Australia was an good experience and exposure to business. I hesitated between 2 and 3 stars. And I went for two at the end.
- I was surprised to receive my final payment 3-4 weeks late (this is factual with payment receipt proof). Especially from a company reselling cloud-based software.. for e-invoicing and payment. I tried to leave in good terms but kept a good track record of what happened at the end of my contract employment just in case.
I think you will/should have an ok time at Esker Australia. It remains decent. In a way, it is just a perfect example of how far capitalism can go and the "business mindset" (which I clearly don't have but maybe it will start coming with the time as I am still pretty young).
