Visiting Arcanys Again

It's been two years or maybe more than that since I had been to JY Square. When I got pregnant, I spent most of my time at home because of the pandemic. There was a notice of lockdown in all parts of the country and so it was a little scary going out. My husband's company had allowed their employees to work from home, they were allowed to bring their PC units, and eventually, they were issued with laptops for more portability.

It's my first time to come back to JY IT Building, before, I would always stay here after work, my husband works until around ten in the evening and that's because we want to stay away from traffic. He leaves the house at 12 NN because there are fewer vehicles on the road and then gets out of the office by 10 PM.

My office on the other hand was just in Cebu Business Park, next to Ayala Mall and so I would just be riding a jeepney going to his office or sometimes, he would fetch me.

So, last Monday, he decided to go to the office so he can also claim his Christmas gift from the company. We went to the 11th floor, he greeted the HR department and they handed him his new Xiaomi Mi Watch lite and a Php 1000 Sodexo gift card. Before they give Php 500, now it has doubled to a thousand.

Then we headed to the 10th floor where he was seated before. There were a few people around working so I have to take Matti somewhere so he won't be disturbing anyone who's on duty.

We found the meeting room named Cauliflower to be empty and it has airconditioning plus it has a great view of the city and the road going to Busay. There's also a couch so we can stay there and if Matti sleeps, he can sleep on the couch. There's also a table facing the glass window, it's a perfect place to be in while the husband was working.

Here's the view from where we were sitting:

This is the Lahug area, the road on the right goes to the soldier's camp while the road on the left is going to Busay. Marco Polo can be seen as well from here.

This side here is where IT park is located. Those buildings are condo units and other offices for BPO companies. Cebu is full of call center agents and the companies usually prefer getting spaces in those areas.

Since the pandemic, there were employees who stayed in the office especially those who are from the provinces. In this meeting room, someone lives here and if you check the far end behind the chairs, there's a foam, Roy basically lives here, he sleeps, takes a bath, eats, and works here. They do have a bath and shower area on this floor and when the lockdown happened, they found refuge in the company office, well, actually, they had been living here ever since pre-pandemic.

They have a sleeping quarter though but I guess most of the employees go there to sleep so Roy had found a better option in this meeting room I guess he will have to leave if the office requires the employees to go back to the office soon. However, my husband said it will only be optional, only those who want to go back to the office can go back while those who prefer the home-based setup, can stay at home.

Matti had found a lot of things to play with. Here, he was trying to pull the window blinders and I was trying to also stop him, we don't want to destroy any items in the office!

Matti also was playing with his new toy car from SM and was running around the wooden floor. There were many outlets all over the room so I was just making sure he won't be putting his fingers in there or putting anything that might cause him pain.

It was already three in the afternoon but Matti didn't show any sign of sleepiness. I was actually sleepy myself but I couldn't just snooze off while the baby was still active. So I had to play with him to entertain myself and shoo away the sleepiness.

Unfortunately, our camera was left in the car. My husband had to go down and pick it up.

He also had some important things left in the car and so I asked him to buy Siopao from 7/11 too so we can have snacks. But as he was on his way, Matti got tired and slept

There were packaging tapes on the glass windows. This was a preventive measure during Typhoon Odette.

The tapes were placed there so that in case the windows break during the typhoon, they won't spill over the place, the tape will just hold them together in a group.

The cleaners had not taken the tapes out yet though.

What I miss about staying here in the husband's office is the free bottomless coffee! They were given free supplies by their employer and they also have an espresso machine where they make their coffee.

Aside from that, they have a very fast reliable internet connection. They have a computer gaming room by the way where those gaming computers are located and I would oftentimes stay there when I visit the office and James is still working. I'd just lounge there, watch videos, and do social media. They got VR too and some arcades, employees won't have a dull moment in this company.

Finally, Matti slept and I was able to do some side hustles on my laptop. This laptop by the way is a gift from the company too. I can't count the many perks we had taken advantage of because of the husband's company.

As for the laptop, they gave it last November as my husband is part of their five-year club. He is going to join the ten-year club soon and all those who are part of this club have perks, before, they gave us free travel to Taiwan and Malaysia, although we were not able to join the Malaysia trip as I was already pregnant, that was the year 2020. Taiwan was the year 2019. Then in 2021, they gave Php 50,000 to each member of the club, we can either use it to buy some gadgets or convert them to cash, it will only be given as Php 35,000 if the employee wants cash.

My husband is loyal to the company, their boss had given them everything they needed, they have free gym subscriptions as their bosses love to see their employees getting fit. They also have transportation allowances, parking allowance in the premises, they have monthly lunch budget to eat outside the office, before, pre-pandemic, they have every day free lunch, they even have their own kitchen before. Due to the pandemic, they had stopped giving that because there were fewer to none employees in the office. And the best thing is that they have salary increments twice a year.

We are indeed thankful for Arcanys. And oh, let me share as well that those who are expecting to be parents, will also receive Php 30,000 subsidy from the company for every childbirth.

Plus, they also cover the HMO of the employee, the wife/husband, and the children. Matti and I have our own HMO under Arcanys.

Thank you Arcanys for being such a cool and generous company to your employees. You can check glassdoors for the company's review, they are legit great reviews and one of those companies in Cebu City that has raised the bar of pampering their employees, I know because I am part of a company similar to Arcanys yet our benefits is just a speck compared to Arcanys.

XLR8 is the company name that Arcanys uses in Cebu City, but the employees still refer to it as Arcanys because that's what they were used to.

Fact: the company owner had built a team of DOTA players before, they won several tournaments, the company gives them monthly salaries and even housed them however, due to some personality issues, the group collapsed and the owner decided not to build a team anymore. The owner is an online gamer himself.

That's it. We left the building at six in the evening as we were meeting up with some friends that night in IT Park.

xoxo,

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