Alfa and Friend
    (5 reviews)

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    Company overview

    Company size

    11-50

    Primary location

    36, Jalan BP 7/8, Bandar Bukit Puchong, 47120 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia
    Company overviewALFA and Friends (745426-P) is a leading provider of STEM-focused preschool education programmes. Our vision is to inspire and empower every child to love learning and we work internationally with school communities, school leaders, teachers and parents, grounded in the learning development of children. Our people, programmes and services support strong client focused relationships through our four organizational pillars; ALFA and Friends Education, Academy, Insight and Foundation. Our future is driven by integrated programmes programs and services that blend physical and digital, hands-on and virtual experiences with content, knowledge, and information platforms that support, develop and enhance teaching and learning.Our HQ is in Puchong, Selangor, a Penang branch and a manufacturing factory in Melaka. We have also set up international offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia.In recognition of our founder’s entrepreneurship, she was awarded the prestigious Women of Excellence Award 2014 (SME Category) and the Creative Young Entrepreneur Award 2009 (Top Ten). Alfa and Friends was the finalist in The Star Business Award 2014 in 4 categories; namely Entrepreneur of the Year, Best Innovation, Best Brand and Best in Marketing. In 2015 we won the IPCC Award and the Best of e-Learning in Asia Pacific ICT Award. In 2016 we were awarded as MSC Status company.We will continue to strive for education excellence in children through ALFA and Friends™ Programme locally and internationally.

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    AI summary of recent reviews

    Employees at Alfa and Friend appreciated the friendly environment with supportive colleagues and a casual atmosphere. The flexibility offered, particularly for parents, was also praised, along with the ability to openly communicate new ideas and make decisions quickly. The company culture, with celebrations for different festivals, was seen as a positive.

    However, some potential challenges were noted, such as limited opportunities for growth in certain roles, with repetitive tasks and little room for development as a programmer. Work-life balance could be an issue, with requirements to work on weekends. There were also concerns about limited resources and training, with a need to multitask and a lack of proper training in some roles. Additionally, a few employees felt the company could be more professional in certain areas, with high expectations not always being met.

    Recent reviews

    3.0
    Executive
    Dec 2022
    Puchong SelangorLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good Environment but others just OK
    The good thingsComfortable environment (friendly colleagues and boss, casual wear, flexible for parent workers). Had learn quite a lot regarding my role.
    The challengesHigh expectation when entering but turns out not quite professional when dealing with certain task. Repeatable task and work. Required to work on Sat and Sun.
    5.0
    Training Module Planning and Execution
    May 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Skill expand, great experience in creating, mapping and execute educational content
    The good thingsNo stress, great environment, helpful staff, flexible, decision during the meeting can be made immediately
    The challengesThere is nothing challenge working with this company, but I had to write this section otherwise it would not let me go next section.
    3.0
    Software developer
    Jul 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Working flexibility
    The good thingsThe environment with friends here are good, good relationship between officemate, can laugh together play together and more. What can I say, the people around the office is surprisingly nice, but only when come to flexibility, it is to strict for me, not even consider why and what happen.
    The challengesMust be patient working here, because less benefit, not much things you can learn as programmer, small task, unpredictable task parallel came and need to solve it suddenly without any experiment on the programming side.
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