Why Qerja has been dubbed the Glassdoor of Indonesia

Qerja brought transparency to Indonesian companies. Its job portal counterpart, Jobs.id, is adding career opportunities, reports Tech in Asia

Qerja, a start-up that promotes transparency in the workplace by posting company reviews and salary information, has been dubbed the Glassdoor of Indonesia. According to co-founder and CEO Veronika Linardi, it’s also responsible for the biggest job portal in the country – Jobs.id – which launched as a complement to Qerja earlier this year.

Speaking on stage at Tech in Asia Jakarta 2015, Veronika shared a lot of intimate information about her entrepreneurial journey and the many struggles associated with work-life balance. In an offstage interview with Tech in Asia, she also shared some impressive growth figures and her plans to scale both Qerja and Jobs.id across the region.
 

Launched in April 2014, Qerja provides a strong counterpoint to the opaque – sometimes corrupt – corporate practices in Indonesia and Malaysia. Until the service launched, workers could only rely on word-of-mouth reviews and salary estimates about companies they were potentially interested in.
 

“At first, there was some shock [from companies reviewed on Qerja], but it all subsided because they began to understand the big picture,” Veronika tells Tech in Asia. “Some directors have actually come up and thanked me because now they know why they were losing good talent.”
 

“People aren’t always direct enough in exit interviews, so Qerja provides a lot of important feedback to companies,” she continues. “They figure out they weren’t comparing themselves to the right competitors, or maybe they were benchmarking too low. Money isn’t necessarily the most important factor, but now they can see the salary trajectory at [other companies].”

This is an excerpt from Tech in Asia. You can read the full article here.