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DiGi’s Cool Office!
This post will probably top my list as most number of photos in a single post. I was thinking of splitting up the post into separate episodes, but due to time constraint, decided against it.
DiGi's 'I Will Follow You' ads-of-the-moment with that cute Yellow Man being the mascot for what they lack in promotional products , have surely taken Malaysia by storm. What not all people know is just how cool the office these folks who work for DiGi get to hang around in – so cool they have disposed of the need to have fun-stress balls at hand for those terrible days.
I was fortunate enough to visit the D'House (what they call the DiGi headquarters at Shah Alam) on several occasions, and here are the photos. Photos taken from separate tours to DiGi, with permissions from the Corporate Affairs section of DiGi Telecommunications.
May I just say this before I start, 'Your office so nice, I so jeles, can?'
OK, nvm, enough of being sampat.


Lounges and living areas that make the office look more like a hotel more than an office. I could use one of these in the house that I will live in one day.

Washrooms. I think this was on the third floor. Check out the almost-nekkid pictures depicting Female-and-Male washrooms. The cooler one is the Disabled Person's Washroom, photo of the guy in the wheelchair is just so liberating.

Office area, where no one has a fixed cubicle so you can literally plug in wherever you want. In fact, staff are not supposed to sit in the same place more than two days in a row. Oh yeah and the other one is obviously their indoor sports complex.

The folks at DiGi had a family day to get staff to bring their kids in and they painted this cool thing, in the exit stairway area. And their staff-corridors are just so pretty and relaxing.

Meeting rooms are exotic holiday islands. So you can say, 'Hey, let's go to Cuba for our planning meeting,' and literally mean it.
Midgaard is a hospitality meeting area, built with materials from Norway. The room is a gift from DiGi's parent company Telenor. Telenor's concepts of open office and broad strokes of liberalism in their brand management had a very strong influence in the way DiGi now handles its brand affairs.

Oh yeah there's even a Mafia room.

When I first came to DiGi I went, 'OMG YOU HAVE A CLASSY BAKERY IN YOUR OFFICE.'
So envious lah…

Oops, and this, folks, is Mr Frank Chan, the guy who made my visit (and the forthcoming ones) all possible. THANK YOU SO MUCH for being the most generous host, DiGi, for the cool personalized pens in a box that we received at the end of the journey, and for allowing readers to see what's it like to be working at D'House at Subang HiTech.
OK The End. Hope tomorrow gets less taxing. Ta!
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about 3 years ago
I’ve just realised how shallow I can be…I’d be so ready to drop everything and join DiGi just based on how gorgeous their office is
about 3 years ago
WOw~! I’m gonna try “smuggling” in 1 fine day, anyway to do so? bet their security is tight.. hehe nothing serious no worries, just very impressed with the working environment..
about 3 years ago
oh my goodness! thats just tooo tempting. i’m gonna have to agree with Shan and add to it that i really dont mind being shallow right now.
about 3 years ago
Cis.. best giler… hehehhe.. i will definitely tender my resignation letter if i got the job at DiGi…
about 3 years ago
a nice house like office means long long working hours
about 3 years ago
Wah lau eh! This is how ALL offices should look like!!
about 3 years ago
Anyone compare Digi’s and Maxis’s office? I’ve been to Maxis Tower and seriously think Digi’s working environment is much nicer and comfy.
about 3 years ago
i’m tendering my resignation as an engineer over in my current company and apply as a receptionist over in DIGI…so frigging cool office.
about 3 years ago
DiGi have a total staff count of over 5,000, if you counted the part-timers and outsource staffs (marketing, events and sales).
This HQ (based in Lot 10, Subang Hi-Tech) houses well below 400.
So before you quit your job, consider this:
The numbers alone means that even if you get to work in DiGi, your chances of landing a position in the HQ is well below 10%.
Accounting, HR and Admin jobs also does not guarantee you a HQ position too, as every state HQ has their own Accounting, HR and Admin staffs.
DiGi is only so cool because, at the moment at least, they are owned by a Norwegian company called Telenor (37% share, if my memory serves me correctly).
Kindly note that they have failed to obtain a 3G licence, and last week, they blew it in getting the 3.5G licence (WiMax). Now, the next logical step, if I am Mr. Martin Lundhal (CEO), is to look at offloading Telenor shares in DiGi and go invest elsewhere (Telenor is BIG in Thailand and India too) where the goverment provides for more fairness and equality to foreign investors.
The next possible owners of DiGi would be the Berjaya Group, probably parked under / parallel with MiTV (coz of the 3G licence), or the other two local telcos. Now, Maxis under Ananda Krishnan isn’t that bad (look at ASTRO’s cool office), but Maxis isnt really interested in the local market anyway (having invested heavily in India in the past year). TM (Celcom) is one crappy company which I wouldn’t touch with a 6′ broom, nevermind work for them. Berjaya is the other.
Take it from me. Don’t quit that job just yet.
Erm… Leon, quitting jobs aside (I think most of these were just exclaiming in envy and just for the heck of it), interesting that you went into an outburst of misinformed facts. Just to correct you in one place though (too lazy to nitpick on the others), the CEO of DiGi is actually Morten Lundal. Overall staff count is not 5000, it’s a little more then 1800, but surely it is rising.
BTW, DiGi Penang’s HQ looks like this, so will the Southern Hub be designed to look like this.
about 3 years ago
Nice… I like. Shows how important a person work evironment is to individuals.
Thanks Leon for being a party pooper. We are just stating our admiration for the office. You really think we would just quit our jobs like that based solely on the office ambiance? Duh…
about 3 years ago
Apologies
I tried my best to grab the facts from memory, and mainly from hearsay too, but with good intentions. Was afraid your readers were really startin to think of how bad their current offices and companies are, and how heavenly DiGi is like.
frostee, sorry about the ice cold shower…
Anyway, cheers everybody, and have a great weekend ahead.
about 3 years ago
Cool offices are so COOL.
about 3 years ago
A tempting question…would you prefer a big obese pay check or a cool workstation?
about 3 years ago
‘like to be working at D’House’
They have an office in my house?
about 3 years ago
do u know that DiGi gave all employee an iPod Nano 4GB each early this year?
benefit wise, u can’t ask for more.
the office is superb, no doubt. but in Subang Hi-Tech, Shah Alam? all the distance, the tolls, the jam and the floods? no thanks.
about 3 years ago
Now this is a funky looking office! Very very nice. I should buzz my friend who’s there doing PR (maybe you met her already!).
about 3 years ago
Leon: No worries dude. Your intentions are good. Let’s just hope that some would not actually do that and find out that the grass is not really that green over the other side. =)
Spiller: No kidding? Just that and no bonus? Hehehe!
about 3 years ago
am gonna drop out of med school and go into telecommunications tomorrow.
about 3 years ago
who is that girl with messy hair in your blog????? Sorry i got distracted easily.
i like the floating office concept but i think may not work well in digi. It’s more practical for big consulting firms where people are based most of the time in client’s site.
btw, this is the VERY FIRST time putting my comment in anyone’s blog!! Didnt know people can be so free to do all these comments here and there.
ok got to go.
about 3 years ago
I work for DiGi. I have drunk the Cool Aid, deeded my properties to Telenor, and am enjoying the 72 virgins promised me when I joined. DiGi is HEAVEN!
Course not. DiGi is a company trying to earn good returns amidst a very tough (and perhaps uneven) playing field, trying to be different, trying to have fun along the way yadda yadda yadda and all the good stuff. Its not perfect, but it sure is a cool company, and what you see in the pictures above are pretty much what you get. How many companies can say that?
about 3 years ago
“… amidst a very tough (and perhaps uneven) playing field”
There are a LOT of businesses in Malaysia that are competing in a very uneven playing field thanks to the way our Economic Policies are structured. We have been suffering for years and looks like we will continue to do so based on the words which have been spoken, chanted and campaigned by our upcoming leaders. That’s very sad.
I respect Digi for all they have done and achieved. Alas, you’ll forgive me if I don’t cry them a river, there are many many smaller businesses trying to make it in this very unfair business environment in Malaysia.
about 3 years ago
Dang! I look fat, very fat. Worse, I am caught in the act of stuffing my face. Even worse, I look so happy doing it! Dang!
Thanks ms. You are welcome back here anytime, the baker is pining for more business from you. :p
Frank i AM coming back… i love my office though but it’s quite fun to play host to a place that doesn’t really belong to me. hehe. I feel like DiGizen hahaha even though I’m thoroughly a GLC-ian
about 3 years ago
Hi guys, I work in DiGi too. Been here for 1.5years. I’ll try to comment without sounding too bias, which is a bit hard since I love this company to bits.
Reasons why I love DiGi :
1. Distance and jam is relative. If you stay in PJ/Subang/Damansara, omg its so close. Plus you are ALWAYS waving to the busters jammed up on the opposite side of the road, to and fro work! XD
2. DiGi educates fairness and clear conscience in everything we do. Even if it means not getting what we really want.
Anyway, no need to cry us a river when we do not get what we want, we ALWAYS find a way to stay competitive regardless. Watch out Malaysia!
3. About the iPod, yes we all received one, along with the bonus everyone deserves in their own capacity. So yes, they didn’t use our bonus to buy the iPods.
4. You always feel younger in DiGi. Its not the age factor, its the fact that everyone is always so energetic, passionate and CRAZY! We really promote a balance in work and play here.
Tons of more reasons, but you get the idea. So yeah, its not just a beautiful office on the outside.
about 3 years ago
i live DiGi, breathe DiGi and loveeee DiGi!
a huge thanks to minishorts for such a beautiful post.
we DiGizens (yes, we even have a name for ourselves) are very proud of our wonderful home, which houses to more than 90% of our entire staff force (1800 all over Malaysia). And the rest of the 10% all over the country are going to have their offices remodelled to look exactly like HQ. So, dear Leon – wrong info la.
And really, like Adzhar says, what you see is what you get. This beautiful office that you see – is really an amazing office that holds many many many inspired and happy staff.
I’m one of them!
about 3 years ago
Oh Emm Gee… I Like… no no no… I luv!
At least I know they put my money to good use. I will sleep better when I pay my Digi bill next month.
about 3 years ago
let’s forget the digi thing. afterall they cant give u any money if u promote them.
hey guys out there, hve u heard of ab fund?..can anyone tell me more about this…
about 3 years ago
of cause they can!!with DiGi, u can get reward everyday!!
about 3 years ago
looks like a hip and gerek place
i wana work here … heh
about 3 years ago
yeah… nice office means long working hours. but i need a nice office to be creative, else i’ll just be so damn miserable. lol.
about 3 years ago
Hi .. Refering to Heather comment, I think there are more tha 10% of DiGi staff are regional technical staff, marketing and sales force based in respective states. Moreover there will never be full attendance in D’House because a lot of staff are mobilized to regions for assignments every now and then (Ppl like me :p ). Thus the office is not so crowded after all. DiGi not only treat her staff good in the office, but in outstation as well. All staff (being managers or associates) are entitle to stay in our panel hotels which are rated 5 stars (Equatorial, Hyatt, you name it) when we are sent for outstation assignment. Benefit wise, this company offers one of the best benefit that I have ever known in this country.
about 3 years ago
Well…. what i can say is Fu-Yoh! DiGi…..
Nice Place to work in… nice ambience and well i can say a nice future…. kicking off in low position is not bad after all…. u get to learn all short of thingy…
I drop myself as a regional sales and marketing manager in my previous jo and join in… Fu-Yoh…. i indeed do not make a wrong choice…. DiGi is always a special place…. a place for us young generation to unleash our full potential…..Once again no WiMax, so…. we go Fu-Yoh!…. coz we now can be better and create more challange for ourself to stand out from the rest of the telco… anyhow working here is nice cozy and most important i can say is REWARDING… just like DiGi VIP REWARDS… hahaha….
DiGi RAWKS… Fu-Yoh!…….
about 3 years ago
Hi there,
I’m actually currently doing an assignment about DiGi and was hoping if I could get permission to use some of the comments posted here by DiGi’s staff. I think getting their perspective of how they feel about DiGi is really great. Would that be ok with u guys?
about 3 years ago
Frankie… mind to help out our little Farah around here??? She need info… Heather maybe you can do her a favour also…
about 3 years ago
Why can I see photos? Something wrong with my notebook???
about 3 years ago
Hi all, as an employee of DiGi’s lucky vendors, I’ve been to D’House on & off for business meeting purposes. DiGi staffs are truly lucky, happy, fun & Fuuuu-Yooooh! I can be an eyewitness to this fact
As vendor, I’m always welcomed to this cool office & I’ll always welcome myself to meet with these DiGi fellas. DiGi ~ Alwayzzzz the Smarterrrr Choice!
about 3 years ago
fooyoooo….
I relly want to work with digi but of course an executive there…
I’m hungry… gimme some can eh?
about 2 years ago
i got a job interview next week..
for the post Head of Change and Configuration Management..
any tips/comments from you guys?
thanx,
about 2 years ago
the best office so far after 6 companies i’ve been working…
perghh yoh!!
about 2 years ago
hi all
I offer for 2nd interview at DIGI shah alam tis wk for engineer position..but still not sure whether decide to go o not..
Digizens can u pls tell me more of the benefits?? bonus (3 mths??)
increment etc…
about 2 years ago
hi, thanks for posting this. the exchanges in response to this post has been very helpful for me in making a decision to join DiGi. i think that the cool factor goes well deeper than its exterior. hope you don’t mind if i link you up to my blog. cheers!
about 2 years ago
Hi there,
. For those who considering to join, i encourage you to do so. Who know, maybe we can hang out together @ Dchills, D house or Townhall
been working with Digi for almost one year, (I’m not as long as MR Adzhar from HR) my department is the front liner of Digizen and all i can say is Digi is freaking cool. Enjoy every moment of it and i really dont mind the long hour because it didnt feel like work at all. It just one big playground. Love the parties, the surprise, the contest and especially the dchallenge 2 weeks ago. not to mention other benefits
about 1 year ago
This is way cool. I like inspiring environments. This is conducive for creativity. A stress-free environment always inspires creativity and productivity. Reminds me a little of Google offices.
about 1 year ago
anyone knows if there is plan to move all employees from Old HQ to New HQ?
about 1 year ago
I receive message from “DIGI SDN BHD” about award SIM Card”DIGI”, saya berjaya mendapat hadiah bonus wang tunai RM 12.000,00.
Pengirim + 60143512887, office hubungan : 010-9345-907
Apakah benar info tersebut
Saifullah
about 11 months ago
do not believe such a bonus message… it’s fake.
DiGi takkn guna no. tu… their use HOTLINE no. if i’m not mistaken.
about 5 months ago
well, i have to say…digi sure revamp a whole new way people look at office spaces. and i do like the rest of the look in their office space, except for one (the open work space – as in the picture).
the working space is not conducive enough. what sort of people work there? do all of them have this sort of work space? do the financial people work at the same type of work space? you have to understand one thing, different people have different work scope. therefore, they require a different work space to execute their task. i can understand the marketing and sales people using that sort of space which is shown in the picture above. but still all i can see is only 2 people utilizing this type of work space. where are all the rest of the digi people?
i’m not against the way to change how people work, but to me i prefer an individual space because that helps to bring out the “homely” feel at my work place. i’m sure for the rest of it digi is a cool place to be at…but if you work there…and your job is spent 99% of the time in the office, do you like having to move around and not being able to put your work related documents where you can easily reach them instead of keeping them away in some cabinet away from your work place? one thing comes to mind for this, “impractical working space”. it’s a cool office space, but not so cool working space.
about 4 months ago
You could try & Hold your iPad for Nothing! -> http://bit.ly/cFBuis
about 3 weeks ago
cool office… can outsiders visit the office? me n my frens are interested in the design of the office.. is there any procedure to apply for a visit?
about 3 weeks ago
Oh dear this is such a long time ago? I think yes you can visit their office, but maybe you have to write in to them first. If you are on twitter, you could tweet digi to find out whether you can visit it.
about 3 weeks ago
thanks a lot!! ^^
about 3 weeks ago
oo ya.. do u mind to share with me how u can have the chance to visit the office? thanks~
about 3 weeks ago
if u are on twitter can you tweet @Digi_Telco? sorry but i don’t work at digi. I was there on invite to give a talk about blogging and it’s benefits to the users.