Underpaid, average pay is about 20k rand ( 1000 dollars per month ) this is without tax deductions.
An engineer gets about 25 - 28k rand ( 1400 dollars) per month without tax deductions.
No travel allowance, and no 500-dollar vouchers for Christmas anymore since the new CEO only focuses on cost-cutting and filling his pockets, and probably sell the company at some point.
Work is intense and constantly busy.
The company does not sell or give old laptops even without hard drives to staff members instead give it to some organizations while we underpaid staff can barely afford a computer.
The cost of living is extremely high in Cape Town and is only increasing.
Nothing is almost done about salaries but we expected to live in Digicerts and grow the company.
We can function remotely but we have to go to the office just to show our faces while we have Zoom if needed.
Self-study, do not expect proper training.
You need to pay 2000 rand ( 100 dollars) for medical aid from your pocket and it's mandatory besides 12000 rand rent ( 600 dollars) and food etc. unless you want to live unsafely and pay 6000 rand for rent.