Comments on: Is the Philippines still a good place to work?

By: james

james — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:21:40 +0000

Would you like to be a mercenary or a professional living in their motherland and contributing to the development of the future generations of Filipinos. Frankly there are too many self-serving Filipinos who go abroad just to make a quick buck. Too many pinoys have no freaking patience, and instant gratification ang gusto.

I went to LA in 2000 to see if I’d like it in America, I went home 4 months later. In the states trabaho-bahay lang ang buhay mo.

In reality if you work hard in the Philippines, you have a better chance of getting promoted and climbing the corporate ladder. Kung alam nyo lang, mga high level executives in the Philippines can earn half a million a month or more. I’m not making that much but around $4500-5000 a month and I dont even work for ADB.

Bottom line is work hard, study hard, get a good job and eventually you’ll climb the corporate ladder. My first job I was only getting less than PHP8k a month.

Dont lose hope and continue to work hard. The Philippines is such a great place to live and work, several expatriates I know didnt go back to the US after living here for years, and just either decided to put up a business or found another expat post. Tama na yang colonial mentality nyo, the fact that Globalization is changing things, and the focus is shifting to the Eastern Hemisphere. A lot of my colleagues in the US are losing their jobs, with jobs going to the lower cost economies, and this brings a lot of opportunities for Filipinos to get a good job in their own country.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:11:15 +0000

We complain there aren’t many opportunities here but why not ask why? Because those talented people who can create those opportunities have left for abroad to enjoy their own lives and be good employees for foreign businesses.

If one’s idea of success is to enjoy a high paying job somewhere else then fine. I don’t see anything wrong with that. However, I don’t think creating a business in a foreign land will give you more chances of success than here. Ultimately building your own business, one that is of your expertise is the real deal. Why can’t our people dream of being the Bill Gates of the Philippines?

By: Blowplug

Blowplug — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:27:23 +0000

13.issai » March 13th, 2007 12:23
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I’m working in the US as a web developer too. The salary is what like arnold said. But to tell you frankly, mas madali buhay sa Pilipinas kumpara dito. Wala ka pamilya, laki naman sweldo mo, ubos naman sa taxes, renta, pagkain etc, at workaholic labas mo. Sa area (San Francisco, Bay area) ko, sabi nila, only 12% of the population can afford a house. The reason why I left, is to provide an edge for my son. Opportunities for him habol ko sa kanya. I’m a 23 year old single mother with a 4 year old son. Hindi na sarili ko lang ang iniisip ko kundi sa anak ko. Madali buhay mo dito pag mayaman ka. Meaning, dapat position mo sa trabaho mo ay, CEO, President, Vice President sa kumpanya na pinagtatrabahuan mo.
………………. are you high issai? mas madali ang buhay dito sa america than sa pinas. in terms of basic needs and a little luxury in life, your money goes much farther in the United States of America than the Philippines. If you are lazy, “not assimilated”, don’t know how to “small talk” and all you know is complain and say how great the Philippines is then you probably do not belong here in the bay area.

Some filipinos and other immigrants from other 3rd world countries are funny, they are here in the U.S. and all you hear from them are great things bout their country they go, “in my country.. blah blah blah”… I have been here since 1985 and I love it here in the U.S.A. In the Philippines, Pasig, Rizal to be exact, our family was well off. We were above middle class however, my father was a realistic person and he told us, mga anak kung hindi ka ma-ngungurakot at mang-i-isa nang kapwa mo hindi ka mabubuhay nang maluwalhati sa Pilipinas. Sa America buhay ang lahat nang tao basta masipag ka at masigasig. Even when I was in the Philipppines, I really love America!! God Bless America!!!

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By: secret

secret — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:14:09 +0000

I agree that Philippines is still a good place to work and live. I think anonymouz is right. Filipinos who work abroad works much harder and longer hours than those who are in their home country. One reason may be is that there is not much to go home to, just a flat or apartment. No barkadas, no gimmicks. Thus, overseas they earn more and get promoted. There’s too much distraction here.. watching the clock.. time to go home to family. End result, we do not excel in work, don’t get promoted, very little reason for our boss to increase our pay… my 2 cents of opinion.

By: marvin

marvin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:24:30 +0000

Answer: No. The Philippines is not a good place to work. Why? First, because the salary in the Philippines is 10% or even less of what I earn in another country. Second, the standard of living in the Philippines is very low. Example: Health Care, Safe Public Transportation, Consumer Protection, Job Security, etc…

Working abroad does not make you unpatriotic. OFW’s send so many dollars it’s the top reason that keeps the Philippine economy afloat. The more cash i send home the more the family will spend, and everything is taxed anyway so everybody wins.

The reason I work abroad is the same for everybody else. To provide for my loved ones and myself what I cannot in the Philippines.

But the reason I and many others have to work abroad, is only the symptom of a sickness in our government system called corruption. It is so immensely corrupt that we witness it everyday and that we even deny ourself the justice that we deserve.

By: erwin leyes

erwin leyes — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:25:04 +0000

Well, if we think phil. is a bad place to work with then it will happen. As the universal law says, “WHAT YOU THINK IS WHAT YOU ARE”. Why not love this country of ours, instead of blaming our present situation to some of corrupt politcians? “IF WE CANNOT CHANGE PHILS. THEN WE CAN CHANGE OURSELVES”

Stop finger pointing or blaming somebody, that is not a character of a true and passionate IT guys esp. software developers.

By: jefferson faudan

jefferson faudan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:36:00 +0000

We can blame the government all we want… but then despite all this ranting or whining over corruption or blaming it to anything else… I do not think that there is a single filipino who will ever take that seat without thinking of what is beneficial to themselves. And even if they tend not to do so, being in the position gets you compromised with your surrounding environment who’s done you favors when you were running for your electoral campaign. Let’s not be hypocrites. Change starts within ourselves. And I’d bet my underwears if any single Filipino would sacrifice living with dried fish and porridge for the entire five years just to get our debts paid.

By: jefferson faudan

jefferson faudan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:31:45 +0000

OK… Why people leave the country? I work as a virtual assistant myself… finding out that they get offshore outsourcing since they pay a minimum of $2000 for an agent there for rendered services while they pay people here with less than the quart that they have to spend there. But then let’s be realistic… if you leave in Manila and you don’t make as much as 40K in a month, you’ll never have a decent home, decent meals etc etc… i don’t believe that it’s a matter of lifestyle… we adapt to that because that’s the most that we make… but then if you’ll look closely, a waiter abroad like a friend i have has a plasma tv with sound boosters all over, his room is fully furninshed etc etc… comparing that in waht we make in the Philippines, you can be a manager and never have a plasma television not until you save three years of your salary and practically starving yourself to death! It’s not being materialistic but I am rather making these things in comparison. We can blame the government all we want… but then despite all this ranting or whining over corruption… i do not think that there is a single filipino who will ever take that seat without thinking of what is beneficial to themselves. And even if they tend not to do so, being in the position gets you compromised with your surrounding environment who’s done you favors when you were running for your electoral campaign. Let’s not be hypocrites. Change starts within ourselves. And i’d bet my underwears if any single filipino would sacrifice living with dried fish and porridge for the entire five years just to get our debts paid.

By: patrickchua

patrickchua — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:19:03 +0000

I still be believe Yes the Philippines can still be one however I must admit there are factor that need to be change… firstly the government attitude toward governance .. must be free from corrution which deprive us of billion of government fund… and secondly open up to foreign investor… give more incentive so they can build their business empire in the philippines.

lastly, the crab mentality.. but to this I think it can’t be change since it is already a century old characteristic of pinoy.

I have to admit I myself would very want to stay in the Philippines but singapore.. a 3hrs flight away from homeland offers more in terms of salary incentive, convenience (traval faster) and exposure to my field of expertise.

If Phil. software can atleast match 80 to 90% of the salary given by Singapore companies, more pinoy would be willing to stay simply because of close family ties among pinoy family.