Working conditions in the Philippines are horrid. The hours are long, the pay is niggardly, and on some occasions one must actually live at their job usually sleeping upstairs or in the back in the living area. Requirements for even the most menial jobs require a college degree and no one wants to higher an ugly person or anyone over 25. The worker must pay for countless background checks and proofs of identity and if he is lucky enough to land a job he must pay even more for uniforms and training. And after paying thousands of pesos just to earn a few hundred a day he is at the whim of the employee who is under no obligation to keep him on. He could be let go anytime for any reason.
One of the more popular professions in the Philippines is nursing. There are many nursing students and many unemployed nurses in this country. It seems like there is a real surplus of nurses. Nurses are treated no better than slaves. When they start working at a hospital they must work an entire year for free. There are no paid internships here. There is simply slave labor.
So many problems working here and trying to live on stingy pay. That is why the biggest goal of many Filipinos is to leave the country for a job with better pay.
It's not always roses out there though. Many Filipinas are sent out to Hong Kong or Dubai as maids. Many of them are treated well but plenty more are abused by their employers.
There is not a house in the Philippines that does not have a family member wether distant to near who is an OFW. These workers dutifully send their pay back home while their family sits on their lees reaping the fruit of another's labor.
OFW's account for 13.5% of the GDP with $20 billion coming in to the country each year. The Philippines is not a self-sustaining country. Without these remittances the Philippines would be in worse trouble than they are now.
This is a situation that should not be. A strong nation is one that is self-sustaining with a strong industrial base. The Philippines weakens itself by giving every incentive for its citizens to leave the country.
Just more fail from the land of the Failipino.
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