Akala ko pa naman ako ang unang aalis sa buwan na ito. Naunahan ako nung isang programmer.

Two weeks ako, kinausap din ako nung isang programmer sabi nya worried daw sya na bakit yung trabaho e dinadala sa India. Sabi ko wala syang dapat ipag-alala dahil sa quality ng code na nanggagaling sa India it would be a verrryyy looonng time before the company starts closing the English operations. Now I started noticing last week that this guy has started disappearing for 10 minutes every now & then to answer his mobile phone.

Also two weeks ago, it’s been identified that one department needs more people. The company unwilling to hire people, moved one person out of his department & is put in as a stop-gap solution. Nung Lunes, late pumasok yung guy at naka-formal business attire pa! Then nag-ring ang phone, aba sumagot at hindi lumayo. Sabi nya “yes I am looking”… and then I switched off.

Since darating ang tita ko this weekend, I took next Monday off. Sabi nung HR assistant “things must be going downhill on your side of the room”. Reaction ko “eh?”. Yun pala sunod-sunod ang nanghihingi ng leave form sa kanya ang puro 1 to 2 days off lang. Sabi ko baka coincidence. Charing!

“Actively looking” na ang description ko sa internet. Sana nga next week meron na kong bagong trabaho. Siempre nag-iingat naman ako. Ayokong mag-jump ship basta-basta. Kelangang pag-isipang mabuti.

I’m in a good position to have the luxury of “thinking things over”. Unlike nung unang salta ko dito sa London, I grabbed the first job in sight. Sabi ng kausap ko kanina, bakit daw aalis na ko dito sa lugar ko e di pa daw ako nagtatagal. My tenure is 2 years by May, hindi pa ba matagal yun? Haven’t I suffered enough? hehe

Nung Monday (parang ang tagal na pero kahapon lang yun), nabuset ako sa comment nung head ng mga programmers kaya sinopla ko. Kasasabi ko lang na ito ang gagawin ko, akala yata e boss ko sya dahil after ng meeting na ako ang tumawag, sabi e gawin ko daw yung kasasabi ko nga lang na task. Gulo ‘no? Basta. PMS siguro basta ako e nainis.

Na-i-kwento ko kagabi kay hubby yung sinabi ko. He looked at me seriously and said “ingat ka dahil kailangan mo pa ng reference, mamaya dyan ka yariin”… Muntik na akong mabilaukan buti wala akong kinakain. Actually two things have been bothering me, yung mga offsick days ko plus parenting days ko (pag may sakit ang anak ko) at yes, yung referral… hehe

So siempre being the good person that I am, I make sure I don’t burn my bridges with any of the companies I work for. I wish I could disown some people I worked with but then you cannot really erase your past.
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Tumingala ako sa tube the other day & my eyes were greeted by ads to visit the Bahamas, or Cairo, or to go home to Turkey or to other exotic destinations in the world. Nagkalat yung mga posters everywhere.

So pag-naaalala ko ang print ads ng London, yan ang unang papasok sa isip ko – travel, breaks, holidays.

Pag naman naisip ko ang print ads ng Pilipinas, ang pumapasok sa isip ko “bawal magkasakit” o kaya yung mga lukot na mukha for diatabs ads.

Economic differences? Dahil “mayaman” na bansa puro “gumastos ka” ang advertisement. Sa atin naman “iwasan mong magastusan”.