Adult life feels scary when your career never feels stable
Throughout my career, BPO talaga yung naging work ko. The pay is decent compared to most local companies, but the reality of graveyard shifts, rotating schedules, and unstable jobs in the BPO industry is slowly draining me.
I’m already in my late 20s. Recently naka-work from home setup ako, but now I’m on bench status with no pay while waiting for my company to find another client for me. After attending a series of interviews, lahat failed. What’s frustrating is I know I did well during those interviews. I was confident and okay naman answers ko. Minsan napapatanong nalang ako bakit ako pine-profile sa clients na hindi naman match sa actual skill set ko.
Pakiramdam ko tuloy stuck na ako sa industry na to. I tried looking for jobs sa local companies with decent pay, pero ang hirap lalo na hindi ako from NCR. I’m from Pampanga and bilang lang opportunities dito unless sobrang baba ng sahod.
People always say “try VA work,” and yes, I’m trying. Pero sobrang saturated na rin ng market. Yung ibang established VAs kayang gawin yung work nang nakapikit compared sa someone new trying to enter the industry.
I can still handle night shift if work from home because I can somehow steal naps in between, but onsite graveyard shifts? Honestly I don’t think my body can take it anymore. I was diagnosed with severe migraine before and even had to ask my doctor to clear me because this is BPO and work is work.
I also never had kids because realistically, I can’t afford one in this economy, especially with how unstable jobs in BPO can be. Ang hirap mag build ng future kapag pakiramdam mo isang failed interview or pagkawala ng client pwede mawala lahat.
Nakakapagod maging adult kapag parang survival mode ka nalang palagi. Sometimes I feel like I’m trying so hard just to stay afloat habang everyone else seems to be moving forward in life.
I’m still trying not to lose hope, pero lately sobrang bigat lang talaga.