For more than two decades now, the billions of OFW remittances have kept our economy afloat. The effects of the Asian economic crisis towards the end of President Fidel V. Ramos’s term was made bearable by the regular flow of dollars from millions of Filipinos sending money to their loved ones here in the country. And years after that, to this day, those billions play a major part in helping our economy going. That’s the good part.
The lives and lifestyle of millions of our kababayans have improved. The children are able to go to school. Our family closeness extend the generosity to siblings, nephews, nieces, cousins. You see their beautiful houses around the country. Their children, siblings, wear nice clothes and branded shoes and bags. Their lives have greatly improved. That’s also the good part.
may not be all, but as an employer, I see a trend that’s not so good.
This children, who are now adults, some with their own families, no longer have the desire to work hard. Or at the very least, work, find jobs.
Because most of them receive a monthly stipend from their parents, siblings, there’s no more real desire to earn a living because the money comes monthly. Work is an option, not a necessity to live a better life. Spoiled na sila to put it bluntly.
Majority of parents prefer sending or giving their kids money rather than seeing their children commute, perspire in traffic, walk far.
We’ve also encountered graduating students who are looking for summer jobs to complete the school’s requirement and yet they expect a salary as high as that of a regular employee. “Sabi ng papa ko dapat daw ang sweldo ko….”
Spoiled talaga kay papa at mama. They’re not from affluent families but because of the remittances, they are able to live a fairly comfortable life.
I was shocked when I found out that one of our former female sales executives was receiving $500 from her mother who was working in Qatar. Kaya sandali lang nag resign na agad. Sabi daw ng mommy nya sa bahay na lang sya.
That leads to my observation that this could be the reason why it’s getting harder to find the right employees. Many send out their resumes but they don’t have real intention to work. Laging just testing the waters. Just in case there’s a job that pays very very high that is not commensurate to their qualification, a job that has no pressure, no quota, no rules, no time in and time out, a job that allows them to just show up anytime they want and do whatever they want. Spoiled kay ate at kuya na nasa Dubai.
We have a new generation of impatient, lazy, self-entitled adults.
I wonder how the kids of these kids would be like when they become adults. These are the babies I see today holding and playing with their own iPhones and tablets. Have you seen a two year old with ear plugs apparently listening to music while playing computer games on his iPad?
