OA lang ba ako? For getting offended sa friend ko who’s trying to make me feel better about my salary that I was once grateful for
Hi! I’m currently living in the province. I’m a college graduate then may PRC license. I’ve worked a lot of local jobs before I landed sa current job ko. ESL instructor, call center agent, store manager, etc. Kaya yung salary ko before 15k-20k ang range (yung job ko before the current one was 20k yung salary ko). So ngayon, nagwowork ako as content manager sa isang European client. Since it’s my first international client, I was asked kung magkano yung expected salary ko, then I answered 30k (500USD) since malaki na para sa akin yun (as a girlie na lumaki sa hirap) and dalawa naman kami sa bahay ng husband ko (may business siya). Tuwang tuwa talaga ako until now na naka-land ako sa client na ganun yung salary and yung work ko matatapos ko lang 2hrs per day (flexible sched) and sometimes pag walang contents, (walang gagawin buong araw) buo pa rin sahod ko. So I have this friend na naka-stay na sa Metro Manila for years (afaik 9 years na) and she’s currently working remotely rin as sales support (graveyard). One time, noong nagvivideo call kami, she asked me if magkano salary ko. I was hesitant at first kasi uncomfy ako if tinatanong ang salary ko (kahit na 6-digits pa yan). But she insisted so sinabi ko naman sa kanya kasi she’s woke naman so I thought na it was harmless (?). Then after that she had violent reaction telling me it’s small, na sana tinaasan ko daw yung offer, which is I agree naman since international client eh. Then a month later, nabring up niya yung about sa salary ko sa isang topic namin tapos sinasabi niya na ’okay na nga yung salary mo compared sa mga batchmates natin diyan na nasa province kasi 15k sila diyan and yung sa’yo Manila rate na yan e’. In which, it didn’t make me feel better haha then bumisita siya dito sa province. Nakipagkita kami sa kanya, then siningit niya ulit sa isang topic namin yung salary kong 30k. Na yung kapatid niyang nagwowork sa factory sa Manila na 25k ang sweldo na provincial rate lang daw, tapos yung 30k ko na sweldo Manila rate daw pero mabuti naman at mababa cost of living namin dito sa province (na supposedly yung topic was about sa family niya). Mga twice or thrice niya atang siningit yung salary ko sa pag uusap namin. I felt small every time na binibring up niya yung salary ko and the way ng pagkakasabi nya it felt like she’s trying to make me feel better through backhanded compliments na ako mismo never kong namang nafeel bad yung salary ko. I remember rin kasi the time how I begged kay God yung trabahong to and yung salary na rin (specified it in my prayers when I was desperately praying to Him na kahit at least 25k-30k na salary para makahelp ako sa husband ko).