16/04/2026
๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐---a journey of learning, evolving, and sticking through the hard days. I feel deeply fortunate for the stability of this job and the amazing people I get to work with every day.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ด --- I lost my home-based job as a Digital Marketing Specialist barely 2 days after meeting with the entire team in Makati. The same day before I returned to Subic, I had a one-on-one talk with my supervisor, and she called me out of the "conflict of interest" that she had been lecturing me about, that I needed to balance my family concerns/issues, etc. Wala kasing anak si Madam kaya kiber siya. These also included leaves and numerous trips to my girls' schools as needed. I told her, "I've opted to work from home with the intention of prioritising "my mommy obligations" demands regardless. My husband works abroad so if I won't make myself available, who else will?" (Besides, I always make up for the missed hours.)
To cut the story short, that discussion did not appear to be helpful and may not have been nice to her. She told me that the reason they had to let me go was because "the company wasn't doing well..." and that I had two days to hand over everything.
I may be weak in some areas but I'm not stupid not to know the reason. I sent in a short list of what still needed to be done that day and did not report to work at all. In fairness, they paid me in full for the month of March.
That same day, I started updating my online profile and submitting job applications. I'm glad that recruiters and companies saw my profile, but I was too particular about my work schedule. This time, no more night shifts.
My husband also advised me to take my time and take a break while I still could, but I did not stop. On the second week of being jobless, I suddenly lost interest and considered taking a break, exactly as my husband suggested. Just as I was about to take my scheduled break, I received a Skype message from one of the recruiting groups in FB saying they have a job opening for a "Marketing Manager," a full-time position with a fixed schedule from 8:30 to 4:30 PM. But I thought it was too tedious for me, saka medyo hesitant ako kasi Manager -- so I declined. 2 days later, they messaged me again, and asked me "MItch, you sure ayaw mong itry?" I agreed, but didn't hope for anything.
And then...
๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ด --- exactly a month after I got 'fired', I was scheduled for an interview with the boss. It took more than an hour of talking, Q&As etc. The usual, he said he'll let me know in the next few days 'coz there are 2 more applicants for the same position.
๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ด --- he emailed me requesting for a 2nd interview. Ay syempre tumalon ang puso ko but I wasn't expecting anything yet! I really thought it would be merely a second interview.
So there, exactly a month later lang, a new opportunity has opened for me, a lot better one. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ.
Indeed, if you won't try and open your doors, and believe in yourself, kahit anong lapit sayo ng swerte di talaga mapapasayo.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐?
