OFWs: Working For A Better Future

"To leave your family for a job outside the country is not an overnight decision. This is a leap of faith that will surely create an impact on you and your loved one’s life."

Nowadays, it is very common to see most of the people from our country wishing to work overseas. The question is why most of the Filipinos have the urge to work abroad?  Thousands of Filipinos chose to work abroad because they always say that they can earn more if they work outside the country.  The truth may hurt, but let’s face it  being employed abroad and doing the same work that we do in the Philippines provide double or more income and salary than being employed in our own land.

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If you’re not coming from a wealthy family, having severe economic burden, and considering your role within the family (bread winner), such pressures gives you a perspective that working abroad seems to be the only way out. Another thing also is when most of your friends have already flown to work abroad and their having a good time; somehow it gives you the insecurities, and with the right invitation, you are enticed to follow them.

There are many other reasons why many Filipinos want or need to work abroad. Some of these reasons are personal, others are financial, and there are also reasons that are only temporal. Although working abroad is very rewarding, there are also a number of disadvantages in working in the foreign lands, such as the loneliness of being away from your family, discrimination from overseas employers, and the high cost of living abroad. 

But of all those reason, I am very sure that most of them work abroad just to give their families and love ones a better life and a better future.

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