I was pissed partly because I won’t be getting the benefit that I am supposed to get. But what really pissed me off is the result of my being a responsible employee and citizen. I know how contagious chicken pox can be and I know what is it’s effect. Effect on your self esteem and you not being able to go out. And so when I was told that I have the illness, I made sure that I won’t have any contact to anybody to aviod the it’s spread. I stayed home and when I went out to the clinic, I avoid the masses. I did not go to the office to help the company by not infecting my fellow employees and so as not to affect the business. And yet this is what I get! If only I knew that HR will let me down like this, I should have been selfish and reported to work. I didn’t know being responsible can cause you harm. That thinking of other people’s welfare can be this bad.
I know I shouldn’t be saying this for I am part of the management level, but sometimes, I really can’t help but ask myself if staying in this company and fighting for it is really worth it.
With the bad experience that happened to me to a government office, I really wish that they would get a toll free number where anyone can call and ask questions. I have been going through their online help and just like my customers, some of the online help available is just not competent enough. It’s not as fast and effective as having to talk to someone and have that person answer your inquiry real time. I still feel bad because I don’t get the reimbursement for my absence but I will have to try to move on.
There is a transportation strike today. No jeepneys, a lot of taxis and a whole lot more passengers waiting for a ride going to where ever they are going. So I had to walk to the bank which is more than a hundred meters from where I am staying and walk to SSS which is a couple of hundred meters more from the bank that I went to. I didn’t have much complaints. It was very important that I go to SSS for my sickness claim for a on got less than a quarter of my pay due to my chicken pox. So after a 30 minute walk with the sun shining down on me, I arrived at SSS all sweaty and stinky I guess just to be told that I won’t get my benefit as a member for my employer submitted the damn papers beyond the supposed notification period. @(#*(!*(#&$*@()#)!*#()@*$)(&#@$)! I can’t f#&$*&% believe it! Because of the incompetence of some people, my family and I has to suffer. I don’t get to freaking eat for the next 15 days because my pay wasn’t even enough to pay the rent of the place that I live in! And because of the f*#&*$* of some offices that is senseless if you will think of it I have to fu*((#*g borrow money just to have money to send home! !*&@#*&*@&$*()#