UN-EMPLOYED

DUBAI

and the un-employed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes I am shortlisted thus, makes me un-employed… blame it to the global recession that most companies

 

 

are going through right now…. I am in Dubai and Dubai is known to be one of the richest but also considered as one of the cities experiencing great impact economically. Dubai is known as a rich city… constructions were everywhere, from sky rocketed building, extravagant malls and manmade islands. Dubai is also a haven to numerous nationalities and Filipinos were one of them. Their population is very much evident for every establishment has Filipinos as an employee. Filipinos are also known for every employers as clean, flexible, respectful and hard workers. And that’s the very reason why they prefer Filipinos than others. I’m proud to say that I am one of them (LOL). Working in a foreign land is not that easy, the adjustments is tough, Indians are hard to deal with for they are showered with only a little understanding, Arabic’s on the other hand are too intimidating, they always let you feel that you are a mediocre, truth is, their brains are half filled, slightly used. There may be exceptions but only chosen few.

I’ve been working with my company for almost two years now… I can say that I’m happy and I am already used with my foreign officemates…well I should be, I’m with them my entire stay and choice is never presented on me so I have to deal with them… It’s really hard to adjust at first especially with the Arabic’s but when I learned to dance with their tune, my work runs smoothly. Time passes and my belief with the Arabic change… My boss is a Palestinian, an Arabic, but he seems to be different aside from the fact that he really have brains he is also a JUST superior, he never treated me the way I’ve heard from my peers. He knows how to give you credit when you did something appreciative and never shouts whenever I have mistakes, instead, he would correct me in a fine manner. Respect is something to be achieved and my boss has my respect. With regards to my work? …chicken feed! It was easy and I can brag on that…  

Everything is in place and I never seen any signs that our company will be affected with what the world is experiencing. That’s what I thought… Dubai is rich, that’s what the world believes… but it has been four months now since I heard numerous employees being cut from their work,  and that’s the time my worries starts. Christmas and New Year passes but news on someone you know being terminated keeps on coming…. Month of December, one of our project stops for the client fail to pay and we are left with only one project. We transferred and thought we can recover but January comes and same thing happens. It’s New Year but there’s no reason for me to celebrate…

My company has no other choice but to follow and be “in” with the trend… TERMINATION…. The sad thing is I am the first in line… the first casualty…. I knew it will going to happen but I never see it coming and it is too soon for me. When my boss delivered the news I am stunned and got numb a while but I still manage to throw smile. I knew it would be hard for I will start from scratch again. But my foundations are already there… Experience, Confidence and so on…

Being un-employed really bothers me; questions keep on pouring on my mind…. What would I do next?… Why me?… Where  can I get my daily finances? What if I can’t make it? Where will I gonna go? How will I start again? WHAT, WHY, WHERE and HOW… tiring… and my mind can’t grasp of any answers…That’s the time I start praying… again…. Again for I used to be a good servant… in fact I am close to being awarded of Religious Award way back High school but that was before… since then I rarely go to masses… but I still do pray…

Un-employment is normal for us Filipinos and millions of Filipinos were actually unemployed not because Filipino’s are lazy but because our country cannot cater the needs of the un-employed… JOBS. But being un-employed abroad is different. Lots of responsibilities will shake you and keep you reminded of every scenario if you will be un-employed for long.

From where I can go from here?… fingers cross… bow a little… do some prayers and hope for the best…

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