Thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) leave their families behind every year to test their luck in working at foreign lands. Some were successful but some not just failed but were doomed to suffer. This is the ugly truth. Some went back to the Philippines with bruises and scars and some go back in a coffin. But why is it many Filipinos still want to work abroad? I am not discouraging them to do so or whatsoever. I think I understand them somehow if they want to work abroad rather than here in the Philippines.
Well, Philippines have an unstable economic situation. Corruption, gross inefficiency relatively high tax rate, and no sound fiscal policy has put a damper on hopes of an ambitious Filipino. Another problem is, in this country, there is a high employment rate. Fresh graduates join the labor force, which increases the competition for jobs available. And of course the main reason why most Filipinos go overseas, working abroad gives higher salary and income. Let's just face the truth, being employed abroad and doing the same work you do in the Philippines gives you at least double or more income and salary than you do in the Philippines.
Somehow, you can't blame them if they want to work abroad. So yeah, nowadays, it's much wiser to work abroad but beware of scammers. I am not opposed to them for working abroad, well that was their choice. If I will be given an opportunity someday to work abroad, I would rather work there than here in our country. Well, that's my opinion.
