Is it still worth it working abroad?

I would say, It is still worth if you have a good job offer from abroad. If you are sure of a good employer it is worth. It is true that jobs are now scarce here in US but if you have specialty that is in demand here, you still have a chance to get a better job. Provided, your entry is legal and you have employer. Try your luck,

I don't think working abroad is the most ideal thing to do right now. So far, Philippines is not really miserable when it comes to financial aspects, I have heard much worse conditions in some other countries including the highly industrialized one. In Japan, the government is trying to offer financial packages to Latin American immigrants to fly back to their home. In Europe most companies reduced their workers, I have a cousin in Ireland who lost his job because of the recession. So I have no plan to go abroad right now because it is better to work here than suffer the consequences of financial crisis in another land.

Yes i think so but it still depends on what country you're going to. If you are hardworking and could do a lot of business stuff here that you are capable of, why settle abroad?

Well, it is still worth working abroad since the condition of our country doesn't seem to change. Although we need to really choose the best job and be in an agency that is worth our money and time to help us facilitate our papers abroad. This is so sad for our country but yes, I would still say that working abroad is the option to have a better life...have a great day!

To some, it still worth it, but to others, it is not. It depends really on your working and financial status here in the country and in the job available abroad. If you have a good job here that can afford your basic needs and gives you some savings, then why would you take the risk working abroad? But if you really want more in life and you can't afford to save for your kids future and there;a a good chance of having a work abroad, then why not take the risk? You are talking of global crisis, well, the loss of some is gain for others. Some are affected badly by the crisis but there are those who are gaining from the situation. Who knows, the work you have here might also be affected but the one available in other countries has a greater chance of being in demand. The job there might be offering good compensation and other benefits that even just a few months working there can pay back the expenses in going there.

For me no. why work abroad if you can work in the Philippines. If you have some money why spend them abroad, spend them in the Philippines. Make a business here in the Philippines and help other co-Filipinos to stand up on their own. Be an example to other people to help rise the economic of the Philippines. We should love our own country. We can make it through our cooperation. across other continents, you can see Filipinos working for others. IT always make me sad if i talked to other Filipinos to other country that they would not like to go back to their home land because they don't want to take the risk.

Well if you can get a good paying BPO then might as well stay in here. Going abroad would mean a lot of money you have to spend for you to work there. In a BPO you can get the money locally and live well financially well.

When we took our cruise many of the crew members there were Filipinos and they had to work long hours to provide for their families, sending their paychecks home and since most of the cruisers are rich or retired, it is a better chance there then going to work in Europe where the recession will be worse. At least people with money want to eat, but people who are struggling to make ends meet cannot afford to share their wages. But what happens when the places that provided employment for people as domestics find that they cannot afford to pay their domestics. I remember hearing from my grandmother how it was common in England and in America for middle class (and not wealthy families to have a cook and a maid), but now the housewife does it herself. So there will come a time, when the middle class in the Middle Class and the rest of Europe will no longer be able to pay their domestics wages and they will be out of a job.

well if our BPO here can sustain our needs why dont we grab it and work in here so that were not far away from our family instead of working abroad. coz right its so hard to find a job a abroad because of recession happenings so its better to stay here in our own country.

From experience, Y-E-S. It is still worth working in the US, considering the economic status of the Philippines...and the peace and order condition down south. Aside from that, by working abroad, I get to have more benefits from their government, than in the Philippines. I am not saying that we all should migrate, thoug. I know that one day, I still would want to go home.