MASS TERMINATION due to LOCKDOWN!!!
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
Philippines
May 21, 2020 10:31am CST
It has been more than a month that my online tutorial company executed 'mass termination.' For this reason, many virtual teachers lost their jobs and that includes my good friend. The issue is due to lockdown and the company didn't practice 'social responsibility.' The virtual teachers cannot open their classes online.
Now, I'm on a mission to find a new company as a backup. Despite being a tenured virtual teacher, this company will not have a second thought to terminate me, too.
'Is it right to terminate people secondary to lockdown?'
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9 responses
@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
21 May 20
Is the company closed by the government?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 May 20
hello, kumusta, kabsat?(hello, how are you, brother)?
i am back. and i have to search for Filipino mylotters like you.
yes, even us are not so sure of our jobs in school. how can a clinical instructor handle a nuesing student on proper preparation of injections if the learning should be online now?
i guess with this new normal, many will be laid off from work. that ia ao bad
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@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
25 May 20
@ridingbet I am still teaching online, Kabsat. However, the admin is practicing a power tripper.
I just ignore them.
I just ignore them.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 May 20
@Shavkat no, kabsat. i plan to stay a little bit longer while the semester is not yet fixed and announced.
you still have your online teaching, right? then it is good for you to still earn while at home
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@Bensen32 (28658)
• United States
21 May 20
From what I am hearing there are a lot of places that are getting rid of workers due to the change in the business. If they can't keep the workers on staff due to a loss of business then they really have no choice but to let people go. It is sad for the worker but if the business doesn't have the money to pay them, really what choice is there.
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@sweetashoney (3597)
• United States
21 May 20
In some ways it's like when so many people lost their jobs due to the recession. I was one of them that lost my job, by that time I was in my late 50's, so even though I went back to college to earn a high degree, I never got a job. I guess I was to old by then.
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@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 May 20
There are some virtual teachers who worked with the company as part-timers and work at home. Before the pandemic, some of them are affected in Batangas due to the volcano eruptions and then lockdown after.
Some of them are mothers who need to take good care of their kids and not be affected by this COVID-19. In fact, they are home-based teachers. I assumed that office-based teachers allowed them to work at home.
Regardless, I advised my friend that she can file complaints against this company after things will be fine in our country. Since it was declared by the government that they cannot terminate employees due to lockdown before. The mass termination is deliberately done to home-based teachers.
@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
21 May 20
A lot of businesses are adversely affected due to the pandemic. I hope your friend finds a job real soon and good luck with your job hunting, too.
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