WE #169: Lost my Job because of my Health condition

You lost your job and have no income. I believe that this is the best moment to share what happened a few months ago and the reason why I came back to blogging.

Last June, I was fortunate to receive a good blessing which is a 9-5 job. I was hired as a Technical agent and trained also to be a General and Loyalty agent. During the first 6 weeks of training, I was really enjoying the job since it was also a paid training. I had a great time spoiling myself and my loved ones. At the same time, I got lucky to save some cash for my college.

But when we got to nesting, closer to being in production, things got heavy and stressful. Everything we learned in the training is only about 5% of the concerns we receive from customers. After that training, I got stressed and my physical body weakened. The first week of being endorsed to production, I got so sick. Imagine, I deprived myself from sleeping, have dyspepsia and at the same time, had a skin illness which is urticaria.

Because of this, my KPI at work got affected. There was also a time that I handled three irate customers and because I no longer know how to solve their issues, I just broke down. My illnesses affected me too much and I just woke up one night, and it was like I didn't want to go to work. And even though I am one of the top agents at our wave, I realized that I am also just a disposable employee of my company.

Unexpectedly, after I sent them my immediate resignation, they tagged me as AWOL (Absent WithOut Leave) and up to this day I am still in touch with our HR and discussing what just happened and why did they involuntary terminated me knowing that I also sent them my medical certificate and resignation. I know that there is a contract between me and the company but one thing I realized is they don't really care about their employees. I felt sad because I am proud to be part of that company but now, things have changed.

As of now, I am waiting to get my last pay in that company. There's a part of me that doesn't want anymore to expect a single cent since they tagged me awol.

I have no income and my savings are getting closer to zero balance because I am still treating my urticaria and then my son got infected with shingles.

I lost my job but one thing I am very thankful for is that I am now getting enough sleep, and I am now able to eat anytime. My skin also feels better and getting back to normal but the treatment is so expensive.

I have no income but I believe that God will give me wisdom. I know I still have the remaining months to find more opportunities and I believe I can do it.

I know how hard it is to lose a job. But what's really important for me is my health given that I have a son, I cannot give up my health just to meet the company's expectations and compensation wasn't good enough.

Here's the last picture of our office. Even my boss and I burned bridges, I am still thankful for the knowledge they have shared with me. I hold no grievances to the people, but I am still hoping they would give me the graceful exit I wanted.

So what now?
Practically, praying is not enough because I do believe that you have to take actions. Right now, what I have in mind is to continue blogging. I know regular work is better than this that is why while I am still processing my clearance in my previous company, I am also updating my resume, submitting it to other companies, and now attending some interviews virtually, hoping that I could catch a good company that will compensate me enough -equally to what kind of stress they are going to give me.

Life is being so hard right now. And sometimes, I do think of selling my kidneys, lol. But of course, God would not let me do that because He has a good plan for me. Not now, but better days are coming. 🙏

Thank you @galenkp for composing this weekend writing suggestions. Keep safe everyone!