Working Abroad: Have been there working?

Going abroad and looking for greener pastures are what most people aiming nowadays. There is nothing wrong with that.In my own point of view I want to go abroad if I'm still single and I will have an opportunity but If I'm already married then I will choose to stay with my own family.

I was actively searching for a work post abroad back in 2007. My main reason was so I could eventually migrate to Canada. My plan was to work in either Singapore or Malaysia and then apply for the immigration papers in either of those countries once I get a working permit. By December 2007, I got to work in Malaysia and stayed there for 2 years. I was the only Filipina in the company, I handled the Hispanic market in sales. I lost my interest to work on my papers to Canada because of an issue with my ex who was Canadian and also because of the cost it would take to complete my documents and all the expenses related to migrating there. I just wanted to go home. My 2 years in Malaysia made me realize one very important thing - that you only learn to appreciate your home country once you're in a different country full of strangers with stranger cultures than your own. I still work for the same company. My boss was kind enough to extend my contract while allowing me to work from home. I came home to the Philippines after my two-year contract, they extended my contract under the work from home setup as much of our operations can be done online. I still have to report to out headquarters once a year for 27 days. What it made me realize is that Filipinos who get to work abroad should not despise their country as you can't really reach your goals by forgetting your identity.

No I have never worked abroad,I have always worked locally. I probably could have made more money working abroad but I am not the personality to move away from my family.

When I was eighteen years old I worked as a children's nanny in Finland. The family had a country cottage, a town house and a wooden lakeside cabin. I cared for their three children and got a good wage. I taught the six year old daughter how to speak English. I got a working holiday visa for Australia when I was twenty to twenty one years old. I was able to work for one employer for up to three months and I was permitted up to one year there at that time with that casual employment visa. I worked there as a children's nanny, a factory packer and a charity collector. I loved being able to do that work in sunny Australia. I adored living and working there. I decided to train to become a primary school teacher when I came back to my home country.

I was in the middle east but I left for home when I realized I was getting old with people I don't know and my family got older too without me.I had the money but I wasn't happy. I was far from my family. I wasn't with them for a lot of occasions. I saw how my fellow foreign workers abuse their temporary freedom from their partners. I saw how parents labored for children who thought money grow on trees. Some people sacrifice their families in search for money but they don't always succeed in their family life. wake up!

I used to work abroad, in the UAE to be exact. The salary they offer there for Certified Public Accountants are wayyyy bigger than what most companies here can offer. Factor in the fact that they do not have taxes on compensation there, plus the difference in exchange rates, I was able to save some during my stint there. It was hard at first, adjusting to a new environment both at work and at my temporary home there. It's a multi-cultural environment and you meet people who are wayyyy different from what you're used to back home. The weather is another factor that is kinda hard to adjust. I have lived in a tropical country most of my life, but it was nothing compared to the scorching heat there. As much as I want to walk, I have to take a cab just to get to my destination even though it's just 4 blocks away. During winter, oh my it's so cold that I start praying for summer haha! Lastly, it tends to get melancholic especially when you come home after work and realized that it's just you having dinner. Gone are the friendly banters that I'm used to with my family around during meal times, and of friends dropping by for movie marathons. Lots of sacrifices and temptations, but if we're only going to be true to our goal on why we're there, somehow, it will work to our liking.

hi, actually that was my number one dream before after my graduation in college because i know if i will work abroad i could have money as i can here in my country,but that was just a dream and until now it wasn't happen,i wish someday there will be an opportunity to go abroad and to experience it.

It is not easy to work abroad unless you are only interested in money. Having to leave your family and friends, living in a foreign country, knowing hardly anybody, just counting the days to return to your homeland for a visit, how long can you stand the kind of life like that? It is a different story if you can not get a reasonable job in your own country, or if you want to earn more so that you can improve your life or your family's. If you are not going to migrate to the foreign country where you are working, then all your years of efforts as a worker there may come to nothing when the time comes for you leave for home - you will have to start all over again in your home country - unless you are a professional. Why people wants to work abroad? The reason why you go determines what you will feel there.

There's a lot of professionals in my country but most of them are unemployed (600,000 nurses are jobless in my country. The number might have increased now.) and I was one of them so I left for greener pasture. The pay was good but it wasn't worth all my input so I went home. I never regret tho what I've been through. Now i'm home and happy!