Taking Risks Working Abroad
By cherigucchi
@cherigucchi (14876)
Philippines
October 15, 2015 10:43pm CST
Many people decide to work abroad for the purpose of seeking a greener pasture to provide their family with good life. This is not bad at all but of course there are some of the things that one considers before doing it.
Are you ready to leave your family behind in favor of good money working abroad?
Are you willing to let go of everything you have where you are for bigger dreams?
It takes a lot of risks, are you willing to take them?
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6 responses
@Tita417 (1228)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
16 Oct 15
When your kids are growing and expenses are bigger, you take the risk to go to another country for work since they give a higher pay and your country can't afford it. Most of the time, you have to set aside your homesickness for the welfare of the family. We all feel homesick when you're far away from your love ones but again, when the future of your children is at stake, then, you may just go for it. My husband is right now working abroad and I do miss him but it's his decision and he wants the best for the kids so I agreed.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
18 Oct 15
Oh wow... That's cool! Must be nice to move and live from country to country. 
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@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
19 Oct 15
@owstalaga It was hard when we moved to France, I learned French in school, but to speak it every day and watch the TV in French needed a little adjustment.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
18 Oct 15
Yes I'd be willing to work abroad. I don't want to immigrate but I'd go abroad and work and travel, if only just to see the beauty of the rest of the world. 
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
16 Oct 15
More than 10 years ago i resigned from the bank and take the caregiver course as my stepping stone in finally immigrating to Canada . Unlucky after that , i can';t find any employer for how many years of waiting and working meanwhile there in Manila so i went back to our province .
My husband and daughter told me they don't want to live in Canada . So , that's why . I never asked them when i did that . 
@JaneApril (334)
• Philippines
16 Oct 15
My husband's thinking about working abroad. Of course, I don't want him to, but he insists that it's for us. I don't have choice but to support him.
@yeezermac (145)
• Singapore, Singapore
20 Oct 15
I agree with you in that moving overseas to live and work is a huge leap of faith. Uprooting is one issue. Culture shock in the next country is another issue. Getting a job and setting down is yet another issue. One can always prepare oneself but there are just so many things one has to account for in order to make the move. The greatest fear here is that one ends up not being able to stay despite making all the necessary arrangements. What if one cannot find a job despite trying for a long time? What if one's family member falls in back in the home country, and requires one to come home to take care of them. What if one simply cannot adjust psychologically to the new country. It is a huge leap of faith, and one can only hope that one doesn't fall.
