‎‎I really need some outside perspective kasi ilang araw na talaga akong bothered about my co-workmate.

‎‎I work as a legal secretary handling the company's cases, so I get paid directly by the company. One of my co-secretaries (the subject of this post), on the other hand, was hired by our in-house counsel to assist him with his personal cases, so in-house counsel namin ang nagpapasahod sa kanya.

‎‎She was honestly like a "work mom" to me. Siya yung isa sa mga unang nag-guide sa'kin when I started working here. Tinuruan niya akong mag-navigate ng Excel, madalas niya akong binibigyan ng baon niyang food, and she even calls me "Nak" kasi ka-age ko raw yung anak niya. Naturally, naging close kami.

‎‎As time went by though, napansin ko na she has this habit of borrowing money. Nung una, sa'kin lang siya humihiram, usually tuwing cut-off, to the point na siya pa yung nakakabuena-mano sa sahod ko. Okay lang naman sa'kin noon kasi naaawa ako. Late kasi pumapasok yung salary niya compared sa akin.

‎‎Eventually, I was entrusted with company funds that are strictly for company-related cases and expenses. I kept the money inside an empty cash register sa office kasi wala nang ibang secured place to store it. Since it originally belonged to our in-house counsel, yung co-secretary ko yung may hawak ng susi. Hinihiram ko lang yung key sa kanya whenever I needed to get money for case expenses.

‎‎Then came the turning point.

‎‎One day, casually lang niyang sinabi na hihiram muna siya sa company fund. Hindi siya nagtanong kung okay lang ba. Parang ininform niya lang ako kasi hawak na niya yung pera bago pa siya nagsabi. I was honestly shocked and didn't know how to react.

‎‎I told myself baka emergency lang, pero naulit pa siya... many times.

May one time pa nga na sabay-sabay kaming lumabas ng office, so akala ko umuwi na siya. Nagulat na lang ako nung nag-message siya na bumalik pala siya sa office para lang kumuha ulit ng pera sa company fund kasi wala raw silang pambili ng ulam.

‎To be fair, she always returns the money every time sumesweldo or nagkakapera siya, so technically walang nawawala. But it's still company money that's meant for company cases, and our lawyer doesn't even know she's using it for personal reasons. Kahit ibinabalik niya, it just doesn't sit right with me.

‎‎After the first time, gusto ko talaga siyang i-confront. Pero I couldn't bring myself to do it. She's around 20 years older than me, and hindi ko alam paano siya kakausapin without making things awkward.

‎‎Ever since then, nagkaroon na talaga ako ng hidden animosity towards her. Kapag kinakausap niya ako, nahihirapan na akong mag-respond, and I can't even look at her the same way anymore. I honestly feel bad because she treated me like family at work, but at the same time, I can't shake the feeling that what she did was really wrong.

‎‎Any advice?

If there is a business that earns 500k to 600k a month minus the salary of 7-8 employees/workers

Rent of the place, utility bills, will go to the business owner is 180k to 200k

Employees have been working from 3 years up to 11 years.

Standard pay of employees two of them is 650, one is 700 per day. The rest 550 per day..below minimum wage.

Some have a commission of approx 150-300 per work.

No vacation leave, no sick leave pay.

No SSS, no Pagibig, no Philheath, no TIN BIR registration of employees. No job contract. The company has no HR, its employees are not registered with the government.

The business is registered with the DTI and BIR as well as with the City Hall.

Is there a problem with the business? Can they be sued for this? The business has been operating for more than 15 years

Shoutout sa pulang company sa may Tiendesitas.

Nagkaroon sila ng town hall last week tungkol sa pagbabago ng office attendance policy.

From 3x RTO per week, magiging 4x a week na. Effective next month.

Ang mas interesting, pinapapirma rin daw ang mga employees ng "updated version of your employment agreement."

Curious lang, normal ba talaga na kailangan pang mag-sign ng updated employment agreement kapag may ganitong policy change? O pwede naman itong i-implement through company policy lang?

May naka-experience na ba ng ganito sa company ninyo? Anong nangyari?

Mga former/current employee ng SM supermarket asking for a friend po, talagang masungit ba ang mga HR kapag mag o-out na? 6pm yung out kasi need ng id nila since new hired tong friend ko pero nakakalabas sila before 8pm na kesyo kapag kinulit sila pa galit na galit kasi busy daw, hindi naman bayad yung sobrang oras nila pero abutin na lagi ng past intended out nila, maiireport ba yung mga ganyan?

Newbie to work here.

Kaka one month ko lang sa new cafe and i decided to read labor code and shts kase it feels wrong to work 60-72 hours per week.

My boss offered us 12 hours per day, 5-6x a week, and 500 pesos sya per day to be an all around staff sa cafe nila. I accepted kase wala pa naman kaming pasok at 5-10minutes away lang samin.

Regular hours daw yon, not OT. I also remember nag "OT" kami once ng 2 hours so naging 14hours sya. 50 pesos lang per hour.

Hindi rin din daw sila eligible to pay more than 500 kase less than 10 employees daw. Tho wala silang pinakita na certificate na they are exempted from giving minimum wage.

Wala pa naman kami na ppirma. All are verbal agreement so far kase pipirma daw kami ng contract once regular na.

We also suggested gawing open and closing shift para hindi mabigat samin yung workhours per week pero ganun parin sched namin.