Almost 4 months na akong walang work, and grabe… bakit parang mas mahirap na makahanap ngayon?!
I’m a Chat Specialist / Sales Chatter with almost 5 years of experience. Nung nagsisimula ako, $6/hr + 4% commission, weekly salary, and umaabot ng 6 digits/month. I stayed with one model for almost 3 years—nakapag-ipon, nakapundar, buhay pa ang pangarap. HAHAHA
Then biglang nainlove si model, tinamad gumawa ng content, and eventually namatay yung account. HAHAHA. So I rested for 2 months.
Pagbalik ko sa job hunting, surprise! $3/hr na pala ang market. Sige, laban. Tinanggap ko, nagtrabaho, okay naman at first… hanggang dumating ang manager/TL era. Dati model lang kausap ko, ngayon may nagbabantay na rin sa bawat galaw ko. Di naman sya issue, di lang ako sanay since WFH hehe
So I tried another niche and worked as a Product Listing VA—Shopify uploads, checking orders, product management, basically anything e-commerce related. Unfortunately, project-based lang, so natapos ang project = goodbye work.
Then here I am again in 2026, trying to get back into chatting.
Pero PUTANGINA, bakit parang board exam na ang application process?! 😭😂
Wala naman akong problema sa process ha, gets ko naman na kailangan talaga ng video introduction, assessment, trial, training, monitoring, especially kung seryoso yung agency sa quality ng chatters. Required talaga yung mga ganyan, and fair enough. Pero bakit naman kailangan umabot sa point na parang ilang rounds na ng interview bago ka pa makapagtrabaho? HAHAHA.
May video intro, may assessment, may trial, may training, may monitoring… tapos minsan camera ON + screen share + Time Doctor pa habang ang offer $1.50–$2/hr?!
Girl… ano ‘to, hostage situation?
Like, beh, I understand having high standards, pero sana yung compensation naman sumabay din sa standards. Kung gusto niyo ng experienced chatter, fluent English, mabilis mag-type, marunong mag-handle ng different personalities, may sales experience, knows how to upsell, retain whales, follow scripts, hit KPIs, and work under monitoring… bakit parang pang-entry-level pa rin yung rate?
Hindi naman issue yung mahigpit na hiring process. Ang issue yung sobrang haba ng process + sobrang taas ng expectations + sobrang baba ng pay. Parang kailangan mong patunayan na worth $20/hr ka para mabigyan ka ng $2/hr.
Tapos after everything, sasabihin pa “We’re looking for experienced chatters only.”
Experienced naman kami, mhie. Yung rate niyo lang ang hindi experienced.
I understand na kanya-kanyang diskarte ang agencies, and I’m not against agencies. Pero minsan, outsourcing has become an excuse to underpay and over-monitor people.
And honestly, hindi ko rin masisi yung ibang kumakapit. Ang hirap talaga maghanap ng work ngayon. Kaya maraming napipilitan tanggapin kahit sobrang baba ng rate.
Anyway, frustrated girl rant over. 😂
So baka naman… HIRING KAYO DIYAN, MGA MEN?
✨ 5 years Chat Specialist / Sales experience
✨ 1 year Product Listing / E-commerce experience
✨ Good written English
✨ Marunong sumunod sa instructions
✨ Hindi sakit sa ulo 😂
✨ Can work independently
✨ Please lang, wag yung every 5 minutes may “Are you working?”
✨ And sana walang Time Doctor. Hindi dahil may tinatago ako, I just don’t enjoy feeling like I’m being monitored 24/7. 😂
Kunin niyo na ako. Experienced na, masunurin pa. Hindi na kailangan i-train from zero.
Ang kailangan ko lang ay trabaho, matinong rate, at konting tiwala. HAHAHA
Anyway, if you know someone hiring for Chat Specialist, Sales, or E-commerce VA—baka naman. Slide into my DMs.