Okay so I'm from the Philippines and I was hired to teach English to Japanese students via online means. Pretty simple, right? Except they made me travel 25 kilometers (Cubao, Quezon City to Alabang, Muntinlupa City) just to be on site. Normally, I wouldn't mind the travel since I love exploring to new places but given how fucked up the transportation system in this country and the pandemic, it made things difficult.
I had to travel for 2 hrs just to be there in that office. Things were great in that office, to be fair, and I jelled well with the fellow newbies but I kept on thinking how'll I go home. After our shift, the train there (PNR) was not running cuz an earthquake made them stop ops. Lowkey I was panicking since I have to take the long route just to go home. There was a car heading to a mall nearby our place but it cost Php 200($3-4) and since I was dead tired and had no sleep(I was awake for 18+ hrs) I took that ride.
I legit broke down when I got home due to exhaustion and explained to my fam that I can't travel that far every single day. The day after that, I told my mom that I was going to quit. She surprisingly supported it since the travel isn't worth it. I wrote my resignation letter explaining that I cannot handle the exhausting travel time.
I haven't signed any contracts with them aside from an addendum regarding my requirements so I'm technically off the hook.