Idk how to start this post, but let's just start with that my dad has been working at the same position as a butcher for the same guy who runs the local meat supplier here in the Philippines for over 20+ Years now. His been working for the same guy before i was even born. He goes to work at 4 PM and comes home at 6 AM. Every single day with no breaks except for holidays. He had this same schedule for my entire life and we always had a strained relationship because we didn't have time to go out as a family as his either sleeping or at work.
His workplace has a no work no pay policy and that basically means he can't catch a break. For years now when me and my Mom are out on a vacation he stays alone at home and continues to work. While all this time his pay is only less than 17,000 pesos per month or about 331 dollars per month not including bonuses because sometimes he doesn't get any.
Now my Dad is slowly breaking apart and he comes home tired and in pain. I give him back massages from time to time to relieve him and the other day he actually cried in pain because of how painful his whole body was while i massaged him and he talked about how his boss is verbally abusing and exploiting him.
I admit that i thought he was a asshole for a majority of my life but looking around i can't blame him anymore.
Meanwhile his boss, the fucking manipulative and abusive bastard that he is,ran for City Councilor for years and years and luckily enough he flopped. Now his daughter is running for City Councilor instead of him. That's how scummy the Philippines is and this is happening in Metro Manila not a far off place like a province.
I'm scared for my future as i don't want to end up like my Dad. I see no future for myself here in the Philippines, all i could see is just a lifetime of enslavement work if i stayed here. The Spaniards might've left, but the ones who replaced the enslavers are our own people.