{"id":5280,"date":"2015-12-04T09:29:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T02:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=5280"},"modified":"2024-05-15T17:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:24:29","slug":"why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government","title":{"rendered":"Why This Young Filipino Left the Corporate Life for Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a young man studying Economics and Finance in De La Salle University, Francis Roque, or Frocks, as his friends call him, has always been an active student, both in academics and extracurricular activities. With his desire and drive to create change and being the change in the community, he simply knew, early on, that he was going to be a civil servant at some point in his life. Now, Frocks is a 26-year-old Project Manager of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center, a sector of the Philippine government that provides technical assistance for advancing the country\u2019s national infrastructure projects and other development services.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, he is also the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bagumbayani\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bagumbayani Initiative<\/a><i>, <\/i>a group of young civil servants promoting positive change and integrity in the government. You can definitely tell that he&#8217;s found the perfect platform to serve the country purposefully.<br \/>\nHowever, it wasn\u2019t always this way at first. Like many of us, he also had the taste of jumping from one career to another. In his case, his previous jobs actually triggered him into finally deciding to work with the Philippine government\u2014no matter how negatively society thinks it is.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government\/#Finding_a_career_that_fits\" title=\"Finding a career that fits\">Finding a career that fits<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government\/#The_informed_decisions\" title=\"The informed decisions\">The informed decisions<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government\/#The_good_in_government\" title=\"The good in government\">The good in government<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government\/#Seeing_the_bigger_picture\" title=\"Seeing the bigger picture\">Seeing the bigger picture<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finding_a_career_that_fits\"><\/span>Finding a career that fits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Frocks is no stranger to hustling. During his time at the University, he was (and still is) always out and about being an over-achiever\u2014from being a leader in the school government, the president in a political party, to placing first during an international economics competition in Indonesia. And with a degree in finance, Frocks thought that it was a natural choice for him to work in finance, too, and so, that\u2019s what he decided to do. Just days after graduating, he immediately started working as an intern for Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after his internship, he got his first full-time job in one of the biggest banks in the world, Citibank.\u201cI worked at Citibank for about a year and a half as an investment specialist. It was good at first but later, I realized that I really didn\u2019t appreciate the corporate life that much even though I was doing well, and being paid well, so I left,\u201d said Frocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI left Citibank to join a startup of four people called Brycg Group.We basically wanted to do some very innovative things with regard to research, infrastructure, and real estate,\u201d he added. It was going really well with his new job, but when the team behind Brycg Group joined a bigger company that focused solely on real-estate, Frocks decided it was time to move on to another job. \u201cI wanted to focus on infrastructure finance. So I figured, I might as well join the mother ship. That\u2019s why I decided to join the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-left: 6px solid #0086FF; padding: 5px;\"><span style=\"padding-left: 5px;\"><strong>Read Also :<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/blog\/why-i-turned-down-a-bpo-company-to-work-for-a-startup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why I turned down a BPO Company to work for startup<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_informed_decisions\"><\/span>The informed decisions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Frocks was obsessed with reading news in politics and the economy, this was how he knew about the economic state of the country, this was also what triggered his decision to finally make the career shift. \u201cWhile I was with Citibank and Brycg Group, I had to be aggressively informed with what was going on in the market.<\/p>\n<p>I would read and talk about all this news, these great things going on for the Philippines\u2014the stock market was booming, we had promising macroeconomic fundamentals, and things were taking off in the infrastructure scene\u2014and so everybody was raving about the Philippines. We were one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia. Things were really taking off, and I really wanted to be a part of that. I wanted to be a part of the nation\u2019s growth,&#8221; said Frocks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5281\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-1.png 886w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-1-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But before jumping in without any idea of what to expect inside, he first made a strategic move of interviewing everyone he knew in the government and asked them how it was like working for them. \u201cI tried to find all my connections in the government and basically got an information interview with them.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to make an informed decision, and after that, it was enough to drive me to join.\u201d And that decision got him to stay with the PPP Center for two years now, leading the project of reconstructing and rehabilitating the Philippine National Railway (PNR), a project he&#8217;s really ecstatic about because he knows it&#8217;s going to benefit a lot of people. But with all the negative perception society has with our government, what could be this man\u2019s drive be to continue serving the people?<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-left: 6px solid #0086FF; padding: 5px;\"><span style=\"padding-left: 5px;\"><strong>Read Related : <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/blog\/what-these-successful-filipinos-were-doing-in-their-20s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What these successful Filipinos were doing in their 20s<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_good_in_government\"><\/span>The good in government<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Despite of what society thinks, there are lots of reasons why many young professionals today still chose to work in line agencies, not because of monetary reasons, but because of the benefits beyond that. As for Frocks, the relevance of his work, the people he\u2019s working with, and the knowledge you get from working here was his drive. \u201cThe work we\u2019re doing will really impact millions of Filipinos across several generations.<\/p>\n<p>With the PNR project for example, basically we&#8217;re giving access to people from Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Bicol, and even Sorsogon easy access to go to Manila, and vice-versa. It\u2019s really a lasting contribution,\u201d he said excitedly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5283\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-2.png 886w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-2-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-2-768x342.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And contrary to what other people think, Frocks has seen, and has worked with amazing people in the government, both on the higher-end and the lower-end positions. He has met like-minded people who could have done much better for themselves in the corporate world, but chose to work in the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>And for him, working with these amazing people, and learning from their years of experience in serving the public, is one of the reasons for his motivation. But like in any organization, there are good jobs and there are bad jobs. Frocks says it\u2019s the same with the government. He believes that if you just look for these good jobs that offer tremendous potential for the improvement of both your networks and professional skills, you\u2019ll find it. Fortunately for him though, he was able to score a promising position of managing a huge project from conception to implementation.<\/p>\n<p>He even joked about being an \u201call-around man\u201d in this job since he deals with everything from finance, legal matters, all the way to the technical aspects of the projects. An analyst-slash-lawyer-slash-engineer \u2014 quite a big responsibility for an economic and finance graduate. \u201cIt\u2019s really the kind of position that sharpens you, because it\u2019s all on my plate. People are usually hesitant about joining government because of the perceived lack of financial incentives; but the pay really isn\u2019t as bad as people think, and a post in government is the kind of job that could really hone you, depending on your position. You just have to find it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seeing_the_bigger_picture\"><\/span>Seeing the bigger picture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As for him, working and deciding to stay with the government is really the promise of better things, to look past its bureaucracy, the slow-paced processes, and the delayed gratifications, and to see the bigger picture; the opportunity and the ability to make a lasting contribution to the Philippines. \u201cI\u2019m 26 years old, and I\u2019m handling a 171 billion-peso project.<\/p>\n<p>I work with counterparts from several agencies and am supported by a team of advisers from all over the world. I travel to different countries and LGUs to promote my project, I negotiate with bidders, and I take on all these various responsibilities that have to do with my project. It\u2019s a very formative career, and any young professional would be lucky to have a job like that, and I sincerely want them to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5285\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-3.png 886w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/why-this-young-filipino-left-the-corporate-life-for-government-3-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>His message for the job seekers who are not just in it for the monetary incentives but are searching to build their skill set, and to have the opportunity to work with amazing people, is that government is a viable and purposeful option.<\/p>\n<p>There are people in the government who really want to succeed, because in the end, it&#8217;s not just for the benefit of themselves and their careers, but for the benefit of their children, and for the future generations. \u201cA better government and a better country is definitely possible\u2014but we need your help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<i>Inspired by his story? 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