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Every fresh grad who aspires to build a career in the corporate world has probably imagined a picture of the morning city rush at least once: from 5-minute showers and sprinting to the office with wet hair, to paper coffee cups and walking with ten more minutes to spare. There are noises everywhere, but it\u2019s the kind of noise that you don\u2019t notice. Traffic is terrible, but it\u2019s the same one everyday. You hate it at some point, but it keeps your mind and body going.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a slice of corporate life as you know it, inspired by countless stories of so many people, and it has made you afraid, excited, and ultimately ladened with mixed emotions. But considering now, it turns out that nobody could\u2019ve told you the entire story after all.<\/p>\n
Having such a picture in mind, admittedly, makes the remote setup a little disappointing for entry-level job seekers fresh out of graduation. Remote work in the Philippines has been existing long before the pandemic, depending on firms\u2019 business models like those of\u00a0Kalibrr<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Canva<\/a>, but it didn\u2019t weigh as heavily as it does today, where the reality asks for it and nobody has much of a choice. A survey from\u00a0Hubble<\/a>\u00a0says that the Gen-Z\u2019s worst work-from-home (WFH) problems are lack of social interaction, lack of work-life balance, increased distraction, and impact on mental health.<\/p>\n From a firm\u2019s standpoint, this concerns employee welfare, work quality, and productivity. But in another perspective, this can be a whole lot personal: in your head, your first job wasn\u2019t supposed to be this way! The frustrating morning rush would\u2019ve been compensated by late night drinks with your co-workers. The noises would\u2019ve given you a sense of peace and anonymity. The traffic would\u2019ve taught you to be street-smart. Instead, you set your alarm, you get up from bed, and you put your face on a screen.<\/p>\n When you\u2019ve only just started to feel responsible for your life and what you want to make of it, and all you get to go to is your room, on a computer, in a country where the internet isn\u2019t so good, it makes you wonder whether all of it even translates into something real.<\/p>\n Luckily for you, it does.<\/p>\n Despite how little you think, what you\u2019re going to do in your first remote job will be real. What you do, in the confines of your own space, makes a difference. The responsibilities of a hired employee are what make an organization run. You, frankly, make it run. Every deliverable leads to something greater than a checklist that you tick off. Every task completes a part in ensuring that the company does what it aims to do for its different stakeholders, following its vision and mission, especially in a unique situation that the workforce is in. You work in a group, which means that you\u2019re working with real, actual people, who are in the same boat as you.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t sound as terrifying when you realize that what they\u2019ve been saying since you were old enough to doubt fairy tales is true. Life isn\u2019t perfect. That\u2019s no excuse to downplay a loss of will, motivation, and reason, but you\u2019ve also always known that, like everyday of your life, you\u2019re never completely ready until you are. You\u2019ve always known that, after college, you\u2019re supposed to learn from experiences and moments, good or bad, so you can build yourself towards a better career path.<\/p>\n This, unfortunately, is one of those moments\u2014and you\u2019re allowed to be upset! The situation takes away something from you! But like the adult you have pictured battling through the morning rush in the city, you have to move on with time, and try to think that, in the meantime, you do what you can. The picture still exists. Maybe it\u2019s just time to postpone living it. Maybe it\u2019s even time to consider that it might not be as good as you imagined it to be.<\/p>\n Or maybe, eventually, you\u2019ll want to paint a new one\u2014one that actually resonates with you after doing your first week as an official part of the employed population. Your first job may be virtual, but it\u2019s real, and you have to believe that you\u2019re learning from it so you can figure out all your reasons why, one day at a time. It\u2019s not ideal, but,\u00a0hey<\/em>, you\u2019ve got to start somewhere. So, take five, or ten, or sixty, and rest easy.<\/p>\n It\u2019s your first job. There\u2019s always reason to believe that it can get better. And it will.<\/p>\n Because as long as you\u2019re open to new possibilities for yourself and your career, even in the most questionable times the same as this, it won\u2019t matter as much whether you\u2019re holding that paper coffee cup, walking to the office with wet hair, or not. You\u2019ll be exactly right where you should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every fresh grad who aspires to build a career in the corporate world has probably imagined a picture of the morning city rush at least once: from 5-minute showers and sprinting to the office with wet hair, to paper coffee cups and walking with ten more minutes to spare. 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