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Board Economics
Re: Covid-19, Lockdown and repercussions
by
JoMarrah Iarim Dan
on 06/04/2021, 14:30:56 UTC
I'd like to discuss the financial and the mental repercussions of the pandemic plus, how do you cope with the Lockdown yourself?
When it comes to financial, I admit I make an adjustment on how I will going to budget my money. Due to this pandemic our company required us to work from home. Due to that meal allowance and transportation allowance were cancelled. The salary to received per month as expected will now be lessen plus the company does not provide electricity and internet allowance. My head aches thinking that our salary was lessen but there are additional expenses. In that case, I decided to go home on our province then give up the dorm. If I am in my province, no dorm to pay anymore. This decision helps me alot when it comes to financial aspects.

But I gained a lot of mental issues. I encountered stress on workloads, required 2 hours OT everyday, required multiple saturday works, slow internet connections when I needed it the most, and shortage of electricity. Well we can do a timeshift, I can work 12Mid to 9AM since internet connection is fast during those time but those time is not enough to finish the tasks given. I really wanted to quit the job but thinking that it is pandemic period, finding another job will be difficult. So I have no choice but to participate in OTs and Saturday works and wait until those projects were already finished. After that i got a reward, I have a long holiday break, that was a total of 3 weeks break. I am so happy. I got a chance to recharge and get myself back.