It’s not a totally alien concept to have workmates you just want to strangle. I’ve had quite a lot of those in my 5 years of work experience. But I’ve never had the privilege to work with friends whom/who I just can’t stand during office hours.

Types of people I don’t like working with:

1. People who don’t have a sense of accountability. – they lead the project, but when something goes wrong – it’s somebody else’s fault. ALWAYS.

2. People who like to take credit for something they didn’t do – pretty self-explanatory.

3. People who complain a lot – Yeah I complain too. On a daily basis. But when complaining takes much of your time – when you complain more than you work, it affects everybody’s mood. Worse when you slam drawers, nearly punch a hole through your desk from your violent typing – you’re making too much of a ruckus!

4. People who keep saying they’ll just quit this job – Go do it already. It’s annoying when you say it all the time and yet you’re still here.

5. People who don’t know how to ask nicely – pet peeve. you’re not my boss. don’t demand.

the list will go on if only i didn’t have to go home in 5 minutes.

While I’m being emo here trying to figure out what I really want to do with the rest of my life, I’ve come to list down the pros and cons of a couple of jobs  I thought were perfect or a nightmare.

1.  The Project Manager (the current job)

Pros:

• The Pay (although I’m an exception to this)
• The Title (dude how cool is it to be called a Project Manager??)
• The Interaction (a.k.a. the right to make other people’s lives miserable)
• Job Opportunities – Go to jobstreet.com, monster.com, jobsdb.com and you’ll see what I mean.

Cons:

• The Stress (with the kind of stress you’re up for, no matter how much you’re paid, it’ll never compensate for the high blood and hair fall)
• Just because you can lord it over other people doesn’t mean they can’t lord it over you
• CLIENTS, BOSSES, DEADLINES OH MY!
• Stupid people, narrow minded people, people who think they’re God – name it we’ve got it.

2. The Librarian

Pros

• You get to be surrounded by all those books
• And not worry about returning them late
• You get to rock the sexy librarian look and not feel stupid about it becase, hey, you are a librarian.
• Maybe you’ll get to meet your own personal Henry there.
• Children’s books!!!

Cons

• Sucks if it’s a school library (cue in various scenes from The Breakfast Club here)
• There are hardly any Public libraries in the Philippines so you have no choice but to work in school libraries where the books are almost always old and musty and irrelevant.
• And since you’re working for the school you have to wear the prescribed uniform
• The Pay (seriously, how much are Librarians getting paid these days?)
• Children’s books these days kinda suck

3. The Flight Attendant

Pros

• You get to travel the world and get paid for it! (What’s more awesome than that?)
• Did I say you get to travel?A lot?
• Airfare discounts/free airfare depending on your airline
• The pay

Cons

• You have to wear a uniform ( I have yet to see an airline uniform that’s actually trendy)
• Customer service. Having to smile at pesky passengers you just want to throw out the window
• A personal con: what do I do after?

4. The Business Tycoon

Pros

• You don’t look for jobs, you look for people to work for you
• The money
• The power
• The prestige

Cons

• Everybody and their mommies hate your guts
• You’re in danger of being kidnapped every single day
• Your kids might turn out to be freeloading, spoiled brats just because they can

5. President of the Philippines

Pros

• You can change the way the country rolls
• If you’re any good, your face can be plastered on P35 bill
• the Malacañang frigging palace!
• The chance to meet the Pope and David Beckham

Cons

• cleaning up the mess past Presidents have made
• the President isn’t exactly the most popular guy in the country
• you’re surrounded by the biggest scums the country has to offer
• and you can’t exactly just kill them to rid the country of well.. scums

6. Supermodel

Pros

• You get to travel the world
• And wear beautiful clothes
• And rub elbows with brilliant designers
• And have a flat nose and a five head and yet be considered to be one of the most beautiful people in the world
• And the money

Cons

• You can’t eat what you want when you want
• If you’re famous, the world follows your every fart
• You can’t party without having the world think you’re doing coke

7. Actor

Pros

• In the Philippines, you don’t need to have an actual talent to make it. You just have to be the cute girl in PBB and you’re made!
• Rubbing elbows with people who matter
• Sponsors
• Money
• And a possible kissing scene with ehem Gerald Anderson

Cons

• Annabele Rama
• Having to work with people who don’t matter but act like they do
• People watching your every move
• Having to star in every single Shake Rattle and Roll or Mano Po incarnate
• BAD SCRIPTS if you want to go mainstream
• NO MONEY if you want to go independent
• Metro Manila Film Festival

I could think of at least 5 more professions I want to add to this list, but I think it’s better if I do a Part 2.