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How Does Working At Home Works? (Sharing my personal experiences working at home, my dream job)
Hi everyone! It's the weekend again and I was just having some thoughts about my work because whenever people ask me about my job, how does it work, how do I get paid and everything. In this blog, I'm gonna talk about my job, and our company.
So I found this company, Tripaneer.com which used to be Ebookingservices by the time I joined through an ad at Bestjobs.ph which is a good website to look for career options and opportunities. So Tripaneer is
So Tripaneer.com is a travel website that offers holiday packages with a specific theme. You can check more from our website, https://www.tripaneer.com/
The first company that I joined was Dnata, it was one of the huge travel companies in the world being the sister company of Emirates. I worked as a customer service agent there for almost 8 months, I felt the desire to leave the company because I felt like I wasn't getting the right training for my career path, I was also depressed by how sh*tty the customers treat us everyday, like everyday I would come to work and me and my colleagues would just talk about how sh*tty the day was, these friends helped me get by and so I decided to apply to Ebookingservices.
Now I know a looot of you would disagree about my decision and would simply say, hey, every workplace is stressful, why do you have to be such a cry baby, just get on with it. For me, if it's not helping with my growth as a professional or as an individual, I'll leave. I agree that every workplace is stressful, but at least you gotta choose a workplace that is not toxic because to me, that's what is poisoning you and slowly crashing your soul.
From there, I started working as a content editor, was moved to customer service (again) then now, I am working as an acquisition specialist for bookallsafaris.com. I'm really enjoying what I do everyday, I get to be in contact with different people. The team is the bonus, even though we can't see each other physically, we've been sharing our daily stress and achievements, I could definitely say that we are now working as a family.
"What are the benefits or working at home?"
1. First of all, commuting is no longer required. Yehey for me because I'm not a morning person, I take long hours getting ready, which means I could save more because I won't have to set aside money just for transportation.
2. You can still work when you're not feeling better but not too sick. Working remotely, I get to adjust my schedule but not often of course, because for me I wouldn't want my tasks to be bombarded so when I don't feel better, I would just adjust my schedule to still finish everything that I'm doing.
3. I can de-stress any time. I remember working at an office, I could just release my stress through scheduled breaks but working remotely, whenever I feel so stuffy at work, I could pause for a few hours, eat whatever I want and then go back to work.
4. Flexible schedule. What I love about Tripaneer is that they allow us to choose a preferred schedule that we should stick to. I remember working based on the schedule given to me. With the freedom that I have, I get to choose my days off and my working hours which is a very great perk that all of us want.
5. You get to know different people from different countries and nationalities. Tripaneer is a global website so the employees are also picked globally. This is so exciting because you get to meet a lot of people so despite the long distance I was able to make awesome friends and people that helps me with not only work but sometimes even personal.
Aside from the benefits, there are also some challenges to working at home
1. When laziness hits you. Working at home feels like it's not work at all, because you can just stay and lie in bed while replying to emails and finishing actions which is one of the struggles I have overcomed through the year that I've been with Tripaneer.
2. Power outage and intermittent connection. These are the circumstances that work-at-home people encounters that are out of our control. It's a good thing I had our connection upgraded, thank you so much by the way, Converge for providing an excellent connection and it's very consistent.
But apart from that, I think that's it. I really enjoy what I'm doing so to those who are asking if I would still pursue my dreams of becoming a flight attendant, I would confidently say no, because as I grow and learn everyday, I also realized that it is no longer my dream but I would definitely pursue traveling someday.
To those who are asking if I have plans on getting a "real" job, this is a real job, it's a fast paced environment and very challenging. It shaped my personality a lot because I have to deliver with less supervision and everything is self taught.
My interests were shifted to blogging/vlogging, and makeup. With my job as an acquisition specialist for Tripaneer, I have a work-life balance which means I could also pursue other careers that I want to try. I started my very first makeup tutorial so you'll be seeing more from me.
So I guess that's it for today, thank you very much for reading, I hope you learned something and I hope you find your dream job someday!
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