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Pinoy POGO workers won't get same big payday from local employers, DOLE admits

Published Oct 20, 2022 05:59 pm

An official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has admitted to congressmen that Filipino workers at Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) won't be able to get the same level of compensation that they're enjoying if they're left to "regular local employers".

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Rosalinda Pineda, chief of DOLE's employment service policy and regulations division, was among the resource persons who attended the House Committee on Labor and Employment's motu proprio hearing on POGOs on Wednesday, Oct. 19.

During the hearing, a curious Antipolo 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop asked for Pineda's "personal opinion" as to whether or not she would allow POGOs to operate in the country.

"As a Filipino, may I ask your personal stand on this?" Acop asked Pineda.

"Sa personal stand po kasi, if we would weigh yun pong mga 17,000 Filipinos po na nagwo-work ngayon and siguro po yung help or assistance na maibibigay ni DOLE may not be sufficient because I've heard some interview already (As for my personal stand, if we would weigh the 17,000 Filipinos currently working now , I think the help or assistance that DOLE would give may not be sufficient because I've heard some interview already)," she said.

It's these interviews with these stakeholders that have give the DOLE official an idea of the compensation being received by Filipinos in the POGO industry.

"And some of the brokers and HR (human resources) managers that I have interviewed prior to the Senate hearing malaki din daw po kasi yung sinusweldo nila na hindi din nila makukuha sa regular local employer (they are being paid huge salaries that they wouldn't be able to get from regular local employers)," Pineda said.

"Even the househelpers who actually receive P10,000 minimum po doon sa kanilang employers na yun po (from their employers there)," she added.

 

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Pineda said that she already submitted to the Senate the figures on salaries of Filipino POGO workers. Acop appeared satisfied with her response and didn't ask more question.

POGOs are mostly foreign-run companies with a predominantly foreign workforce.

Also during the hearing, Jacqueline Frias Adap shared to the solons the perks and benefits of working at a POGO. She said she works as an encoder for a POGO firm in Cavite.

“Sa accommodation po, lahat naman po ng privilege is naibibigay po nila. Bale naka-comdominium po kami, may free meal po kami, and then yung laundry po namin, sagot na rin po nila. Hindi siya naipo-provide ng previous work ko (They give us all the privileges when it comes to accommodation. I stay at a condominium, we get free meals, and the company pays for our laundry. My previous work couldn’t provide that),” Adap said.

POGOs have been controversial as of late due to their alleged links to foreign crime syndicates.

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