While having breakfast at the canteen with a group of BPRE boys, we talked about Johncel, an officemate at BPRE, who was asking Mang Pol if he and his girlfriend could settle down now with a salary grade of 11 and 9, respectively.
Both of them are employed in the government sector where the salary is scaled into numerical grades. A salary grade 9 means a monthly compensation of about P8,000+ while salary grade 11, P10,000+.
Mang Pol said, “That’s not enough to raise a family. When you apply for a GSIS housing loan, your take home pay will be very small.”
“Ok lang yan,” said Kuya Danny, our photographer. “Grade 9 plus 11 is 20. Mataas na ‘yun.”
Our elder driver retorted, “Pinag-iisipan pa ba 'yan? Pareho kayong tapos ng college. E, ako nga nang mapangasawa ko ‘yung misis ko grade 6 lang!”
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04.22.07
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
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