Kabalyero

A MMORPG Sweat Shop just opened in our area. The name sweat shop
really boggles my mind because I don’t think you’ll ever break a sweat
working in one of them. Why? They are fully airconditioned! Ha ha ha!

Anyway,
I first got the news about it from my nephews and there were some
posters posted around the area. They tried to apply but they were told
that they were only accepting girls but that later changed. Gender was
no longer a problem but you must be at a certain age to apply.

Here are some information which I was able to gather:

• It seems that the business is located inside a house and are operated by Koreans
• They are hiring onlinegamers at the age of 17 to 24 years old
• Work is by shift and it’s 12 hours per shift
• Workers are paid 100 pesos a day (more or less $2 per day)
• The place is fully airconditioned with top of the line gaming rigs

My thoughts: 17 is still a minor here in the Philippines and minors
need a special working permit from the Department of Social Welfare. If
they don’t have such a permit from DSWD and they have minors working
for them then they’re operation is illegal. 100 pesos per day is way,
way, way, way beyond minimum salary and a 12 hour work shift without
overtime pay is also illegal.

At first glance, you’ll immediately know that the business is
operating illegally. I guess they paid off some local government
official to be able to put up a shop.

The problem here in the Philippines is that laws are very weakly and
are very poorly implemented specially in many provinces. Corruption is
very high even in the highest goverment offices. So, it’s not suprising
to see foreign businessmen to open up businesses that doesn’t comply
with existing laws. SAD but TRUE!

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