TRENDING: Donnalyn Bartolome gets mixed reactions over her Back to Work post

Actress and celebrity Donnalyn Bartolome’s recent “back-to-work” post is generating mixed reactions from Netizens with some people calling her take as insensitive while others agreeing with her notion.

photo credits: Donnalyn Facebook page

Here’s what she wrote:

Bakit may sad dahil back to work na? Diba dapat masaya ka kasi may chance ka na pagandahin buhay mo at ng pamilya? Trip ko pa nga may work ng January 1 dahil superstition ko may work ako buong taon pag ganun. Dapat grateful kasi may work. If work makes you unhappy, I hope you find a job that will. Yung pakikiligin ka and sheet Anyway, this is just a reminder that having a job is a blessing bessss change mindset, it’s 2023!!

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At the time of writing this post, Donnalyn’s post has already garnered 26,000 shares on Facebook and 14,000 comments. Here are some of the comments from the post:

Paolo Acelajado
Nope, various reasons, ung iba sad dahil sa 15th pa ang sahod at ubos na ang funds nila nung Christmas pa.
Mas malala ung sad dahil wala na silang daratnang work, my 2 cents

Princess Kinoc
Insensitive ka kasi kaya di mo gets na ang iba walang masakyan sa unang araw ng taon. Di makapag commute dahil ang ibang drivers ng jeep/pampasaherong sasakyan, tinake advantage ang new year upang makasama naman nila ang pamilya nila. Diba? Kasi yung mga malulungkot na tinutukoy mo, hindi nila kailangang gamitin mga pang pobreng situations para dumami views at kumita, di tulad mo na ganun ang gawain para sumikat at kumita. Diba? Antanga mo lang?

Kylene Millanes
i hope you’ll also realize that you are posting this status from a privileged point of view. good morning.
as an agricultural advocate, this is certainly not the case for our farmers and fisherfolks — given that they are not well-compensated & struggling for their rights.
they have to work regardless. but it doesn’t mean that if they’re struggling & sad, it equates to them being ungrateful. stop romanticizing class-based, work-based, money-based struggles.
++ we have lots of Filipinos who have given up their passion for practicality (for money) — to leave their families, to leave the Philippines, to leave their passions.

John Michael Dugay

I like the positive mindset. However, I would also like to address why people aren’t happy on “back to work” phrase. It’s the reality. Yung iba ay nagtatrabaho lang dahil kailangan pero hindi sila masaya. Yung iba malungkot dahil sa toxic co-workers or even sa system ng company or organization. Others aren’t happy because of the workload that they have yet still got low salary.
Nevertheless, good thing pa din na nagtatrabaho tayo kaysa wala at tambay lang sa bahay. Makaka-angat din ang lahat!!!
Let’s command and invite blessings this year 😗

Chadwick Tan
Suwerte ang makahanap ng work kung saan masaya ka. Yan ang ideal. Some of us are stuck in work that we do not enjoy, yet we need to pay the bills and are fearful for the future. Yes, we are constantly seeking a better situation and someday, we will find a job that would make us feel happy. In the meantime, don’t invalidate our feelings.

Mia Ley
sige po. sabi nyo eh.

Alexander Ellorda Acelajado
Ung ganitong motivational maganda walang bahid ng malisya pero in reality hndi to lahat applicable sa lahat ng mang gagawang Pinoy lalo nat minimum wage earner .

Ralph Reyes
Sabi ng vlogger na sumasahod ng million, lol its easy for you to say these words.

Isabela Katherine
Being sad does not imply being ungrateful. Some have to go back abroad to work, and some only get to see their family on weekends or holidays. People can be sad AND grateful at the same time 🙂

Eun Ice
Not really sad but you made me realize that having a work is a blessing. Even a minimum wage earner at malaking gastos sa araw araw but still I see myself as a grateful one to have a job. Di lahat may trabaho at madami ang pinapangarap magkaroon ng trabaho. Sobrang grateful ako kahit pagod sa work at almost holiday may pasok Kami pero bawi naman lahat. Na regular na ko and still thankful sa company ko. Thanks ate Donnalyn For this wonderful reminder 🥰💙

Donnalyn
Eun Ice congratulations dahil naregular ka na 😍❤️ hardwork pays off look at uuu!! Don’t forget to reward yourself!

Jordan Ray Chua Quinco
try mo magwork sa labas ng pinas donna ung mga 3 years straight tingnan natin kung gusto mo pa rin.

Donnalyn
Jordan Ray Chua Quinco malayo po ako sa family ko kakatrabaho sa pinas, mag10yrs na. Parang OFW situation. Minsanan ko lang sila nakikita.. umaabot years and years. Kaya naman men.. mahirap lang.

Rachel Fuentes
Tama naman po having a job is a blessing kaya dapat maging grateful.
Pero for me po, part parin ng life yung irecognize natin yung emotion natin (ito yung bagay na hindi natin ma – cocontrol), if we are SAD dahil back to work na, I think “THAT IS OKAY”, at hindi naman po ibig sabihin nun na ungrateful tayo or hindi po na-aappreciate yung work na meron tayo… Marahil may kanya kanya lang tayo battles na hinaharap kaya nadedemotivate pumasok? Overhelmed – hindi pa nag sisimula ang araw pero pagod na sa daming iniisip? We don’t know, kasi iba iba tayo ng position sa buhay, opportunities at challenges sa araw araw.
Okay lang maging sad at tamarin basta ang mahalaga, nilalabanan natin yung kalungkutan at nag dodouble effort tayo para magpatuloy sa buhay ❤
Hindi man natin makontrol na hindi maging malungkot, pero we can CHOOSE TO BE OPTIMISTIC. Sabi nga nila, after the rain there’s a rainbow, kung sad ka ngayon okay lang yan dahil bukas baka happy ka na ❤
LABAN LANG SA LIFE 👊👊👊

Cill Sb
Kasi hindi lahat ng tao ay well-compensated tulad mo. Hindi rin lahat ay pinalad na magkaroon ng work-life balance sa trabaho nila.

Jon Cinco Caramol
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Kung vlogger lang sana lahat at kaparehas ng prebilihiyong mayroon ka, malamang lahat masayang babalik sa mga trabaho nila.
Hindi pagiging ungrateful yung tinatamad, yung iba tinatamad dahil may kanya kanya silang rason. Yung iba iniisip palang yung ilalaan nilang oras para mag commute ay talaga namang nakakapagod, papunta ka palang sa trabaho pero na drain na yung energy at pasensya mo. Hindi naman lahat may sariling sasakyan katulad mo Donnalyn. CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE TEH!!!
Blessing naman talaga ang trabaho, pero hindi lahat masaya sa ginagawa nila. Hindi naman madaling makahanap ng ibang trabaho kaya yung iba nagpapakatatag nalang, yung iba nagkanda kuba na sa dami ng workloads nila at yung iba lampas na sa job description yung ginagawa pero maliit pa rin ang sweldo. Wala naman silang choice dahil mahirap nga makahanap ng ibang trabaho, sa taas ba naman ng standards at qualifications dito sa Pilipinas kaya halos lahat gina grab nalang kung sino tatanggap sa kanila. Kaya wag naman sana nating i-invalidate ang nararamdaman at rason nila kung bakit tinatamad sila, the best thing that we could do is intindihin sila lalo na at hindi tayo pare-parehas ng prebilihiyo sa buhay.

Pamela Jane Borbon
Okay?
Just because we’re sad doesn’t mean we’re ungrateful. Sure, grateful kasi sa salary upang makaprovide sa sarili o if may pamilya ka, tapos may healthy working environment ka at sa nakasama mo sa work ay hindi toxic, but what about the mental or physical state of the person himself, alangan naman i-sacrifice yong health for the sake na i-please ang management? For the sake na hindi i-terminate? What about if nasa toxic working environment siya, aber?
Lucky you and other people na hindi nakaranas ng ganito, then good for you sa mga nag-agree neto. Sana all talaga. Easy for all of you to say.
Considering na nagtatrabaho ako sa call center na almost everyday queuing at walang pahinga sa kakadakdak, so how will I be happy knowing that I almost lose my sanity and my time taking a break? Hindi lahat ng oras trabaho, of course I’m more than sad. I’m all drained out. I have mental health issues. I experience breakdowns. I experience burnouts.
Wala na akung time management because most of the time, I’ve been asleep and groggy kahit sinasabihan ako ng tamad, okay?
In addition, wala kaming holiday breaks unless weekends, may offer na time off (VTO) or approved ang paid time off mo.
The only things that I’m grateful for ay yung buong team na sinasalihan ko at yung salary, kahit medyo maliit para sa akin basta may pambayad.
Of course, you don’t get it, and I’m not even sure if you’ve been in a BPO or any corporate job aside from vlogging, acting and singing.

But what do you think? Did she have a point? Was she in the wrong in this situation? Remember this was also the person who celebrated her birthday with a “poverty porn” theme with a bunch of influencers and celebrities.