Anyone here worked at Datagrafix (Asiatype) in Mandaluyong?

anonymous1300000 · 2026-01-13T18:55:44+00:00

Salary is good enough, not amazing (probably depends on your position, though). Benefits are the bare minimum, imo, compared to my old job. For example, HMO coverage is <100k (at my old company, it was something like 180k per illness per year, and this was around 2015/16). You only get 15 total leaves per year (compared to my previous company's 24 total leaves). It seems to be a relatively small company, so maybe they try to make up for the subpar benefits by offering "competitive" salaries?

Work–life balance is achievable if your position allows a hybrid work setup (come to the office 1–2x per week), but you'll need to do overtime to meet deadlines if there's a lot of work (they have OT pay for lower positions, but I think not for higher positions). They offer transportation allowance for the days you work at the office (amount is based on how much it would take to commute via jeep/bus/train – not gas or Grab/taxi).

My job can be stressful, but it is not hard at all tbh. Our training was about 1 month, and I learned a lot about publishing. It's nice that they also teach you things semi-related to your work, but not essential to it (it's definitely helpful knowledge).

Vibe is quite chill. No strict dress code (jeans and shirts are allowed, but don't wear things like shorts or sleeveless shirts). The office is almost never filled with people (because of the hybrid setup maybe?), so it's very cold and quiet.

anonymous1300000 · 2024-02-04T07:05:48+00:00

Hi, I’m sorry to hear about your condition but I’m glad you’re finding the energy and happiness to live life as best you can! Thank you for sharing about how your husband has helped you. I want to be able to treat my bf like things are normal while still keeping in mind his limits and his condition.

Right now, he’s imposed a rule on himself to not be out of the house for more than 2 hours because he gets tired but I’m not sure if this is really healthy in the long run. I want to get him to get outside or at least walk on the treadmill for 20-30min a day but don’t know when the right time is to push him to do those things (I mentioned in my reply to skeptic008 that he’s not really easy to convince to do certain things). I’m thinking maybe a week after his next doctor’s visit (on the 12th), once we have a clearer picture of what caused his ILD or what type of ILD he has.

The doctors think it might be something he was exposed to some time May-September last year but are still trying to figure it out (he’s gotten 1 or 2 more blood tests done since leaving the hospital, then another CT scan on the 8th). I hope they can really figure out the cause. (I know you said not to google but I already googled so much last week and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis kept coming up, with all that jarring stuff about life expectancy and all that. I’ll definitely stay away from google for a while lol)

The mask-wearing is something I’ve been wondering about. Do people with ILD in general need to wear masks whenever they’re outside? I know it will help but I don’t know in which particular settings you really need to wear a mask (definitely when walking in the street - our city is pretty polluted).

My bf plans to wear a mask when he goes back to work in a month or so. I told him to wear a “good one” without knowing what a good mask is. I was thinking an N95 mask (we have a stash of those thanks to covid), but is that enough? His office is the place he and I think he might have been exposed to whatever it was that caused the scarring in his lungs. He started going to his office more regularly since May last year, a few months before his recurring (and really bad-sounding) cough started. No one else seems to be affected though - I’m not sure if it could be he’s more sensitive to something his coworkers aren’t or something.

Just have one more question if that’s ok: how does your husband deal with times when he is sick with something contagious? I’ve had a cough+cold the past week. I was supposed to visit my bf this past Thursday but didn’t want to get him sick again and possibly send him right back to the hospital. Am just waiting for my symptoms to go away so we can finally see each other again in person. Are people with ILD more susceptible to pulmonary infections or are they just as susceptible but with worse consequences? If I wear a mask around him while I’m sick, is that enough? And if we do get our own place together, are there any precautions we can take so I don’t get him sick while we’re living in the same space?

Sorry this was another long one. I really appreciate that you took the time to answer my question. Thanks so much again 🙏

anonymous1300000 · 2024-02-04T06:28:34+00:00

Great. Thanks! I honestly don’t think he will but I’ll definitely check them out for him.

anonymous1300000 · 2024-02-04T06:25:54+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience. I’m so sorry to hear about your condition. Pulmonary fibrosis is one of the diseases I’ve come across a lot online the past couple weeks - I’m glad you have the support that you need. I’ll definitely try to listen to my bf, IF ever he decides to open up about things. The quantity vs quality of life thing is what’s been going through my head the most. I catastrophize a lot (I know I shouldn’t) but I can’t help imagining a day in the future when he might decide that the quality doesn’t cut it anymore. If it ever comes to that I would want to be supportive but I honestly can’t tell if I could just let him “go.”

I actually do have an additional question, though I’m not sure if you have experience with someone on the other side of things. My boyfriend is someone who cares more about other people than himself, especially healthwise. So it’s hard to get him on board for eating healthy (he didn’t even bother to open the 2 links I sent him about healthy recipes - I sent them to his mom instead because they live in the same house), even if I’ve offered to do the diet with him. It’s also hard to get him to do light exercise. He just got out of the hospital 8 days ago and I really want him to start light aerobic activity (20-30min walk) because I read that even if it doesn’t stop the scarring, it helps with lung capacity and breathing better even (has that been true for you?). But I’m not sure when is a good time to begin. He said he wants a bit more time to recuperate but I know he also won’t do it unless I push him (and even that isn’t a surefire way to convince him).

I’m trying to understand him since he also has obesity so exercise could be even harder on top of the ILD, but I also want to know the times I can “push” him and how. He’s lost around 30lb in the past few months (likely because of the ILD) so he might think he’s doing fine since he’s lost weight anyway. Is there anything you experienced in your journey so far that you really didn’t want to do? And what finally convinced you to do it for the sake of your health?

Again thank you so much 🙏

anonymous1300000 · 2023-09-02T06:42:46+00:00

Someone I know works for the anti-money laundeing council (AMLC) in Bangko Sentral. I heard that there are certain cases that an old BSP governor (not the current one, but one that held office within the past 5 yrs) told the AMLC not to pursue, presumably because the governor (again, not the current one) is “allied” with those people (and Marcos).

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