Please don’t post this anywhere. This conversation could easily find its way back to my office.

I cannot, for the life of me, imagine getting 3-7x my coworkers’ salaries and then blaming them for my ineptitude. My coworkers and I had a conversation about aiming for higher positions once our office restructures. Sabi ko, okay na ‘ko sa certain salary range (a position below the first-level boss) because I don’t want to be a signatory kasi they are accountable if may error. Sabi no’ng isa kong workmate, I shouldn’t have to worry kasi if shit hits the fan, ang sisisihin ay ‘yung “pinakamababang” employee. She even cited a case na ang nasibak sa trabaho ay ‘yung na sa pinakailalim.

Hindi katanggap-tanggap ito na practice for any profession. Yes, your staff should understand complete staff work pero to the best of their expertise and abilities. Are you expecting a perfect output from someone na mababa lang ang competencies required? Editor-level skills pero pay is entry-level? Kaya nga naging boss ang boss because they are supposed to vet deliverables/output before it goes out. With higher pay comes more responsibilities.

I was obviously fuming during and after this conversation. Please, if naging boss kayo, ‘wag ganito. You have a professional and moral responsibility sa saklaw ninyo. ‘Wag magpakain sa norm/status quo/sistema.