06/03/2026
Ang hirap maghanap ng trabaho ngayon? Antaas ng unemployment rate?
Eh pano, wala/kapos ang suporta sa mga negosyo!!
Lahat ng trabaho galing sa negosyo. Kung walang negosyo = walang trabaho.
Subukan mo magtayo ng negosyo. Mag-reregister ka muna sa SEC o DTI. Then barangay clearance. Then business permit. Then BIR. Then books of accounts. Then fire safety inspection. Then sanitary permit. Tapos pag may tauhan ka, SSS, PagIBIG, at PhilHealth. May FDA pa. DENR. At kung anu anong special permits.
Pagbukas palang yan. Hindi ka pa nagtitinda.
Wala ka pang customer, andami mo nang binayaran.
Tapos pag na-assess ka ng BIR, papalakihin nila yung assessment mo. Para may under the table.
Gusto mo mapabilis processing?? Lagyan mo ng dagdag.
THEN THE COST OF ACTUALLY RUNNING A BUSINESS.
Utilities. Rent. Contributions. Taxes. Raw materials. Lahat.
So ano ginagawa ng maliit na negosyante? Informal nalang. Hindi na magccomply. Yung iba aayaw nalang, maghahanap nalang ng trabaho. Sayang oras eh. Sayang pera.
Yung iba, hindi nalang magsisimula. Hindi daw worth it.
And this is exactly why we have an unemployment problem.
Every business owner who gives up is a job that was never created.
Every business owner who got extorted by a corrupt inspector is a business that stayed small.
Every small shop that closed because they couldnโt survive the compliance costs is three, five, ten employees who are now looking for work.
Nagtataka tayo bat walang trabaho. Bat ambaba ng pasahod. Eh pano? Ang hirap magtayo ng negosyo sa Pilipinas. And until we fix that, until we make it genuinely easier, cheaper, and safer to build something, puro bandaid solution lang tayo sa problema na to.
Bring down the cost of doing business!!!