GROUP 6

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

of workers in Calamba who were unemployed
during the COVID-19 pandemic

IRIAN GELO ANDAM

ELVIS JOSHUA LUCIO
JAMES STA. MARIA
JAMIE HAYENN DE GUZMAN
CAMILLE ANGELA SALUNA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS RECORDED AT 12.4% OF THE ESTIMATED 7.1
MILLION LABOR FORCE IN CALABARZON FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE
YEAR, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS ESTIMATED AT 12.4%.

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SITUATION IS STILL CONSIDERED AS THE MAJOR

FACTOR THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE ABRUPT INCREASE FROM THE SAME
QUARTER LAST YEAR. SOME ESTABLISHMENTS COULD CONTINUE THEIR
OPERATION BUT WITH A MINIMUM NUMBER OF WORKERS, VARYING
WORK ARRANGEMENTS AND REDUCED WORKING HOURS.

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RENDERED MORE FILIPINOS JOBLESS,

WITH THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY
REPORTING 7.3 MILLION UNEMPLOYED ADULTS IN APRIL.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS DUE TO
PANDEMIC IN CALAMBA. SPECIFICALLY, WE MUST SPECIFY THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
WHAT CHALLENGES DID THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS
ENCOUNTER DURING THE TIME OF PANDEMIC?

WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO

EXPERIENCED UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE PANDEMIC?
WHICH AMONG THE AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES DID
THEY TAKE?
METHODOLOGY
THE RESEARCHERS MADE A QUESTIONNAIRE, WHICH WAS USED TO COLLECT
STANDARDIZED INFORMATION THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED NUMERICALLY OR
THROUGH SHORT ANSWERS.

IN THIS STUDY, QUALITATIVE DATA IS GOING TO BE USED. QUALITATIVE

RESEARCH WILL BE USED IN THIS STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THE
PANDEMIC ON THE RESPONDENTS' DAILY LIVES IF THEY HAVE SOME
CHALLENGES OR OPPORTUNITIES.

IN THIS RESEARCH, A TOTAL OF 30 RESPONDENTS WILL BE

PARTICIPANTS. THE 30 TESTEES ARE GOING TO JOIN THE STUDY
BY ANSWERING THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE.
RESULTS
SOP 1. WHAT CHALLENGES DID THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS ENCOUNTER
DURING THE TIME OF PANDEMIC?
RESULTS
SOP 1. WHAT CHALLENGES DID THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS ENCOUNTER
DURING THE TIME OF PANDEMIC?

FROM WHAT THE RESEARCHERS HAVE GATHERED, THE CHALLENGES THAT THE
WORKERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED ARE LOW INCOME, BANKRUPTCY, CHANGES IN
WAGES, TAX PAYMENTS, PAYING RENT, STRUGGLING ON FINDING NEW JOBS, AND
MORE. MOST OF THE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WERE 63.3% FEMALES,
23.3% 18-25 YEARS OLDS, AND 46.7% HAD MODERATE INCOMES.

THE CHALLENGE THAT HAS THE HIGHEST VOTES IS “LOW

INCOME” BASED ON THE 53.3% OF THE RESPONDENTS’
ANSWERS.
RESULTS
SOP 2. WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE PANDEMIC?
RESULTS
SOP 2. WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE PANDEMIC?

MANY PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM AND 15 PEOPLE HAD AN

OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ONLINE SELLING AS AN AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY TO
REPLACE THEIR PAST JOB. IN THE PIE CHART,

76.7% OF THE RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SAID TO HAVE TAKEN THE

OPPORTUNITIES THEY GOT WHILE 23.3% OF THE OTHER
RESPONDENTS DIDN’T TAKE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO
THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS.
RESULTS
SOP 3. WHICH AMONG THE AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES DID THEY TAKE
RESULTS
SOP 3. WHICH AMONG THE AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES DID THEY TAKE

FROM WHAT THE RESEARCHERS HAVE GATHERED, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE ASKED HAVE ONLINE SELLING AS THEIR AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY AND
GRABBING THEM TO HAVE JOBS AGAIN. THE RESEARCHERS HAVE OBSERVED THAT
NO ONE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME AN INTERN, INFLUENCER, AND
BAKING TO SELL TO THE NEIGHBORS.

ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE HAVE CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD AN

OPPORTUNITY OF BECOMING AN INFLUENCER, THEY DECIDED
NOT TO TAKE IT AND HAD TAKEN A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY.
CONCLUSIONS
THE RESEARCHERS’ AIM WAS TO KNOW THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE RESEARCHERS
CONDUCTED SURVEYS ON 30 PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DID DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
THE RESEARCH CONCLUDES THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED OUR SURVEY INDEED
HAD CHANGES IN THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS. MOST OF THEM LOST THEIR JOB DUE TO
THE GOVERNMENT FORCING PEOPLE TO QUARANTINE THEMSELVES FOR
THEIR SAFETY WHILE OTHERS PEOPLE FOUND OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN
INCOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. MOST OF THE PEOPLE RELIED
ON ONLINE SELLING AS A CHANCE TO GET BACK UP THE DAMAGE THAT
THE PANDEMIC GAVE WHILE SOME OF THEM WHO ANSWERED THE
SURVEY HAD THEIR JOB KEPT AND RELIED UPON THEIR INCOME IN IT.
RECOMMENDATIONS
TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE INVESTIGATION AND TO PROVIDE A MORE
ACCURATE INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA THAT WE ARE TO COLLECT, THE
RESEARCHERS MUST DIVIDE THEM INTO 3 CATEGORIES DEPENDING ON HOW
SEVERE THE IMPACT IS OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEIR LIVES MORE SPECIFICALLY
ON THEIR WORK. THE RESEARCHERS ALSO INCLUDED QUESTIONS THAT ALLOW
THEM TO IDENTIFY THE SITUATION OF THE RESPONDENTS AND WHAT THEY DID
TO CONQUER THE CHALLENGE OF THE PANDEMIC.
CONDUCTING THIS RESEARCH TO FUTURE RESEARCHERS TO
HAVE MORE PIECES OF INFORMATION ON HOW THE COVID
AFFECTS THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE IN CALAMBA.
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