When work was suspended last March 13, 2020, the first careless thought I got was me getting a one-day head start on my week-long vacation scheduled to begin the following day. The trip had been planned for months, tickets and hotels already paid, and I was itching to just go.

As one of the pioneering online English tutorial companies here in the Philippines, RareJob is no stranger to the work-from-home setup. With a two hundred-strong office workforce backing up thousands of tutors all over the Philippines through telecommunication, we can say with confidence that we truly know its potential.

A quiet afternoon was shaken by Taal’s sudden eruption, displacing thousands of unwitting residents living around the volcano’s maw.