RE: Opinion Series Part 5: Which Would You Choose: Your Career or the One You Love?

If we strictly refer to the company handbook, which is what HR is supposed to follow, both of them should have been terminated because the violation is clearly stipulated in the handbook as grounds for termination.

However, in the Philippines, not everything written in a handbook is applied strictly in all situations. Decisions are still handled on a case-to-case basis.

There are business owners or CEOs who, even if they know that an employee’s action is a ground for termination, still choose to be lenient because that employee is considered one of the company’s valuable assets.

In their situation, what happened was that the guy was only suspended for a few days because the CEO considered him an asset to the company. Meanwhile, the woman voluntered to exit, just so the guy would not be terminated.

Maybe she was really inlove with that guy.