This is the question of the labor department as it launched a contest to pay tribute to hardworking employees.
Netizens have various opinions on who has the toughest job.
There were those who cited teachers, garbage collectors, migrant workers, lawyers and embalmers.
But if you ask residents of Pasig City, it's likely they'd cite the persons responsible for cleaning rivers.
Marvin has been a river cleaner with Bantay Ilog, for several years now.
He gets paid P2,000 a month, but he spends the entire day under the sun, doing his job.
He said the hardest part is being surrounded by the stinky garbage.
“Iyong una, ang hirap talaga ng amoy. Nakakasuka pero masasanay ka rin,” he said.
The ABS-CBN News team tagged along with Marvin on a typical day at work.
Like Marvin said, trying to get over the foul smell of rubbish is the hardest challenge.
River cleaners suffer from back pains from hours of working.
Shards of glass at the bottom of the river also make their work dangerous.
Not to mention, they could contract all sorts of diseases from the dirty water.
Marvin added that many people look down on him because of his job, but he said, he’s proud of what he does for a living.
“Walang akong pakialam sa kanila dahil para sa pamilya ko ito at marangal ang aking trabaho,” Marvin said.
Like Marvin, many Filipinos bravely perform work every day just to put food on the table for their families.
That's why looking for the toughest job in the Philippines is going to be a tough call for the labor department.
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