Life begins at 60 for Randy Estrellado, chief working officer of Maynilad Water Providers Inc., as he celebrates his birthday this month and formally retires from an 18-year profession with the West Zone water utility supplier on Sept. 1, the place he first began in 2007 as chief finance officer.
Randy’s 40-year profession really started with the Lopez Group, first with Bayantel and then with First Gen, and likewise with broadcasting group ABS-CBN as CFO, earlier than transferring on and settling with Maynilad.
Randy is among the many first wave of Gen X – these born between 1965 and 1980, following the Child Boomers – born between 1946 and 1964. Thus, not like the Child Boomers who don’t need to retire, Randy acknowledges that he was in a position to work and that it doesn’t must be prolonged additional as a type of gratitude. He believes in work-life stability, and to benefit from the remaining good and wholesome life he has.
He reveals that his household has a historical past of most cancers, along with his grandfather and each his mother and father succumbing to the illness, and one other sibling additionally passing away early unexpectedly. “Actually, each time I get my government checkup, I simply look ahead to them to inform me, oh, we discovered one thing. In the event that they inform me, okay, that’s the place it got here from. So in my thoughts, if the 60s are my final decade, I need to be doing one thing else. As a result of I’ve been in company my entire life. I began working at 20, so 40 years now in company… So I need to do one thing else.”
Likewise, Randy factors out, “With Maynilad, I don’t really feel like I’ve unfinished enterprise. As a result of after I got here in, it was an organization beneath rehab. Now, it’s about to go public. So I’m very happy with that.”
Randy firmly believes that he doesn’t have to increase to show or mentor the brand new era. “No, I don’t so… I feel somebody youthful, or not me, will deliver it to the subsequent degree. I don’t suppose I’m the one that will deliver Maynilad to the subsequent degree. Iba na, lagpas na sa akin, after which there are a whole lot of good folks in Maynilad, younger guys and ladies.”
Randy has constructed a lot goodwill along with his Maynilad household that he has been having fun with a number of farewell and retirement events, with a lot outpouring of affection and assist, together with from his mates in media, thus, the despedida celebration with each print and broadcast journalists who’ve lined him whereas performing his duties in Maynilad.
He doesn’t rule out the likelihood down the road of consultancies, however for now he desires to stay life and discover no matter pursuits he has.
For Randy, life begins when he retires as he’ll now be free to lastly binge watch his favourite TV exhibits and keep up as late as he desires, which throughout his company working days he couldn’t take pleasure in as he needed to go to mattress early to get up recent and vivid for the subsequent day.
Stunning to be taught additionally that along with his retirement, this would be the first alternative for Randy to take pleasure in an extended trip in comparison with his previous trip alternative solely throughout Holy Week, and at that, he revealed – largely going as much as Baguio. He enjoys going as much as the mountains greater than the seashore, and his physique clearly exhibits that he maintains a nutritious diet and recurrently works out. He clearly doesn’t look or act like a 60 yr outdated.
Thus, upon his retirement, his quick grand trip can be along with his household and family members. He has already made plans to deal with his siblings, nieces and nephews to a trip in Japan. However extra importantly, he and his accomplice, Keith, are availing of an “elopement” package deal to Portugal to symbolically tie the knot, full with flowers and the all necessary marriage ceremony images to immortalize their union. They’d initially deliberate to carry their marriage ceremony ceremony at Central Park in New York Metropolis, however their plans modified because of the political modifications within the US. Thus, after their Portugal marriage ceremony, they intend to trip in London.
To show that Randy didn’t get to journey a lot when he was working, he revealed that it’s his first time to safe a Schengen visa!
Certainly, Randy is starting a brand new life at 60 the place he’ll shed the company mantle and discover a path that almost all can’t totally observe within the Philippine company setting, which is simply starting to acknowledge different gender decisions.
Randy has been among the many path blazers within the Philippine company setting to speak about his gender selection and his accomplice, with the MVP Group totally supportive, and Maynilad itself benefitting from it staffs and engineers who’re equally located and haven’t suffered discrimination.
Nevertheless, Randy admits that he has additionally been conscious of protecting his advocacy low key and never entangling it along with his skilled tasks, whilst he stays very energetic in social media, noting that “it’s nonetheless a problem. You’d suppose that this present day, it can’t be.” Thus, he says, “ it was actually a aware effort to indicate some younger folks, you could have an excellent company profession, have an excellent relationship with your loved ones, along with your accomplice, with your folks.”
Along with his retirement, Randy sees the chance to be extra energetic and vocal about his advocacy with out unnecessarily casting a shadow on his company persona – Randy unbound.
Curiously, he revealed, within the Philippine company world, it’s only him and one different government within the BPO sector who’ve revealed themselves, aside from these within the trend, arts and leisure world who’re well-known and accepted, and are in a position to stay their lives as publicly as they need with out repercussions or discrimination.