alt text: 18 of our 40 employees are located in the Philippines. Insanely competent, great judgement, and $5 per hour. If you run a small business and don’t have overseas help you’re at a disadvantage

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    54
    ·
    9 months ago

    Cost of living is also much lower in The Philippines vs the US. A quick search says a 1br studio near Manila costs ~₱6,500/month, which is ~$115/month. The same thing costs about 10-20x that here in the US in a city.

    So $5/hr would be enough for a pretty nice lifestyle there, whereas it would be significantly below the poverty line here in the US.