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𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲

What Most US-based Agencies Overlook About Filipino VAs

Many US-owned agencies outsourcing Filipino talent often lack understanding—or choose to ignore—the realities of fair compensation.

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐕𝐀𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐲, 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

There's a common misconception where agencies say, "That's how they live..." But spreading this type of narrative is not only misleading—it's also dangerously uninformed.

𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐏𝐎 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬, 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 ₱𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎-𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 ($𝟒𝟎𝟎-$𝟔𝟎𝟎). 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡:

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐇𝐌𝐎 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬
𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐲
𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬
𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐲

Plus, employees don’t need to cover their own equipment or utilities.

𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩: 𝐕𝐀𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫:
𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬
𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞
𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 (𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭)
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞? 😉

Imagine this: most US-based businesses are outsourcing tasks like:

Copywriting

Facebook Ads

Graphic Design

Social Media Management

Customer Support

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬.

The reality? Much of what you see online (and what you don’t see) is the result of hardwork of skilled VAs. And many of them are based in the Philippines!

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐰’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞?

😉

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐓 & 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄!

𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞! 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭!

𝐇𝐢, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞! 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥! 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤, "𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐠-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭", 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐨 "𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐝"

𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐚𝐧, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! ☺