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Saying the quiet part out loud, with pride (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz to c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works

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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

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

$5/hr is a decent wage in the Philippines. Minimum wage there is ~$11/day, so $5/hr is quite a bit more than minimum wage.

[–] Verat@sh.itjust.works 65 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Minimum wage may not be the whole story, our minimum wage is $7.25 still and I dont think anyone believes that can be lived on here. The cost of living is more significant.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 44 points 8 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.

[–] youRFate@feddit.de 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Right, he is paying about 4x minimum wage, which would be about $29/hr, that’s doable.

[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Apparently the US government does, otherwise they'd have changed it...

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Funny note on that: Went to stay with a friend in Manhattan back in '91. Stunned by the prices I asked, "How does anyone survive on minimum wage?!"

He laughed, "Man, nobody gets minimum wage here!"

I'm in a poor county in Florida. 6 years ago, jobs could be found at the very bottom, no more.

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Their labor creates expensive value in an expensive market. Share accordingly.

“It’s a great pay where they are” argument is bullshit.

[–] BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Exactly this. If they are making the same product as a local team that generates the same revenue, you're just taking a bigger slice of their surplus value. In other words, exploiting them harder.