John JonasOwner, OnlineJobs.ph · Scale Your Business with Filipino VAs

Do you give your VA's asking salary? 🤔

3 Mar 2025 · 0 min

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In this short segment, the speaker shares a practical approach to hiring a virtual assistant (VA) when the candidate requests a specific hourly rate. The candidate asked for $7/hour, but the speaker offered $5.50/hour as an initial rate to create a trial period and ensure a good fit before committing to the full asking salary. The speaker expects the VA to quickly reach the $7/hour level and then continue to earn higher wages over time as they prove their value. The advice emphasizes using a lower starting wage as a strategic tool for growth, testing compatibility, and gradually increasing compensation.

Well, when you're first starting, people will typically ask for a salary. And I recently hired someone, they were asking for $7 an hour. And when I offered them the job, I offered them $5.50 an hour so that there was room for them to grow and to make sure that this is going to work out before we start paying the full amount. But my guess is this person is going to move up to $7 an hour pretty quickly, and then as time goes on, they'll be making more and more and more.