24 Nov 2025 · 2 min
John Jonas reminds you to send the 13th month payment early in December. Outsourced staff depend on it for holiday spending. Use EasyPay, Wise, Payoneer, or PayPal, and consider adding a small Christmas bonus of $25 to $50.
Hello and welcome to the Secret Sauce of Outsourcing Podcast, the podcast that's dedicated to making you better at outsourcing your work. My name is John Jonas and this is episode 36. Today's a good time to send the 13th month. So if you haven't already done it yet, the 13th month payment, now's a.
Good time to send it to your ofs. It's paid in December. It's usually paid in early December or the earlier in December you pay it, the happier they'll be.
Today is December 7th, and they just.
Appreciate the earlier in the month they get it.
So the later it gets, the more.
And more worried they get that you're not going to send it. And then they just have less and less time to buy what they need for Christmas.
Just so you know, the 13th month.
They count on it, they budget for it, they need it for the holidays.
You can send the money the same.
Way you normally send payments, however you're sending them through EasyPay, OnlineJobs, pH, or through WISE or Payoneer or whatever you're doing. PayPal, you can send it the same way.
If you need more information on how the 13th month works, you can look.
At onlinejobs ph 13th month, that is 13th m o n T H and it'll explain it all there, including how.
To calculate the 13th month.
What if they only work for you.
For part of the year?
What if their salary changed throughout the year? We cover all of that stuff on that page.
Just so you know, if you just.
Hired someone, I've had a few questions about this. If you just hired someone in November, then the 13th month is not expected.
Also, if you're planning on sending a.
Christmas bonus, now's a good time.
So is in a few weeks. You can do it in a few weeks.
That's totally fine too.
Typically, what we do, we send the.
13Th month and the Christmas bonus at the same time. And we will usually send 25 to $50 for Christmas, depending on how good our year was. So.
But that's what we do.
What you do can be completely different. I've had some people want to buy, you know, want to buy electronics, and I've talked about that elsewhere. If you want to buy something for them, shopee.com, S-H-O-P E E is a good option. Or lazada.com, l A Z A D A, those are both in the Philippines and you can buy something to ship it to their house and that would be a Christmas thing.
The 13th month, though, is a separate thing. Not a Christmas bonus should be paid.
It's not legally required do, but if you were a Filipino employer in the Philippines, it would be legally required. So now's a good time to send it.
