Arvel, a Filipino virtual assistant, has worked for Jeff Nier for a year making doodle videos for business owners. He says outsourcing work to the Philippines has improved his life and his teammate Rods's life, helped their families, and brought money to his hometown Iloilo after Super Typhoon Yolanda.
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Hi, my name is Arvel. I've been working for Jeff Nier for a year now, and my job with him involves creating fun doodle videos like these for business owners like you. I know that in the Western world or in Australia, people have this popular belief that virtual assistants or outsourced employees like me are getting exploited by their employers because of the disparity in wage rates of ABA compared to a regular local employee. But that's not the case with me or with Rods, who is my teammate. Working with Jeff. As a team, we not only get to help out our clients in Australia, make a better business for themselves, but for me and Rods, we get to help out our own families and even our fellow men if and when a dire need comes. And right now, my hometown, called Iloilo in the Philippines, affected by super Typhoon Yolanda, needs whatever financial help it can get. So whether you think it's wrong to outsource or if you think you can't get great work done, have another look at what some of us workers from the Philippines can offer. You might change someone's life, because being outsourced certainly made a difference and opened opportunities in my life for my teammate, Rods, and our families.
