John Jonas advises small business owners hiring virtual assistants in the Philippines to pay salary instead of hourly. Hourly work signals low commitment and pushes workers toward salaried positions elsewhere. Salary builds trust and keeps them focused on your business.
Should you pay hourly or salaried when hiring a virtual assistant? So everybody wants to know, should I pay someone hourly or do I really need to pay someone a salary? Because everybody wants to pay an hourly wage. It seems like such an easier commitment, such a lower commitment level when you pay an hourly wage and rather than paying a salary. So what I always say is you a commitment thing. Like, are you committed to the person you're hiring or are you not committed to them? Because if you're not committed to them, they're not going to be committed to you. Also, are you committed to your business or are you not committed to your business? Because if you're not willing to pay a salary, you're not willing to say, I'm going to work on my business. If you just want the low commitment route of, oh, I don't know if this is going to work out or not, I just want to pay you an hourly wage. And when you're not busy, I just want to not be responsible for your time. Then you're also saying, well, I'm not really committed to making my business work. So should you pay hourly or should you pay salary? Well, let me give you the other, the other side of this. In the Philippines, when you hire an ofs, an online Filipino specialist, if you pay hourly, they think this is temporary. Hourly work is always considered temporary work, and it's also low commitment work to them. So if you're paying them an hourly wage, well, they're out looking for a job for someone else who's going to be willing to pay them a salaried wage. And so that's who they're committed to. They're going to be committed to the person who's willing to pay them a salary. Also, someone in the Philippines wants to do really good work for you, but they want to do it once they trust you. And if you're not willing to make the commitment to them to say, hey, I'm going to pay you a salary, whether it's part time or full time, I'm going to pay you this much per month for this many hours and I just want you to get your work done. If you're not willing to make that commitment to them, well, their trust of you, like saying, well, I don't really care about you and I'm not really going to pay you anymore, is not very high. And that trust is a really critical piece of working with people in the Philippines. So should you pay hourly versus salary? To me, it's obvious. Pay a salary. It's a commitment to yourself. It's a commitment to them. It's a commitment to grow your business. If you're not willing to commit to grow your business, then you can pay an hourly wage. That's fine too. My name is John Jonas and I literally wrote the book about hiring virtual workers in the Philippines. It's titled the Outsourcing Lever and It's free@outroundinglever.com where I will explain all through the cultural aspects of hiring virtual workers in the Philippines. And just so you know, hiring someone is really easy. It's so much easier than you probably think. You might think it's just for big businesses. Only big businesses have have VAs. That's not the case anymore. Small businesses are able to hire super top talent when you know how to find the right people in the Philippines. I'm going to show you how. The book is free if you'll pay $7 shipping. I already paid for the printing and publishing of the book and I just want to send it to you to show you yes, you can hire talented people who are willing to work hard and they're honest and loyal and they really want to help you grow your business. Outsourcing lever.com.
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