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

Why Outsourcing Is More Ethical Than You Think

3 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker highlights the often‑poor working environment faced by employees in the Philippines—harsh managers, lack of air‑conditioning, long hours, and minimal benefits. He argues that ethical employers can dramatically improve these conditions by treating remote staff as true team members. Concrete actions include providing comfortable workspaces with air‑conditioning, offering reasonable hours and paid time off, granting health insurance, and contributing to government‑run benefits such as Social Security (SSS) and the Pag‑IBIG loan program. By implementing these measures, companies not only enhance workers’ quality of life but also foster greater commitment and productivity, making ethical outsourcing both humane and advantageous.

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Oftentimes in the Philippines, the working environment is really terrible. Places where people work, they're not treated well. Managers are often harsh and rude. Very often it's hot, there's no air conditioning. And you as an ethical boss can change this for them. You can be kind to the people you work with. You can help make sure they have air conditioning. You're already allowing them to not commute to work. You can be reasonable and fair in the hours worked and the paid time off and the holidays that they work. You can also offer some benefits that really are not offered very often in the Philippines. You can offer health insurance or help them pay for their Social Security. It's called SSS or their pagibig, which is a government owned loan program. You can treat them like they're part of your team rather than treating them as if they're an unimportant thing that exists to just do work. All of these things will make a big difference in their life experience, their work experience, how they want to contribute to your company, and typically is better than the conditions that they would experience working in the Philippines.