Outsourcing: In The Philippines Perspective

Outsourcing: In The Philippines Perspective
Author: Karen Michelle Gatdula

Outsourcing is often given a negative connotation since it was said that this industry will somehow cause a massive unemployment to the western countries. I extremely beg to differ.

Outsourcing is like the rich dad poor dad principle – on one hand, the poor dad would tell his son to study hard and after he graduates, he should find a good job in a good company while on the other hand the rich dad would tell his son to study hard and after he graduates he should start his own company.

Outsourcing is the transcendence of the western people from being employees to being employers.

For the Philippines, the country's progress growth drastically increased after the BPO industry dawned and continue to boom year after year. The quality of living that Filipinos who work for a BPO company improved into a greater degree. The demand for property leasing also multiplied thus giving many job opportunities to undereducated Filipinos as construction workers.

But the most important thing that Outsourcing does to everyone of us is providing us the knowledge of different cultures and diverse people thus giving us new solutions to the world's increasing demand on low-cost labors.

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Freelancing and Outsourcing

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At the moment, there are Audit Program Management project and Customer Relationship Management system projects for you to bid for. I expect there will be more projects as more project managers get to know about SupportUniverse^TM. Once you successfully bid for a project, the Project Owner will pay the agreed amount to SupportUniverse^TM in escrow, and you will start working on the project and will have to complete the project within the specified time frame. When the project is completed, the Project Owner will examine to see if the work done is to specifications, and if satisfied, the amount will be paid to you less 7% or USD5 whichever is higher. If the Project Owner is not satisfied, SupportUniverse^TM will act as a mediator to determine if the project is done to specification, and will decide pay you or refund the amount to the Project Owner.

If you have work to be outsourced, you can also register as a Project Owner at Freelance Programmers Marketplace. There is absolutely no fee payable for Project Owners.

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