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Originally Posted by Sharky
Depending on what you want you can look in the help wanted/for hire section here on GFY or in the services section. Make a post and you will get a ton of responses. half of them will be flakes or just want to make some quick cash.
1) Never prepay, but pay weekly or bi-weekly. This prevents them from slacking off and trying to rush around payday.
2) Most filipinos will hold down a few jobs at once, without telling you. Its the easy way to aggregate money. They know they are much cheaper than US employees and chances are you won't be as upset if they are less productive than a US employee. Manage them well, a loyal Filipino employee can really help you.
3) Provide as much detail as you can with your projects. While they do speak English, it is not their first language. Chances are you will get frustrated if you expect them to "use common sense" and elaborate on a project from a very simple description. In time you will know them better and can adjust your project details accordingly
4) Use software like basecamphq.com to manage your projects and something like Timedoctor.com to track their work hours. You can thank me later.
I found this video to be useful, but obviously a little overkill. If you are new to outsourcing, this will help for sure:
http://www.noblesamurai.com/blog/out...-players-2717/ |
I know you said to do it later but I'm also going to thank you now for the excellent advice. I have a lot to think about.. normally I just do every job myself, from production to modeling to post production, all of it - but it's SLOW when 1 person is doing 10 jobs =/ so.. that's why I was considering outsourcing, but if the management of the people is a hassle then maybe that time would be better spent just doing the work myself. sigh. I'll look into everything you've suggested sparky - and on a side note - you kinda look like my BF from high school, just sayin..