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Originally Posted by BigFurry
I think there is a middle ground to be had here.
You absolutely don't have to pay everyone what your time is worth. Then you might as well just do it yourself. However if someone does a very good job for a low price, it's nice to give them a bonus. And if it's someone who is actually consistently great, I'm sure that he'll recruit them full-time and give them a little more money to keep them onboard.
I think if The Porn Nerd gives work to those people at a higher hourly wage than the local, he's already doing a positive thing. This is how wages rise in poor countries, slowly, but steadily. (Although I'm not familiar with how much UpWork takes from them.)
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I agree with you. I used to use Upwork and had someone on a lower hourly wage who told me it was 3 times what he made in his country, and that he was very happy to stay home and do half the work he otherwise would have had to. AND, he could help take care of his kids when they needed it because his time was flexible. After he finished working with me for a year I gave him a huge bonus which almost gave him a heart attack
