Experiences with outsourcing menial tasks to low cost labour countries
 

I am currently considering outsourcing some simple daily tasks on a mainstream project on a long term basis. I am not sure if it might cause me more problems and headaches than relief.

What are your experiences good/bad?

Would you recommend going with a company or rather find an individual to hire?

How do you deal with honesty/trust issues? i.e. (restricted) access to logins, stealing of ideas and site concepts...

It would currently involve only max 2-3 hours a day but could quickly increase to more, so I do not know, is it worth the risk/time to head in this direction?

All comments welcome:upsidedow

I have several perm and use temps as required.

Always make shit clear from the beginning and make it as simple as you can.

Make it clear that if they piss you off or fuck up they are fired. I give them one chance generally depending on the circumstances.

Never give access to your $$ servers - ever. Only create accounts with limited access - normally to one folder or a single domain.

Only tell them the bare minimum of information and only rely on them for the most menial of tasks like acct/email creation, basic video editing etc.

gene ($5submissions) is great. matter of fact, I am so confident... if he screws you, I will refund your money. :)

~Ray

no matter how big or small the task, ive always found it rather difficult to "export" to anyone

Make sure your partnered project has benefits on both sides. (Yourself and your Partner) Create some contracts if you plan on working in the "long term" I hear it daily from Affiliates and only 20% actually show me nice results. My experiences go way back to fucking and being fucked, depending on recommendation you should consider looking into your expenses. I personally rather work for a company that has lots of money in the bank compared to working for myself. If you have 10-15 different bills to pay i advise you work for a company till your at the top, if you live at your moms house and feed off her you can dick around and explore the other sides of things. Taking on new projects isn't good but it's also not bad at the same time if I'm understanding your situation correctly.

When it comes to honestly and trust, it really depends how you tell the person in the interview or meeting your in. When i do the hiring for Affiliate Management i make it very clear to them if they fuck me or the partnered company, i will fuck their lives beyond belief. If you are looking for a partnership trust, use your head and take legal action if they fuck you. Business isn't a game and neither is the industry your in. I can't point you in any direction but I'm just giving you my advise :)