What is it like working from home? -I could
manage my time. -You don't stress yourself on the traffic.
-It's nice actually. -They don't think that we pay you a very good amount.
What are your thoughts on that? -That's not true.
-It's actually really good. -It's kind of hard to get that kind of pay here.
-What are some of the advantages of working from home. -I think the main
advantage of working from home is having to save time because here in the Philippines,
it's very... Traffic. You get to save effort and
also money for transportation. And when you just eat
at home. And spending time with family, of course.
-She's got a marketing degree which i
just learned that. But she's an amazing thumbnail
designer for us. What is it like working from home?
-The most benefit I can get out of it is the commute. Here in manila...
-Americans outsourcing to the Philippines, they don't think that it's fair because
they don't think that we pay you a very good amount. What are your
thoughts on that? -That's not true. -It's just right. -Economy
here is different from yours. -So, you don't you don't feel taken advantage
of. -Oh, no. I mean, the pay is okay. I mean, it pays the
bills. It's kind of hard to get that kind of
pay here, working here. -You actually save a lot from working
from home because you didn't have to budget anything for
your travel expenses. For the food, you can only... They can eat at
home. So, instead of just buying and using your money
to buy your food in the restaurants, you
save up a lot. -It's really a great help for us
because you know for that particular amount working from home is really a
a luxury already. And you get to buy whatever you need for your children
but never get to leave them. That's really not taking advantage.
It's merely a help for us Filipinos. So, I'm really grateful that
there's onlinejob.ph. There's this outsourcing came here in the
Philippines because without this. I would need to leave my babies. -The
compensation. Do you feel it's been fair over the
years? -Compensation-wise, I can say that
it's getting competitive over the years.
I... Something I've learned from working with my boss is i chose to value
time over money. And so, I don't want to deal with daily
traffic. And as much as possible, I want to have
lots of time for myself.
This man has been working for me for 5 years video editing.
-Yes. -What would you say are some of your favorite
benefits about working from home. -Time flexibility. I could work in mornings and
I could work in evenings. I have controlled my schedule. A good pay,
that's definitely a plus. -So, you can piece him to some of our videos.
He's the editor for all of the vlogs on the Nate Woodbury
channel.
My biggest benefit working from home is i could
manage my time more with spending with my family. I already have a
4-year-old son. I could spend time with him. My time is
open to help them to volunteer. That's
what I'm very, very thankful for.
-So, it feel like you're the boss. -Yeah. You're the boss of your time.
-You don't stress yourself on the traffic. -You can go to work in your pajamas.
-Yes, I can work with my pajamas.
-Alright another amazing video editor. How do you like
working for somebody on the other side of the planet? It's actually really
good because you're able to budget your time wisely.
You can work at night or morning. It depends on..
It depends on you actually. You can control your time freely.
-8 and a half years. -Yeah. 2 years... 2
years more, it would be a decade. -Yeah. What would you say are some of the
advantages of of working for me, working from home. -I can
work at home then have time for my family.
Then also, I can attend to other things like my hobbies.
-First, I have the opportunity to be with my family. Never
need to leave my babies to go to work and earn for them.
So, it's really nice to always see them, the milestones and everything.
And you get to manage your own time. Family time and work.
I can't sometimes describe how grateful I am to be part of
this team.
-So, what's it like having an American Boss?
-It's... I wouldn't say... -Remember, I'm right here.
-Well, it's nice actually. You get to like learn from a different point of
view, a different perspective which also i
have applied in how I deal with life. Because
your boss is from a different side of the
earth. We all have different point of view.
-What's a disadvantage of working from home? -I think
when you tell people that you work from home, they usually say, "Oh, that's such a
privilege." But what they don't see is behind
what you're doing. I think it takes a lot of discipline.
You're not surrounded with colleagues in a normal setup of an office.
-Your schedule, I think. Like being responsible and organizing your
time. -Before, I had trouble communicating with
you because when I worked on my daytime, it's evening and
sometimes you're not around you're not able to answer
immediately. So, I was able to to get a workaround and work on the
evening on my time so that I get to communicate with you. -Yeah.
-It's kind of hard to adapt because of course you're just talking online.
You're only using chats to communicate. So, it's kind of confusing at first. But
once you get used to it, it's really, really easy. -There will be a lot of
distractions especially if you have children.
Yeah. So, I think you really need to maximize each time that your baby
is asleep. You need to make sure that you are still
equally productive and efficient as you work
outside. -So, what's it like working for Be The Hero Studios?
I love working here because there's not so much pressure. I mean...
-It actually taught me a lot how to communicate with people
because being in a team where you don't see everyone,
like in person, you have to communicate well. You have to
deliver what you need to say properly because they might get it wrong. So, yeah,
you learn a lot about communication. -I like it. It's because i have to enhance
my editing skill. -If I understand what you said, then a lot
of your friends have to leave their home. -They have to leave the country. -Do they
take their families with them or... -No. -So, they leave their family behind...
-To work abroad.
-Yeah. That would be hard.