Para sa mga lahat ng gaya ko na sa bahay lang nagwowork.
9 years ng website developer na working sa bahay or remote basta may internet.
For those interested for this kind of working environment, feel free to post your question.
I will also do a live Q&A session on my fb page and youtube page.
Just search "Yohan Seals"
Forum Topic
Homebased / Remote Work
-
Up..
5 years working remotely as IT Support/System Admin. -
@bisdako
Regular ka na dyan? or Contractual? -
nag message ako :)
-
^ Mahirap pero tiyagaan lang sa pag-aaral.
-
I think Outsourcely is the only remote agency I know at the moment that offer paid sick/vacation leave and HMO. I talk one of their staff and sent me details about those benefits. Malaki lang talaga cut nila kay client.
-
@YohanSeals [TS]
I did HTML when I was in HS, still new a bit of JAVASCRIPT. I tried JAVA for OOP pero parang it's taking some time. Baka pwede ako makahingi projects from you kahit wala bayad para lang may mailagay ako sa portfolio ko? -
Regular na sir, 4 years na YohanSeals [TS].
4th homebased job ko na. hehe -
Same here working at home for more than 5 years straight... my first time to experience working from home for this long.
Usually assigned ako sa client site or sa ibang office, but this time truly work from home talaga. Not working for an agency but a normal IT company with regular benefits like paid VL, SL, HMO, and others. Your internet and phone bills are also paid by the company as long as you use them for work.
Sometimes I go to the office for annual physical examination or kung may important meeting or training or nasira yung laptop etc. But on average halos 3x to 4x a year lang ako dumadaan sa office namin. As much as possible I avoid going if it is really not needed.
Ok naman less hassle since hindi mo na kailangan mag commute, magbihis, or walang panic mode if you get LBM etc. Pero in exchange you work longer hours, do not get to meet new people, and madaming distractions sa bahay that disturb your concentration. Plus your health tends to suffer kasi yung daily routine mo of just walking or climbing stairs is gone. -
2 years na ako nung May dito sa agency pero hindi tumaas rate ko after this year. Malaka naman yung increase from my first year. Pero sa inflation rate ng pinas dapat lang na may increase yearly. Ang sistema lang dito No Work No Pay. Ang bayad lang na leave at yung holiday sa country ng client. Kung binata lang ako baka humanap na ko ng ibang agency pero dahil next year na ang due date ni wifey tiis muna dito. Ok naman client ko. Mabait but yung agency ko hindi siya contractor friendly compared sa iba.
-
@YohanSeals
Yung arrangement mo with the agency is.. ikaw nagbabayad at naglalakad ng income taxes mo... Or sila parin nag de-deduct ng income tax?
Dati kasi may nag offer sa akin before na agency based work din pero buo yung sweldo as in little to no taxes and no benefits. Pero in return kailangan ko ilakad ang sarili kong income tax which comes to about less than 10% ata? (cannot remember) kasi parang ang status mo is not an employee but a contractor / sub-contractor for hire.
At the time kasi was trying to decide whether to work abroad na mababa din ang taxes but higher living costs... or work here with an agency with lower pay but you pay less taxes and no benefits. I ended up working abroad kasi parang sayang din opportunity. Pero that was 8 years ago baka iba na ang sistema ngayon.
-- edited by sleepygeepy on Oct 03 2019, 12:29 PM -
Ako nagbabayad ng tax ko. Buo ko narereceived ang salary as sub-contractor then saka ako nagbabayad ng mga sss, pag-ibig, philhealth as self-emploed. Nagregister din ako sa BIR as professional freelancer.
May plan din sanang mag AU kaso sa taas ng cost of living dun need din ng mataas na asking rate. I doubt na bibilhin ako ng client ko sa agency para dalhin lang sa AU. Much cheaper pa din for them to hire from here using an agency. Mautak mga agency now. -
@YohanSeals
Around 2010 - 2011 nag resign kasi ako sa company ko, was working there for a long time more than 10 years... nag explore ako na mag work abroad kasi parang I needed a new environment at medyo na burn out ako sa work na ginagawa ko for the company.
Yung client namin (a German bank in BGC alam na hehe...) learned na nag-resign ako and they offered to take me in. Pero may restriction na hindi nila ako pwede i-hire directly for a certain period and I have to go through their staffing agency / contractor. Something to do with rules against poaching which I understood naman. Yung implied agreement was they will hire me eventually as a regular employee.
So yung situation ko noon was choose between a local agency na higher than regular pay, but no benefits, and very low taxes. Plus hindi pa guaranteed ang regular employment with the client. Or try my chances abroad and just make the most of the opportunity. I didn't feel like doing the same work again, so nag abroad nalang ako. Cannot say if it was the better decision pero hindi naman ako nagsisi not taking the agency's offer.
Kung hindi ka happy with your current situation now, try mo din yung sinabi ko sa PM. Pero siguro hindi maganda ang timing kasi may baby ka on the way, pero think about din.
I think mas ok parin mag work abroad as long as you can bring your family with you. Madami ako ex officemates sa AU, Canada, US etc and so far they are all doing well. Feeling ko mas asenso sila compared sa amin :-)
-------------------
Based on my personal experience lang... kung gustong gusto ka talaga ng client mo from abroad... they will jump at the opportunity to hire you. Pero sometimes kasi may restrictions din ang company or country nila from doing so. Could be equal opportunity hiring, diversification, or some other restriction.
Sometimes you have to make the "opportunity" happen, so kung malaman ni client mo na may plans ka to immigrate to AU at dun ka na mag-stay... malay mo bigla ka nila i-offer ng full time work kasi magiging local resident ka na.
Admittedly big risk, but sometimes nakatali din ang hiring choices ng mga clients natin dahil sa rules and regulations ng company nila.
-- edited by sleepygeepy on Oct 03 2019, 01:12 PM -
Any good place to find remote job? Long time java developer here. Salamat in advance!
-
@sliverchair
Outsourcely - may paid leaves and HMO sila. Iwasan mo mga no work no pay na recruiters. -
Sarap nga ng full time home-based job pero goodbye visa approval for international travel regardless of how fat your bank account is. Tapos IT related pa ginagawa mo. lol, forget it. Unless you do the righteous way of paying your own tax to furnish an ITR. lol
-- edited by Alpha_13 on Oct 07 2019, 01:15 PM -
I'm paying my tax since I started working full-time as a remote employee. Kailangan din ng ITR sa mga other government agencies.
-- edited by YohanSeals on Oct 10 2019, 01:42 PM -
Sarap nga ng full time home-based job pero goodbye visa approval for international travel
Pwede naman mag travel even if home based ang work ah. Officemates ko work from home and they get to travel sa client site upon request of the client. Usually kapag may project they will stay 1-2 months abroad then pagbalik sa Pinas work from home ulit.
Or am I missing something? -
^Ah that's good to hear then. I wish they have some blog or what ever info writeup how they managed to get visas?
I'm just saying most of visa applications require you are a bonafide employee or business owner by furnishing relevant papers like ITR. Scrutinized yung mga freelancers and more often than not denied.
Meron rin kasi kong kilalang homebased with client sa Japan and he was asked to visit pero denied rin lagi.
YohanSeals [TS] Send Message View User Items on 07 Oct 19 @ 01:34 PM #
I'm paying my task since I started working full-time as a remote employee. Kailangan din ng ITR sa mga other government agencies.
You're good!
-- edited by Alpha_13 on Oct 10 2019, 01:29 PM -
I'm just saying most of visa applications require you are a bonafide employee or business owner by furnishing relevant papers like ITR. Scrutinized yung mga freelancers and more often than not denied.
Ahh you mean for freelancers... I see, that makes sense. Yes it will be more difficult for freelance consultants to get a visa without any supporting papers like ITR or an established company to back you up. To be fair, the office mates I mentioned are company employees so our company just processes the visa requirements for them. All they have to do is show up at the embassy at the appropriate schedule for interview and not screw it up from there hehe!
Although when I was working abroad (Malaysia) some of the IT consultants I met there would go on a tourist visa and work on the sly. They would travel to another country for a few days just to extend the tourist visa and then get back. Of course not legal but somehow they are able to find a work arrangement and still get paid. Not sure how they do it though... most likely they work at lower rates or they have an established contact that farms out the work / jobs for them. - Post deleted #12363599
-