OFW Speak

"Hey haven't seen you in a while, what are you up to?" or "You just got shopping? What's your work" those are just few questions I basically hear from my friends and acquaintances asking me to break the ice about my job.

"Well my job is on line, that's why I hardly go outside" and a frantic surprise paints their faces when they hear me about my job's nature.

Yep! here in the Philippines, a huge number are still ignorant enough about working online.

Every year, universities produce more than half a million graduates from various programs, but only 40% land a job right away, the remaining 60% is under training or underemployed.

Talking about underemployment, some might define it as being employed yet the nature of your job does not correspond to your educational attainment.

My new definition of it is basically being employed yet your salary line is way beyond basic. Well, isn't that definition just the same with the former definition?

NO!

There's a huge difference.

Working hard is different from working smart.

Look, mathematically, the basic salary is of an entry level job here in the Philippines is:

P286 per day or that is P35.75 per hour for 8 hour-work day.

Now let's take a look at an online worker's entry level rate:

P600 per day or that is P75 per hour for 8 hour-work day. That is more than twice what a traditional entry-level worker earns.

How come? Learn more how online workers earn here.