[asterisk-biz] OT: Paying people in faraway (Western) places.

[Alex Balashov]

Andres wrote:
> Alex Balashov wrote:
> 
>> That was the first thought I had when reading Brett's and Nitzan's 
>> responses.  I thought about that.
>>
>> The problem with all these worthless staffing and recruiting parasites 
>> is that their markup on him is not merely "an overhead."  They want a 
>> 100%+ margin.  
>>
> Hard to believe that is the case in the UK.  We hire people in Latin 
> America and the overhead is more like 10%.  Well worth it.  They pay 
> social security, taxes, medical insurance, worker comp, pension, etc. 
> etc.   You should research this more closely and actually get some 
> quotes from staffing firms.

Hmm.  Thanks, good advice - to others who suggested this as well.  I'll 
take it before I give up.

The problem is 1) I really wasn't hoping to introduce more overhead into 
this than necessary and 2) I'm too angry and blinded by my rage at 
worthless consulting body shops to think clearly sometimes.

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