Comments on: Blog Action Day: Web Work as an Alternative to Overseas Worker Migration

By: Blog Action Day Roundup | Adventures and Thoughts of Team Cross

Blog Action Day Roundup | Adventures and Thoughts of Team Cross — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:41:51 +0000

[...] Work Daily: Web Work as an Alternative to Overseas Migration The Promise of [...]

By: JEspejo

JEspejo — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:48:48 +0000

I’ve worked abroad. I’ve worked in American-owned outsourcing companies in Makati. Then over a year ago, I decided it’s much more fun not to be a slave to the bundy clock, to managers-from-hell, or to Makati’s goddam traffic and just work in my undies from home. I can sleep all day and work at night like I’ve always wanted to. I can bring my laptop and work at the mall or at the coffee shop. I can decide at a moment’s notice to go home to Baguio or Vigan and my work goes with me in a nice red Western Digital usb drive. Of course, working abroad would still mean much higher pay for skilled workers like us but there are non-monetary benefits with working from home: less stress, being close to the family, quality time with the pet dog, etc

By: Washington City Paper: City Desk - So, Did We Fix Poverty Yet?

Washington City Paper: City Desk - So, Did We Fix Poverty Yet? — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:36:08 +0000

[...] Web Worker Daily figured that maybe Web work would help. Of course, that has a few issues: Despite its advantages, web working isn’t a solution that applies to everyone. First of all, it only applies to entrepreneurs and knowledge workers. Manual laborers can’t have the option to work on the web because their physical presence is required. [...]

By: Abundance in the midst of poverty « Groundhog Dad

Abundance in the midst of poverty « Groundhog Dad — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:04:10 +0000

[...] Celine Roque at Web Worker Daily wrote a very thought-provoking piece about her own experience of the empowering nature of web work Blog Action Day: Web Work as an Alternative to Overseas Worker Migration [...]

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:46:13 +0000

The financial crises has shown just how ‘global’ the world economy has become. In my vision, it’s only a matter of time before everything becomes global, workforces included. Need a japanese translation for a job? What could be better than getting a resident in the country to do it?

By: Cedric Solidon

Cedric Solidon — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:07:49 +0000

Hi, Celine. Great to find a fellow Pinoy here and talk about our country’s economic issues. It’s great too for putting web working as alternative means of income.

However, I think you’re referring to the cost of living when you wrote this, “Another issue for most overseas workers is the higher standard of living in the countries where they work, especially if they are in North America or Europe.”

By: Alain Yap

Alain Yap — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:20:14 +0000

Poverty is such a hard reality for most Pinoys and despite the income from overseas work, few things have improved and a certain part of the nation’s soul is lost. Web work would be a good option because the foundation of good family relationships is ultimately about shared time.

Best.
alain
eedious.blogspot.com

By: Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:00:02 +0000

Yes, great post. And I would like to add that while web working is liberating for some, it might be seen as threatening for others. For instance:

“Through an online marketplace such as ki work http://www.ki-work.com, colleagues can collaborate across national boundaries to bid for outsourced projects. It’s ‘fair trade’ because the bidding process is transparent. Instead of working for a local outsourcer or a western corporation people are working for themselves to create businesses and, of course, spending the proceeds locally.

Of course, It can’t be denied that this represents a threat to the better-paid knowledge workers of developed countries. Currently outsourcing frequently means companies simply firing more expensive employees and replacing them with cheaper alternatives. But it also offers opportunities.

The ki work platform (and there are others) enables those who could otherwise be thrown on the scrapheap to use their local contacts and specialist skills in areas such as project management, communication, IT and web development to create virtual businesses online. Potentially this is a great win-win situation. Every individual can make the most of their combination of skill and price no matter where in the world they are.” seem more…
http://ki-work.typepad.com/kiwork/2008/10/blog-action-day—virtual-fishing-rods-for-economic-growth.html

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:33:54 +0000

Great post, I myself wrote one at: http://www.guruofsales.com/general/427/fight-poverty-its-blog-action-day-today and the action has not stopped. Would you share your thoughts by a comment there as well?

By: kouji haiku

kouji haiku — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:16:01 +0000

and the separation from family is harder because we filipinos tend to be used to having family, relatives and friends around us.

for my part, i turn to sites like freerice (rice donation), kiva (microfinance), and goodsearch (donation per search), as ways to help alleviate poverty online. i also put up their banners on my blog. :)

saw this post via the front page of blog action day. it’s great that you’re participating. :)

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:07:07 +0000

So true! I know that outsourcing has enabled thousands, maybe millions to rise from poverty to a sustainable lifestyle, though I think I can understand why many Americans and possibly Europeans are against it. In the long run, competition is good :-) - Josh from LiveWellSimply