In recent years, work has begun to change from traditional to more flexible, both in terms of working hours and employee physical presence. This is characterized by the growth of remote teams or remote workers, who are either employed individually or by other employers, referred to as the employer of record. There are various advantages in hiring a remote team, including but not limited to:
- Broadens your talent pool beyond your immediate vicinity, allowing organizations to actively recruit various individuals from around the world.
- Creates more equitable work settings for employees who may have difficulty getting into an office.
- Significantly reduce time and expenditures such as office renting and recruitment overheads.
Why You Should Hire Your Remote Team from Indonesia and Philippines?
Indonesia and Philippines have emerged as two of the best countries to hire a remote team from. Both countries are considered as a leading country in several sectors including but not limited to tech business. Indonesia and Philippines talent pools are also considered as the best there is because their talent pools are well-versed in English and globally-renowned for their hard-work and loyalty.
Indonesia is the world’s 4th most populous nation, with a young workforce at 28 years of median age. The country has over 1.3 million university graduates per year in a diverse range of occupations that suit remote working well. Indonesia is an emerging market economy. Despite the pandemic situation, it has been an upper-middle-income country over the last decade. Industrialization is taking place rapidly. Indonesia is now a member of the Group of 20 (G20) countries. Indonesia’s remote team strength is well-known for the following reasons:
- With a vast talent pool of young, high-potential, English-speaking professionals, Indonesia is well-positioned to become an important center for remote employees.
- Indonesia currently has one of the world’s greatest concentrations of highly competent tech expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and construction, as well as a very strong non-tech talent pool (business, trade, finance, etc.).
- In recent years, Indonesia has quickly identified a growing global need for digital talents in the fields of 5G, cloud, big data, and so on, and its government has committed to many initiatives to bridge this gap as soon as possible, putting Indonesia in a strong position to quickly lead in this field as well in the near future.
Meanwhile, Philippines is one of Southeast Asia’s largest economies. With its enormous population, the Philippines has no shortage of skilled individuals for potential employers. The workforce in the Philippines is likewise quite youthful, with the median age of an employee being 23 years old. English remains the Philippines’ second official language, with over 90% of the population understanding and speaking English. The lack of a language barrier, together with the above mentioned characteristics, are all reasons why people choose to hire in the Philippines.
In addition to that, because Western culture is already strongly embedded in the country, the Philippines talent pool offers a cultural match and flexibility. Not to mention their exceptional abilities in IT, digital marketing, creatives, web design, development, and general support. These qualifications even come with cost-efficient staff costs which you should take notice of.
Remote Team Management
Hiring remotely is surely beneficial, but moving to a workplace that embraces remote workers would not be as simple as it seems. When you’re processing payroll in a different country, trying to comply with different sets of employment rules, and dealing with taxes, international borders still matter a lot. We have highlighted the some of the aspects that you need to look out for in hiring a remote team as follows:
- Payroll Management
Managing a payroll in a different country is surely a headache. You have to keep updated with Indonesia’s ever-changing employment laws and regulations. That is why the best way to manage your remote team’s payroll is to outsource it to an employer of record.
- Office or Permanent Establishment
Having an office or a permanent establishment in Indonesia also indicates your company’s presence. However, because you are doing business in Indonesia, you may be subject to tax obligations such as a corporate tax.
- Compensation Standards
Every country basically has its own standards for compensation such as wages, leave, overtime pay, and more. You have to make sure that every remote employee’s compensation is appropriate to their local standards.
- Compliance to Local Laws and Regulations
Hiring a remote team internationally means that you have to comply with each of the local laws and regulations that apply to your remote team. Again, outsourcing your remote team management to an employer of record may be the most efficient way to do it.
That being said, hiring your first remote employees, particularly those from outside your country, might be challenging. We understand that it can be difficult to know where to begin. Considering compliance, taxes, and costs are all daunting issues, we believe that the best practice to maximize the benefit of hiring a remote team is to outsource it to an employer of record. We at KAMI Workforce offer you a complete service to set up your remote team, including but not limited to finding, hiring, paying, and managing your remote team to be fully up and running for your business.
1. Recruit
We take the time to understand exactly what you are looking for, then employ our powerful recruiting engine to find the best talent that matches your requirements. We guarantee that your team will be filled with the best talent available with the lowest feasible hiring cost.
2. Establish
Save yourself the trouble to establish an office. We directly own and operate multiple local serviced offices, accommodations, and office equipment to ensure your people are well-looked after.
3. Manage
Employ our advanced KAMI Workforce software to seamlessly manage the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment, to HR management, timekeeping, payroll, daily task management, performance tracking, expense reimbursements and more!
4. Compliance
All payroll, regulatory contributions, taxes and local employment requirements borne directly by us as Employer of Record.
Get your team running immediately! Contact us and we will fully handle the local employment agreement as direct Employer of Record, and can provide serviced office space, employee accommodation and computers within our multiple directly owned and operated facilities at your request.
