why not hire 1 local person I didn't see an answer to this ... so I'll take a stab at it. One advantage of using a turk is it's on an as needed basis. Hire so

why not hire 1 local person I didn't see an answer to this ... so I'll take a stab at it. One advantage of using a turk is it's on an as needed basis. Hire someone for 1 hour, 1 week, or even 1 month of what used to be called "piecework". That's quite different than hiring a person locally. Where can you find local people to do piecework? It's quite likely the task or tasks envisioned don't constitute full time or even part time employment. They're just one-time tasks. Maybe temp agencies still supply people for jobs like this? But you're limiting yourself to a small pool of people unless you're in a big metropolitan area or unless there's a University with a large group of hungry students nearby.