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Very interesting, wish more of this would be applicable in Germany, especially the virtual assistant part, most of which seem to be English only. Although in th
by mhd 14y ago
Very interesting, wish more of this would be applicable in Germany, especially the virtual assistant part, most of which seem to be English only. Although in the case of FancyHands, it's not due to English being more well known in the former colonies, for once…
And apparently Steve uses 10 Q-Tips per day.
- mmahemoff 14y agoI also wish Mech Turk was available to providers outside the US. But thankfully oDesk is, and I've found it's possible to find great VAs there with some patience and trial-and-error.
- ebiester 14y agoThere's a business opportunity here, at least for French and German... The German work could be outsourced to Turkey, and the French out to Africa.
- mhd 14y agoGermany itself has some pretty lenient wage policies if you hire long-time unemployed people. But I doubt that there's a big demand for it. Germans don't like to delegate in general, even if it's with a pretty trivial matter. When Walmart first arrived, they tried to have your groceries bagged for you, just like they do in the US. Quickly dropped that, as people complained about employees touching their stuff or doing it the wrong way. Never mind that for a lot of people the ghosts of the Stasi (or even Gestapo) are still lingering, so e.g. sending people you don't know your bills and other personal data is a bit taboo.