The Philippines
The deepest bench for support, admin and back-office work, with English good enough to put in front of your customers.
- English that holds up on the phone
- A twenty-year offshoring industry
- Night shift is normal, not a concession
Where we hire from
Three regions. One honest comparison.
Every offshore company shows you a globe and three lines of adjectives. Here is the part they leave out: what each region's clock actually gives you, what it is genuinely better at, and what it costs you to get the hours you need.
We recruit across Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa. These three are where we place most often.
The part nobody publishes
Set your hours. See what each region's day covers.
A nine to five in your time zone, against the region's own working day. The overlap is what you get without anyone changing their schedule.
Your team works
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
PhilippinesNo natural overlapYour day starts at 10:00 PM in Manila
Latin America8 of 8 hoursYour day starts at 9:00 AM in Bogota
South Africa2 of 8 hoursYour day starts at 4:00 PM in Cape Town
Offsets are standard time and none of these markets observe daylight saving. Where the overlap is small, hires work your schedule instead of their own, which is the arrangement most of our placements run on. The comparison below says what that costs.
The regions
What each one is actually better at.
Not every region is right for every role. This is the honest version of who we send where, and why.
Latin America
Full working-day overlap with the US, and the strongest bench for sales, marketing and engineering.
- The same working day, not a shifted one
- Bilingual by default
- Sales and engineering depth
South Africa
Native-level English and a strong finance and customer-experience bench, with a working day that covers your morning.
- A neutral accent for voice work
- Finance and analysis depth
- Covers your morning without a night shift
Side by side
The same five questions, answered for all three.
We could not find a single competitor page that puts these next to each other, so here they are.
PhilippinesManilaLatin AmericaBogotaSouth AfricaCape TownLocal clock
UTC+8, no daylight saving
UTC-5 in Bogota, UTC-6 in Mexico City
UTC+2, no daylight saving
English
Customer-facing, including voice
Bilingual English and Spanish
Native-level, neutral accent
Strongest at
Support, admin, bookkeeping, back office
Sales, marketing, engineering, design
Finance, customer experience, content
Cost
The lowest of the three regions
The highest of the three, for the overlap
Between the other two regions
Paid in
Philippine peso, by us
Local currency, by us
South African rand, by us
Cost is relative between these three regions, not a rate card. Actual pricing depends on the role and the seniority, and starts at $2,000 a month whichever region you hire from.
Who we place where
The roles each region is known for.
These are the roles that region fills most often for our clients. Every one of them has a page with the vetting, the tools and the price.
Philippines
Latin America
Yes, and it is the norm rather than the exception. US-hours work is an established career path here with its own pay premium, which is why retention on a night schedule holds up better than people expect.
Colombia, Mexico and Brazil are where we place most often, and we recruit across the region when a role calls for it. We match the country to your time zone and the skill you need rather than defaulting to one market.
Cape Town is seven hours ahead of Eastern time, so a local working day already covers your morning. Teams who need the full US day have their hire finish later locally, which is a shifted finish rather than a reversed day.
Yes, and larger teams usually do: sales in Latin America for the overlap, support in the Philippines for the depth, finance in South Africa. One contract and one invoice covers all of it.
You decide, we advise. On the discovery call we will tell you which region fits the role, the hours and the budget you have described, including when the region you had in mind is the wrong one.
It moves it within the band. Time-zone overlap is one of the four things that sets the rate, alongside seniority, how specialised the tools are, and the hours.
How it works
Hiring overseas, made simple.
Most clients find the right fit on the first try. Here is the process, end to end.
1
Discovery call to align on needs
A collaborative call to understand your objectives, team structure, and skill gaps. Together we define the role, the budget, the time zone, and the ideal candidate profile.
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Sign the engagement contract
No deposit and no upfront fees. Plans are month-to-month with the freedom to cancel anytime, and we get to work the day you sign.
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3 of 5,000 make your shortlist. Under 1% are hired.
3
Headhunt & selection
We identify the best match from our pre-vetted talent pool or through a custom headhunt built around your requirements.
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4
You interview the candidates
Interview and evaluate your top candidates before making any decision. We support you through the whole selection.
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Forever replacement policy
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Kick off with zero risk
We facilitate onboarding with a 14-day money-back guarantee, and if a hire ever stops working out, we replace them at no additional cost. Forever.
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