I'm from the Philippines and 6 day week is frowned upon. I can't believe Facebook has tolerated this. As with other countries, we only work for 5 days. Corporate greed is taking advantage of the small rates here.<p>I know outsourcing is good here. I know a lot of small startups here who does not take advantage of the cheap talent rates here. But this is Facebook. They preach "work life balance" on their blogs but seem to tolerate modern slavery here in my country. This is wrong. I hope this gets to the front page of your blogs and newspaper here.
I was about to throw away this napkin. Glad I hung on to it for a little longer. When I see things like this, I often ask myself "Why would people take this job?" and some times I find it's because it pays very well from the perspective of the local economy.<p><pre><code> 1. £1.36 = 86.68 Philippine Peso (according to Google)
2. average annual family income ... 267 thousand pesos [0]
3. 267000 / 2 = ~133500 yearly person income
4. There are about 2,087 work hours in a year [1]
5. yearly/hours 133500/2087 = ~64 Philippine Peso
* Average Guesstimated Salary: 64 Philippine Peso/hour
* Facebook Censurer Take Home: 87 Philippine Peso/hour
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That's about 30% more then the average take home.<p>Let me crunch the numbers again for the top 10% earners [0] bracket.<p><pre><code> 1. (786000/2)/2087 = 188 Philippine Peso/hour
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That means a person in a top 10% earners household is only making about (188/87) 2.16 times what you make.<p>According to Investopedia the "average household income for the top 10% of earners is higher, at $295,845". which means that running the same numbers...<p><pre><code> 1. (295845/2)/2087 = 70
2. 70 / 2.16 = $32 USD/HR
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Since they are earning 2.16 times less then the top 10% bracket I'd guess that taking (top 10% hourly wage / 2.16) would give you a localized approximation for your economy. Doing this job is the local equivalent of ~$32 USD/HR in USA money for reading Facebook posts and deciding if it is terrorism or not.<p>I know I've definitely gotten some stuff wrong here. Please correct me if you know better.<p>[0] - <a href="https://psa.gov.ph/content/average-family-income-2015-estimated-22-thousand-pesos-monthly-results-2015-family-income" rel="nofollow">https://psa.gov.ph/content/average-family-income-2015-estima...</a><p>[1] - <a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-administration/fact-sheets/computing-hourly-rates-of-pay-using-the-2087-hour-divisor/" rel="nofollow">https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-admi...</a><p>[2] - <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/news/how-much-income-puts-you-top-1-5-10/" rel="nofollow">http://www.investopedia.com/news/how-much-income-puts-you-to...</a>
Hard to call this news<p><a href="http://gawker.com/5885714/inside-facebooks-outsourced-anti-porn-and-gore-brigade-where-camel-toes-are-more-offensive-than-crushed-heads" rel="nofollow">http://gawker.com/5885714/inside-facebooks-outsourced-anti-p...</a><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/</a>
The low wage isn’t surprising given the typical take-home pay in the Philippines. But it’s a force multiplier in depressing work when they have to filter through a lot of material that’s potentially traumatizing to a moderate Filipino that’s probably not mentally fit to handle this.
Imagine this is your only impression of the west- you go to work and get to see 4chan as a constant stream on a daily basis, without the larger context.<p>My argument is that this outsourcing has a hidden cost, of radicalizing a anti-western, anti-captialistic youth wherever it happens. This is not just some shit-job exported- this is a problem creator at its finest.<p>This is hurting progress in this countrys. This is supporting religions who where constantly in decline. Sorry facebook, this might be a solution for you, but for the rest of humanity, this is a problem.
This is not a news article, this is sugar for the brain.<p>They are 'forced' to do the job?<p>They only get paid $'x' without any reference to local income?<p>Some workers work 6 days a week? Do they choose to do so to earn more?<p>This is very bad reporting and for me has near zero value.
> Facebook employs hundreds of young Filipinos - some with limited English skills - to remove offensive and terror related material from the site<p>1984 was wrong on this one. The censorship doesn't come from an all knowledgable goberment, but it comes from low-cost teenagers.<p>What impact is going to have into the global communications to introduce such a specific bias?
What impact is going to have in the psychology of these young employees, that already live in a violent country?
For reference, the average household income in the Phillipines in 2015 was 22,000 pesos per month (<a href="https://psa.gov.ph/content/average-family-income-2015-estimated-22-thousand-pesos-monthly-results-2015-family-income" rel="nofollow">https://psa.gov.ph/content/average-family-income-2015-estima...</a>). Regardless, 48 hours a week of this sounds like a horrible job at any salary.
I'm pretty much done with Facebook for good. They simply don't give a shit about the rampant racism, sexism, and homophobia going on all over their site. Reporting comments gets you nowhere. Calling out these idiots gets you banned. And now, come to find out, they're paying their moderators subsistence wages to do all the work of policing the place. I'm moving on.