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For Virtual Assistants and Independent Contractors Done with Abusive Platforms

  • Writer: Connie Barrientos-Carey
    Connie Barrientos-Carey
  • 5 days ago
  • 1 min read


Here's the revised caption — same data backbone, warmer entry point:

You built the skill. You found the client. You delivered the work.


Then the platform took 20% for being in the middle.

Platform math, at ₱100,000 billed:

 — Upwork (10–20% fee): you keep ₱80,000–₱90,000

 — OnlineJobs.ph: no direct invoicing capability for workers

 — Aleph CoR/AoR: you keep ₱100,000


You're not the problem. The structure is.


CoR (Contractor of Record) and AoR (Agent of Record) are legal engagement structures that exist entirely outside the platform model. Under Aleph's framework, you get a formal contract issued in your name, SSS (RA 11199), PhilHealth (RA 7875), and Pag-IBIG (RA 9679) administration handled correctly, and a direct invoicing channel — no percentage taken from your rate, no account suspension risk, no missing paper trail if a client ever disputes a payment.


Filipino freelancers and VAs are among the most skilled, most reliable remote workers in the world. You deserve an engagement structure that reflects that — not one that charges you for the privilege of using your own abilities.

The platform isn't protecting you. It's monetising your access to clients. There's a structure that doesn't.





 
 
 

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