Days Off In December And January
Days off in December and January
December 31st, 2008
by admin
My lawyer gave me this list a couple of days ago and I for got to post it before but it list the days that are none working days here in the Philippines for December and January.
* December 25, Christmas Day (regular holiday),
* December 26 (special non-working holiday)
* December 27 and 28 (weekends)
* December 29 (special non-working holiday)
* December 30, Jose Rizal Day (regular holiday)
* December 31 (special non-working holiday)
* January 1 (regular holiday)
* January 2 (special non-working holiday)
* January 3 and 4 (weekends)
Philippines Call Center Accounting Or What Ever, SSS, Phil Health And The Devil BIR!
I have been going back and forth for the last two year with an old account and a new accountant about SSS, Phil health and BIR and it was paid and it was not paid.
For the most part it was paid but there was some months that it was not paid, why I have no idea, one person says that it was paid and another person says it was not paid, who is wrong? Well I have been paying fine to get it back to straight so I guess it was not paid all the way. Now I come to think about it and when I was talking about this with my old accountant she always seemed nervous maybe that was why?
Now what I want to talk about it accounting and payroll, have a well known company do it for you and especially if you are new to business in the Philippines. All this time I thought I was the master on this call center stuff and for the most part I would say getting there and learning every day because of all the mistakes that I have made in trusting people that I thought knew what they were doing but I was wrong. If you are new or not new use a professional coming to take care of your payroll and your SSS, BIR, Phil Health anything to deal with the Philippines Government, its not worth have to deal with them because they will find any loop hole that they can. I don’t have any companies off the top of my head that does these things but I’m now searching for them to make sure that it don’t happen again. Now when you are working with these companies it’s not going to be cheap, you are going to have to pay extra to make sure that its done right to make sure you don’t have to deal with the bull shit and at the end of the day, I think that it’s worth it. I have lost way to much sleep over this and at the end of the day I had no idea if the people that are or were working for my were doing it correct, so this time again live and learn and I’m going to do it right. This whole call center guy site is set up for other new call centers to learn from the mistakes that I have made to learn by them I hope or things I have done right and use them. At the end of the day you cant trust any one in business or some one that is working with you for the most part but maybe a company that has handled these types of things it might be a good idea to use them and work with them. For along time I thought that I was the master because we where doing so well but there was so many thing that we miss that I had to learn the hard way, because I over looked it.
On another note the BIR is out for every one so watch out!
Call Center Philippines Help
I have been getting allot of people asking for a little advance about call center stuff in the Philippines and here is the major questions.
What telco do you use? asiapacificnetwork.net and contact me for me telco.
What dialer do you use? Vicidial which is free but you have to pay some one to set it up. It works well but reporting is not that good, I would really suggest using www.hosteddialer.com 190 a month per person and it includes telco and they know what they are doing, it’s Vicidial but advanced.
Where should I stay? Any city land in Ortigas they are small places but the price is about 12K for a one bedroom so worth it or if you come here every once in a while to look after your team much better to rent there then pay for a hotel for a couple nights which might cost you 120 a night.
Where is the best food? Texas Road House in Ortigas.
Where is the best to hang out that don’t cost much? Cafe gogo in Ortigas.
Who long have you been here? six years.
Do you have a wife? yes and she is from here, we have been married for 4 years.
Do you have kids if so how many? Yes 4.
If I like to have a good time and want to go out of town where do I go? Angles 
Beware and make sure you watch your self there.
The best advise I can give every one is not to leave Ortigas!
Also if you are thinking about setting up in other places don’t to much of a risk the unknown.