Philippines EOR vs. Local Entity: The Real Cost in 2026
Opening a Philippine legal entity takes, conservatively, four to six months and $12,000–$20,000 in legal and registration fees — before a single employment con…
Philippines EOR vs. Staffing Agency: What You Actually Control
A DOLE illegal dismissal complaint names your company as principal employer. Your staffing agency swears the workers are theirs. Your Philippine labor counsel…
Philippines BPO Seat Leasing: What CCAP Accreditation Actually Means
A FinTech VP of Operations once told me she signed a seat leasing contract in Manila based on three things: the provider was CCAP accredited, the price was com…
Philippines EOR Payroll Taxes: What Employers Actually Owe
Most foreign employers building a Philippine team budget the gross salary and nothing else. That single omission — not ignorance of the law, just a budget spre…
Philippines BPO Seat Leasing: What a Compliance Audit Covers
Your auditor will not care whose name is on the lease. If your team processes regulated data in that facility, the seat leasing provider is a third-party vendo…
Philippines EOR vs. Local Entity: The 72-Hour vs. 6-Month Decision
Opening a Philippine entity takes 4–6 months. An EOR contract delivers an employment agreement in 72 hours. That gap is not a minor scheduling inconvenience —…
Philippines BPO Sales Support: What a 5-Person Team Costs in 2026
A 5-person Philippines sales support team costs somewhere between $8,500 and $14,000 per month all-in — not the $3,000–$4,500 figure that shows up in most cost…
Philippines EOR Pricing: What $249/Month Actually Covers
Deel charges $599/month per employee for Philippines EOR. Splace charges $249. That $350 gap is real — but almost every VP of Ops who asks about it is comparin…
Philippines BPO Managed Teams vs. Staff Augmentation in 2026
A CX agent quits on day 14. In a staff augmentation arrangement, that's the client's problem — post the role, re-screen, re-onboard, absorb the productivity ga…
Philippines EOR vs. Subsidiary: Which Structure Scales to 100 Hires
There is no Philippine law that requires you to open a subsidiary at 50 employees. None. The "50-hire rule" is a cost-of-EOR math heuristic that got repeated e…