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Service Industry Trends

Learn about service industry trends and best practices.

5 Reasons to Avoid Fly-by-night Service Providers

5 Reasons to Avoid Fly-by-night Service Providers

Fly-by-night service providers are unregistered businesses. Yes, their services are definitely way cheaper. But many of them behave unprofessionally; they are untrained; they have no service warranty; they don’t comply with safety protocols, and they have no insurance.  The Philippines have a fairly huge number of blue-collar workers. Hence, the supply of labor workers is

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by the hour (arawan) vs by the job (pakyawan)

By the hour (Arawan) vs. by the job (Pakyawan): Which pricing method is the best for you?

To immediately address what probably many of you are already thinking, you are right, per hour pricing on handyman services is not common in the Philippines. However, we’ve also been accustomed to a pricing method that is quite similar. We typically call this pricing setup “Arawan” or pricing by the day. Filipino handymen normally charge

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