We often see and hear about the positive effects of remote staffing or outsourcing but it always wise to remember that nothing’s perfect. With all its benefits, hiring a virtual assistant might also have a few downfalls.

1. What Are
Your Virtual
Assistants
Not Telling
You?!
THE DISADVANTAGES OF REMOTE
STAFFING

2. We often see and hear about
the positive effects of remote
staffing or outsourcing but it
always wise to remember
that nothing’s
perfect.

3. With all its benefits, hiring
a virtual assistant might
also have a few
downfalls.

4. Miscommunication is common. Most
countries who provide outsourcing services don’t
consider English as their mother tongue; this
presents possible language barriers between VA
and client.
Another factor
is the distance.
Your employee
will only be
digitally present
but physically
absent. That
thousand mile
difference
poses issues
when it comes
to the relaying
of directives.

5. Being in another part of
the globe, you will not
have control over service
providers or other factors
that might affect their
internet signals (weather,
black outs, natural
calamities, equipment
failure).
Internet
Connectivity
Issues

6. Privacy. Outsourcing means sharing
possibly confidential information
with external providers. This in itself
might be a potential threat to your
company security.

7. Cultural Differences. As compared to
dealing with staff from your country,
you might have to do a bit of
adjusting when it comes to working
with offshore staff just to avoid false
impressions.

8. Having pros and cons in
business is perfectly normal.
The same is true when it comes
to remote staffing. It’s not all winwin but there are many ways to
reduce these negative aspects.

9. In the end, it’s a matter of decision
making and the practical use of common
sense. If
you think that
remote staffing can do
good for your business, by
all means, try it out!

10. We’d love to hear what you
think, send us an e-mail at
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