Anyone here use an assistant? Either in-person ...
Anyone here use an assistant? Either in-person or virtual. How has the experience been? What do you have them do? How much do you pay them?
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xenial-black•3mo ago
Loooool
genetic-orange•3mo ago
@Cram @workingthemarks has had positive experiences with using admin assitant for non-work stuff. If that's what you're asking about.
correct-apricot•3mo ago
I pay an assistant from the phillipines $5/hr to handle paperwork tasks for me. Things that I wrote a process for and give to them.
Various tasks have included:
- Handle all of the scheduling logistics for interviews
- Contact contractors to schedule quotes
- Pay a weekly daycare bill (i have a credit card saved on the site)
- Submit pet insurance claims
- Complete employee training modules (requires a tinypilot/piKVM)
It requires a mindset shift and paying attention to the things you do and outlining the specific steps to delegate.
Right now i'm working on figuring out how they can submit expense reports for one of my Js, but I have to write that process down.
if anything, my problem atm is that i don't have enough work for them to do! So i'm paying a 5hr/week retainer to keep them around.
gradual-turquoise•3mo ago
you're not worried they'll steal your cc info?
correct-apricot•3mo ago
CC is saved on the site, they don't know the number
gradual-turquoise•3mo ago
they can't look?
fascinating-indigo•3mo ago
@workingthemarks How did you find them and was it hard to find a good one?
Some advice I heard that made sense to me is just set up a camera and record yourself doing it, explaining out loud as you go. They said recording yourself 3 times is generally enough to show your assistant most variations of the job.
Seems easier than writing down the process.
correct-apricot•3mo ago
i do both. write the process then give a video demo.
i like writing things out, so that works for me
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correct-apricot•3mo ago
I did have to craft an interview process, but they have guides on the site to explain how that works.
xenial-black•3mo ago
@mellownight