Facebook employs hundreds of young Filipinos to remove offensive material
I was about to throw away this napkin. Glad I hung on to it for a little longer. When I see things like this, I often ask myself &quot;Why would people take this job?&quot; and some times I find it&#x27;s because it pays very well from the perspective of the local economy.<p><pre><code>    1. £1.36 = 86.68 Philippine Peso (according to Google)
    2. average annual family income ... 267 thousand pesos [0]
    3. 267000 &#x2F; 2 = ~133500 yearly person income
    4. There are about 2,087 work hours in a year [1]
    5. yearly&#x2F;hours 133500&#x2F;2087 = ~64 Philippine Peso

    * Average Guesstimated Salary: 64 Philippine Peso&#x2F;hour
    * Facebook Censurer Take Home: 87 Philippine Peso&#x2F;hour
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That&#x27;s about 30% more then the average take home.<p>Let me crunch the numbers again for the top 10% earners [0] bracket.<p><pre><code>    1. (786000&#x2F;2)&#x2F;2087 = 188 Philippine Peso&#x2F;hour
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That means a person in a top 10% earners household is only making about (188&#x2F;87) 2.16 times what you make.<p>According to Investopedia the &quot;average household income for the top 10% of earners is higher, at $295,845&quot;. which means that running the same numbers...<p><pre><code>    1. (295845&#x2F;2)&#x2F;2087 = 70
    2. 70 &#x2F; 2.16       = $32 USD&#x2F;HR
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Since they are earning 2.16 times less then the top 10% bracket I&#x27;d guess that taking (top 10% hourly wage &#x2F; 2.16) would give you a localized approximation for your economy. Doing this job is the local equivalent of ~$32 USD&#x2F;HR in USA money for reading Facebook posts and deciding if it is terrorism or not.<p>I know I&#x27;ve definitely gotten some stuff wrong here. Please correct me if you know better.<p>[0] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;psa.gov.ph&#x2F;content&#x2F;average-family-income-2015-estimated-22-thousand-pesos-monthly-results-2015-family-income" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;psa.gov.ph&#x2F;content&#x2F;average-family-income-2015-estima...</a><p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.opm.gov&#x2F;policy-data-oversight&#x2F;pay-leave&#x2F;pay-administration&#x2F;fact-sheets&#x2F;computing-hourly-rates-of-pay-using-the-2087-hour-divisor&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.opm.gov&#x2F;policy-data-oversight&#x2F;pay-leave&#x2F;pay-admi...</a><p>[2] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;how-much-income-puts-you-top-1-5-10&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;how-much-income-puts-you-to...</a>