[5701652400]

just a note. in most parts of the world 149.25 USD can cover utilities, water, and food for a month for 1 adult person or even a family.

[klustregrif]

Had this been a corporate environment the net saving by using one person partly and an agent as opposed to one person full time for the time it would take to implement this, would be a net saving enough to cover utilities, water and food for an entire village.

It’s silly to act like this was an added cost in a vacuum, or that any costs translate directly into charity for arbitrary families. Also in some place it would even cover rent for half a day.

[5701652400]

just hire someone in Bangladesh or some remote Philipines/Indonesia/Vietnam or even eastern EU.

no need for charities or any sort. plenty of people in Software and plenty of people laid off every day.

[xyzzy123]

In Sydney Australia its < 2 days of median rent.

[5701652400]

severely overpriced.

[Muromec]

That's my electricity bill for a year, okay

[TiredOfLife]

That's my electricity bill for a month

[5701652400]

do you have like 10 AC or something? or are you in Germany?

[TiredOfLife]

expensive electricity + electric heating

[5701652400]

I meant in total. food + electricity/water + housing = 150USD / month.

yep. same. my electircity is ~100 USD / year.

[mirekrusin]

In others it's pizza night for family or half a bill for sushi dinner, so what?

[5701652400]

severely overpriced. that's what.

[mirekrusin]

it's not overpriced but high-priced looking from other countries and mostly not a markup, normal considering median wages.