Why Hire A Virtual Assistant
There are many benefits of having a Virtual Assistant compared to
having an employee. Real Estate Virtual Assistants are beneficial to every Real
Estate agent whether you have a small home office or you are a broker with
many agents under you. Listed below are the many benefits of hiring
a Virtual Assistant compared to an employee.
Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Assistant
- You pay only for "Time on Task" or by project
- Is a sounding board, if you need one.
- Helps you stay on schedule.
- Handles your seasonal or periodic projects.
- No need to buy additional computer equipment, fax machine, or office
supplies.
- No computer or software training needed. If we need to learn a
program or software, it is done on our time not yours.
- Convenient when your current staff gets overloaded.
- Works only when you need services.
- No training necessary
Obligations that come with having an employee
- You must pay employer social security taxes.
- You must collect and pay FICA taxes.
- You must pay worker's compensation insurance.
- You must pay federal and state unemployment taxes.
- You must comply with OSHA.
- You must comply with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act including
- minimum wage and overtime payment.
- You may possibly have to pay vacation time, sick time, and holiday
time.
- You pay someone to administrate the above.
- You have legal responsibilities that include employee policies on
working hours, sexual harassment, vacation time, sick time, leave of
absence, holidays, benefits, performance reviews, grievances,
terminations, substance abuse training.
- If you hire someone and lay them off, your unemployment rate may
increase for years to come.
- If you have the unpleasant experience of needing to fire an
employee, make sure you have legal grounds or you may face a lawsuit.
- You have to train each new assistant you hire
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