Our manifesto
Online hiring in the Philippines is due for a change.
What we believe, why we built PH Online Jobs and what we plan to do next. We'll keep this page honest, and we'll update it when our plans change.
The status quo
Look for remote work as a Filipino jobseeker today and you'll meet posts asking for a "training fee", recruiters who move the chat to Telegram within two messages, and listings that never say what the job pays. Employers get their own version: profiles with borrowed photos, and hires who turn out to be someone else.
Most job sites treat this as the cost of doing business. We don't.
What we believe
Five things we won't compromise on
Nobody should pay to get a job.
Jobseekers never pay us to register, apply, be contacted or be hired. A post that asks applicants for money gets a red warning on the page, and we keep it out of Google Jobs.
Trust has to be checked, not assumed.
A profile photo proves nothing. Before the Verified Filipino badge goes on a profile, our team checks the worker's National ID (PhilID or ePhilID) against a selfie of them holding it.
Pay belongs on the job post.
What you pay is between you and the person you hire; we don't set rates and we don't take a share. A job that hides its pay wastes everyone's time, though, so every post here shows it in USD and PHP.
Every honest employer is welcome.
Solo founders, startups, agencies hiring for their clients, companies with a thousand staff. If you're hiring real people for real work, you belong here. The only employers we turn away are the ones running scams.
Filipino professionals get hired for their skill.
Bookkeepers, video editors, developers, paralegals, closers. Profiles lead with skills, test results and work history, because that's what a good hire comes down to.
Why we do it
Both of our founders hired remote teams for years before starting this, and they saw both sides of the problem: what a bad hire costs a small business, and what a fake job costs someone who paid a fee they couldn't spare. We make our money from employer plans, never from anyone's paycheck, so we have no reason to look away from either.
The goal is easy to say and hard to do. A Filipino professional should be able to apply for work abroad without worrying about being scammed, and an employer should be able to hire without worrying about being fooled.
What we're building next
Plans, not promises with dates
Some of this is in progress and some is still ahead of us. We'll mark each one here when it ships.
Checks that don't rest on a photo
Reading the signed QR code on the PhilID, and working toward checks through the government's own eVerify service.
More eyes on scam reports
Our team reviews every report, and we publish the scams we see most on the safety page so people spot them before they lose money.
Signed, the PH Online Jobs team, Detroit. Meet us.