Funny you mention the Phillippines, I employ 2 resourcers to basically fill my roles but the agency I use I found out take 85% of their earnings so productivity wasn't too high. I sacked one with a view to taking them on directly after 6 months (restrictive covenants of the contract), the second is doing well and I am paying him a direct 10% commission for any deals he makes. To find local people would cost 50k per year all in plus commission which I'm not in a place mentally to do.
Bookkeeping/accountancy I mainly do it myself, I also pay an accountant who I think is ****. My goal is to find a wife to turn into an accountant/HR manager, that's the dream.
I've had 2 invoices paid this week for an amount that was my previous annual salary. It's times like this after 5 months hard work I tend to switch off. but here I am Sunday night, working, sending emails, creating pipeline projects and lining up my week.
FYI - I reduced my caffeine intake to 3 cups and nothing after 12pm.