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Why use a Virtual Assistant?
Key Benefits
- No need to hire full time employees
- No payroll costs such as payroll taxes and overtime pay
- No overhead costs such as office space, equipment, and workers
compensation.
- No training costs
- No need to pay for sick and vacation days
- No need to pay for benefits such as health and dental insurance, etc
- Cost Effective
With Outsourcing Your Office Needs, You will
- Have more time to run your business
- Have more time to spend with family & friends
- Have great customer service
- Have more time to do what's important to you
- Save money
- Get better productivity than an employee
- Only pay for services you need
Even though a Virtual Assistant's hourly rate is more than an
employee's rate, you will save the cost of benefits and overhead
that would have to be applied to a new employee's wage. Virtual
Assistant's are usually more experienced, more efficient, and better connected
than an employee, you'll need to devote far less time to the project to get the
same results. You only pay for the time on task by the minute! No
more paying for socializing, hour long lunches or frequent trips to the
washroom. Use the calculator below:
Compare the cost of working with A Creative Office Solution to full-time, in-office assistance:
What is the actual cost of a full-time, in-office assistant?
Assume a minimum of $25 per hour at 40 hours per week.
Over the course of a year you're spending
$48,000 on salary alone.
Add in the cost of health insurance, taxes, 401K, etc. at approximately 30-40% of salary and you're spending about
$64,800 annually for your full time, in-house employee.
Don't forget the less obvious, and difficult to quantify, expenses such as overhead related to time and money spent filling and training your position, the cost of computers and other office technology, office space, lunch hours, sick and vacation pay, and numerous wasted, non-productive hours on the clock.
Compare to the cost of working with a Virtual Assistant
With a Virtual Assistant you don't pay for lunch hours, sick leave, or vacation pay; and there's no such thing as paid down time because a VA invoices only for the exact time spent working on your projects. There's no need to supply a Virtual Assistant with a computer or other expensive office equipment because a professional Virtual Assistant operates a fully functional home office. And, as an independent contractor, a Virtual Assistant handles their own taxes and benefits.
There is no additional cost to you beyond the actual rate at which you contract your virtual service provider.
With a Virtual Assistant, you're cutting overhead and increasing productivity because a VA works for you only if and when you require it. And, because a Virtual Assistant is skilled in providing virtual administrative services there is no training period, so you have more time for your own clients. To learn more about how A Creative Office Solution can assist you, please
contact us.
Your employee's 8 hour day can be
crunched into 3-4 hours with a Virtual Assistant.
It's more cost-effective to contract with a
Virtual Assistant and VA's productivity will go above and beyond the normal
employee's productivity. Whether a big job or a small job, a Virtual
Assistant can handle it all and give you the best job done.
United States:
IRS: Independent Contractor vs. Employee
IRS Publication 1779: Independent Contractor or Employee (PDF)
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