American entrepreneur paying $4 per hour criticised for exploiting Pakistanis

A video shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday is being criticised by users. The video, which features an X user named Christian, says that he remotely hires people from Pakistan to work for him.

He has a marketing agency and he stated he pays his employees $4 an hour and “they’re extremely grateful to be working with me”.

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— Stop Cop City (@JoshuaPHilll) September 16, 2023

Christian explains that he hires a virtual assistant from Pakistan for administrative level tasks for his business like formatting spreadsheets, setting up email accounts and pays them 4 USD an hour.

He justifies the meagre amount by expounding that an average monthly income in Pakistan is 280 USD, but as he is paying them four USD an hour, they are getting 160 USD a week or 640 USD a month, which is almost 3 times the average income, “a really great living for them”, he adds.

“They live very very well.”

He also added that if they perform well, the pay can be raised up to $7 an hour which is 4-6 times the average monthly income of a typical person in Pakistan.

“They’re really grateful to be working with me because of the money they make. They have a great income, I get a great employee — it’s a win win.”

He, however, concluded the video keeping in mind the expected criticism;

“Before you leave a comment, yes i have US based employees. Yes, they make way more than $4 an hour. I’m just saying for this specific task, I pay a Pakistani assistant $4 an hour and they are very appreciative of it.”

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— Christian (@cbwritescopy) September 17, 2023

While some appreciated his work, many have criticised him for exploiting people from developing countries by paying them less than those from developed countries.

Is this a flex ? Wow more people living in poverty I can exploit instead of giving them the same wage I give my US workers for the same work

— dj (@DJ_gotittoo) September 17, 2023

Oof this is embarrassing, you would DEFINITELY own slaves if it was legal

— Ramona Flowers, but make her feminist💪🏻 (@Lizzl3m0n) September 17, 2023

Exploitation at its peak.

— Saad Ahsan (@saadahsan) September 18, 2023