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“The IT-enabled jobs created by BPO companies are of much higher value as they require a range of technical, domain and social skills,” says the Philippine Association for IT and Business Processes.
GAME. A gambling company demonstrates its services at the 2019 Phil-Asian Gaming Expo. Photo by Rappler.
MANILA, Philippines – The largest organization of business process outsourcing companies (BPOs) has teamed up to tell the government that Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) are not part of its industry.
The Philippine government recently allowed the resumption of POGO operations amid the coronavirus pandemic, and officials stated that these companies are considered essential. BPOs can operate under the blockade of all Luzon. (WATCH: Rappler Talk: How BPOs and Human Resources Are Dealing With Coronavirus)
The Philippine IT and Business Process Association (IBPAP), which is made up of more than 300 members, said there are 4 key differences between BPO and POGO:
- BPO companies are registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority or the Investment Board, while POGOs are registered with the Philippine Games and Entertainment Corporation (Pagcor).
- While BPOs and POGOs share a strange similarity, which is their offshoring nature, POGOs do so primarily because they are not supposed to be able to practice their gambling or gambling functions on their respective shores.
- The IT-enabled jobs created by BPO companies have a much higher value, requiring a range of technical, domain, and social skills. This is also very different from the work done by the game development sector, which is sometimes confused with similarities due to the notion of game.
- BPOs come to the Philippines to take advantage of the Philippine human capital, such as strong English and technical skills, customer service orientation, malasakit (compassion) and ability to adapt to foreign cultures. This, in turn, has directly benefited millions of Filipinos by providing them with better job opportunities over the years.
“In the case of POGOs, the majority of their staff comes from foreign labor brought into the country to support their operations,” said IBPAP.
IBPAP went on to say that POGOs are not part of IT-BPO’s annual revenue and headcount report, which in 2019 ended with 1.3 million direct employees and $ 26.3 billion in revenue.
Pagcor said in a statement that the “pThe artificial opening of the POGOs will create ripples in economic activity, such as the real estate industry, which has made approximately P25 billion in leasing and rentals alone, as the POGOs occupy 1,000,000 square meters of office space. “
Malacañang insisted that the government did not show favoritism to the POGO when it allowed them to operate even under the coronavirus blockade.
“There is no favoritism there. On the contrary, the equal protection clause says that all who are in a similar situation should be treated equally,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said at Laging Handa’s virtual press conference on Saturday. May 2. – Rappler.com
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