Usually people mean third world labour when they say VA, but I dunno maybe you aren't necessarily referring to that.
In my experience though, india, pakistan, phillipines, afghanistan, etc etc =/= trustworthy =/= smart =/= reliable.
After you hire someone come back here and let us know all the excuses you get and all the wonderful stories.
Here I'll start. "I couldn't work because I broke my leg climbing up on the roof to put petrol in the air conditioner" (?) "Internet is out so I am emailing" (a favorite), "Grandmother/mother/brother/cousin in hospital/dying/died".
One time I asked a worker to help me hire another worker like him he was so good. So he created an "alter ego" and charged himself out to me again, and did 50% of the work he was doing before. And then stopped showing up for work at all.
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