Adam Pisk lives in Sydney, Australia, and just turned 45. He has 5 year old twins, and at the time of this recording, had just taken them on a trip to explore theme parks. He enjoys good wine, good steak, and good people. And the best place you can get a steak? In his backyard on his pit. Outside of this, as he puts it, he is unfortunately one of those people that really enjoys their work. IE, considers it a hobby.Adam started his outsourcing journey in 2001, specifically in the manufacturing industry. He couldn't get the engineers he needed, and built an offshore engineering team. Once he got that working, he wondered what else he could outsource. Eventually, he offshored operations for a different company, and noticed all metrics improved. He then realized there is something to this.This is the creation story of Bruntwork.SponsorsP0 SecuritySpeakeasyQA WolfLinkshttps://www.bruntwork.co/https://www.linkedin.com/in/adampisk/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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In the developing world, you have traffic North Americans couldn't comprehend unless they'd been there. Very few people that we employ have the means to live within a close vicinity of an office. If you are at a $5 to $8 an hour type salary, you're living out a long way away. And your journey to the office is typically two to three hours each way. The commute is a complete waste of time.
And so when you have and you give people the right infrastructure to be able to work from home, it gives them four to six hours a day, or sometimes eight to 10 hours a day, depending on where people were coming from, of their life back. My name is Adam Pisko. I'm one of the co-founders of Bruntwork.co.
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All that infrastructure was a pain. Yes, we've been fighting it as we grow. Total waste of time. The stories you don't read in the headlines. It's not an easy thing to achieve, Mike. Took off the shelf and dusted it off and tried it again. To ride the ups and downs of the startup life. You need to really want it. It's not just about technology. All this and more on CodeStory.
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