Our Values

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Why Values Matter Here

Education works best when it's honest.

Labor and financial education in Paraguay is often either inaccessible (locked behind legal fees), oversimplified (social media posts that miss the nuance), or simply absent. We think there's a better way.

Our values aren't marketing language. They're the actual constraints we put on ourselves when designing workshops, writing materials, and deciding what to include or leave out.

We believe first-time workers deserve to understand their own payslip without needing a law degree, without paying for a lawyer, and without feeling embarrassed for not knowing something nobody taught them.

Our Core Principles

The principles we work by

Transparency

We are clear about what we are and what we are not. We do not overstate our expertise, we do not pretend to offer legal advice, and we do not hide limitations behind vague language. What you see in our workshops is exactly what we offer.

Respect for the Learner

Not knowing how your payslip works is not a personal failing — it's a gap in how Paraguay's education system prepares young people for formal work. We approach every participant without judgment and without condescension.

Neutrality

We explain how the system works — we do not tell you whether it's fair, whether you should feel angry, or what political conclusions to draw. Our role is to inform, not to influence. You decide what to do with the knowledge.

Precision

We are careful about accuracy. When we explain IPS contributions, aguinaldo calculation, or income tax thresholds, we base what we say on the actual applicable laws and regulations — not approximations or simplified myths.

Accessibility

The information we share should be understandable to anyone who completed secondary school. We avoid jargon, we explain acronyms every time we use them, and we welcome the question that seems "too basic" — because there is no such thing.

Scope Discipline

We stay in our lane. If a question falls outside our educational scope — into legal advice, personal financial planning, or official document preparation — we say so clearly and point toward the appropriate resource rather than attempting to answer beyond our expertise.

What This Means in Practice

Values in action

We say "we don't know" when we don't know

If a participant brings a payslip situation we haven't seen before, we work through it honestly — including acknowledging when we're uncertain and when a licensed professional is the right next step.

We don't upsell from the workshop

Our workshops are complete in themselves. We don't use them as a funnel to sell you additional services, courses, or consultations. The afternoon is the product.

We update our materials when laws change

Paraguay's labor and tax regulations evolve. When they do, we update our workshop content to reflect current rules — not outdated information that could mislead participants.

We welcome all questions, no matter how basic

The workshop environment is explicitly designed to be a place where no question is embarrassing. We set this expectation from the start and maintain it throughout every session.

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Explore the Payslip Guide

See how we apply our clarity principle to explaining every line of a Paraguayan payslip.

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