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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Hello everyone don't worry we've safely arrived at peak capitalism - where the gig economy meets the cartoonishly rich: They want a high-class butler, but they aren't willing to pay anywhere close to what a good butler costs.
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golden bubble posted:They want a high-class butler, but they aren't willing to pay anywhere close to what a good butler costs. Seriously. Some of that is something a housekeeper can do, but $35 an hour will get them zero people with experience supporting a CXO of anything larger than a tiny enterprise.
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Aug 11, 2017 00:12
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Hello everyone don't worry we've safely arrived at peak capitalism - where the gig economy meets the cartoonishly rich: quote:* You're able to help push my father in a wheelchair when he visits (stroke). Not a problem individually, but I don't think I can do them simultaneously?
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Aug 11, 2017 00:17
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KingSlime posted:pretty sure that's not what we're talking about I'd argue for a Mini dealership based on the cute thing, but on second thought it's almost certainly an FCA store, $12/hr no benefits sounds like FCA.
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Aug 11, 2017 00:27
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crazypeltast52 posted:Seriously. Some of that is something a housekeeper can do, but $35 an hour will get them zero people with experience supporting a CXO of anything larger than a tiny enterprise. What would a position like that typically pay?
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Aug 11, 2017 00:30
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The people I know who support SV CXOs make six figures.
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Aug 11, 2017 00:33
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Subjunctive posted:The people I know who support SV CXOs make six figures. The subtle line people don't realize with good personal assistants or butlers is that they make your load 10x easier when they're good at what they do. When they're bad, they make your load 10x harder because now you need to go back and unfuck everything. Those people making six figures are the ones that are making loads easier. The ones willing to take $15/hr are going to make your life 10x harder.
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Aug 11, 2017 00:48
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Dick Nipples posted:The subtle line people don't realize with good personal assistants or butlers is that they make your load 10x easier when they're good at what they do. I miss my FB admins almost literally every workday.
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Aug 11, 2017 00:50
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Subjunctive posted:I miss my FB admins almost literally every workday. Ah yes - admins at work (I work for a big software company) are like this too. I hadn't even thought of that. Even for front-of-line engineers, they can make your life so much easier - never mind the manager/executive they support.
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Aug 11, 2017 00:52
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crazypeltast52 posted:Seriously. Some of that is something a housekeeper can do, but $35 an hour will get them zero people with experience supporting a CXO of anything larger than a tiny enterprise. Due to high interest, they are now offering $15-35 per hour instead of $25-35 per hour. Minimum wage in SF is $14 ($15 in July 2018). This can't possibly go wrong.
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Aug 11, 2017 02:44
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Hello everyone don't worry we've safely arrived at peak capitalism - where the gig economy meets the cartoonishly rich: Having been a PA and looked for jobs as a PA, that description is... not as unusual as you'd think. PAs fall into a few categories. Some are more work-related and "professional" (think executive assistants or estate managers) and some are also your friend, therapist, and confidant (personal assistants) while also being a professional. The kind of PA they're looking for here is basically a replacement for a stay at home spouse. I mean, look at that job description. It sounds sort of like a dating profile. Considering the kind of relationship this sort of PA has with their principal, that's not unusual. They're basically a hired house-spouse, complete with required emotional labor. That said, the pay is loving laughable. They want someone with C-suite experience who is willing to work out of their house/apartment and do all the stuff they're describing? As others have mentioned, that's six figure level competence and experience. Also, they sound like they've never worked with a PA before, so they have no idea how to utilize or manage one, and they aren't willing to pay for an experienced one who will walk them through adjusting to having a PA.
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Aug 11, 2017 05:40
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Subjunctive posted:I miss my FB admins almost literally every workday. A family friend brought his admin with him when he left his F500 employer. I'm not sure what that cost, but I'm sure pulling someone of that skill level out of a company of that size with all the benefits that come with that was not cheap.
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quote:* Able to protect a dog from being attacked by another dog It's pretty sad there's so much interest in a job requiring you to risk life and limb for near minimum wage in SF.
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Enfys posted:It's pretty sad there's so much interest in a job requiring you to risk life and limb for near minimum wage in SF. You have to be able to defend the dog with sweet kung-fu moves and also you will loving smile while cleaning up its poo poo and puke dammit!!
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Aug 11, 2017 13:10
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golden bubble posted:They want a high-class butler, but they aren't willing to pay anywhere close to what a good butler costs. *ashes cigarillo, leans back on chaise lounge* yes yes not even close to what a good butler costs mmmmmmm
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Commissar Kayla posted:Having been a PA and looked for jobs as a PA, that description is... not as unusual as you'd think. PAs fall into a few categories. Some are more work-related and "professional" (think executive assistants or estate managers) and some are also your friend, therapist, and confidant (personal assistants) while also being a professional. The kind of PA they're looking for here is basically a replacement for a stay at home spouse. I mean, look at that job description. It sounds sort of like a dating profile. Considering the kind of relationship this sort of PA has with their principal, that's not unusual. They're basically a hired house-spouse, complete with required emotional labor. I suspect they will get approximately one hundred million billion applications for this job offering up to $70k plus overtime
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Aug 11, 2017 13:16
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:I suspect they will get approximately one hundred million billion applications for this job offering up to $70k plus overtime I don't know that they'll be getting sufficient qualified applicants, though, this job basically asks for someone with the qualifications of a personal chef, a maid, an executive assistant and an animal trainer all in one. edit: in the interest of full disclosure I did apply for this position with the caveat that my fee would be $500 an hour.
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Aug 11, 2017 14:22
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golden bubble posted:They want a high-class butler, but they aren't willing to pay anywhere close to what a good butler costs. A high-class butler doesn't walk your dog and clean up vomit, he tells the hall boy and the the scullery maid to do that. Your butler only handles housekeeping if you are a shiftless bachelor like Wooster or an eccentric misanthrope like Bruce Wayne and can't keep a proper staff on.
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Aug 11, 2017 14:28
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Max of 5 drinks a week? Jesus loving christ, dealing with divas like them I'm gonna need one good bender a weekend for sure and I don't want them keeping track of it. Also this is triggering me hard quote:tone as exercise
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Aug 11, 2017 14:29
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Ashcans posted:A high-class butler doesn't walk your dog and clean up vomit, he tells the hall boy and the the scullery maid to do that. Your butler only handles housekeeping if you are a shiftless bachelor like Wooster or an eccentric misanthrope like Bruce Wayne and can't keep a proper staff on. Imagine the audacity of these petit bourgeois to think they can roll up all of the duties of a literal household of servants into one job for $15 an hour for 40 hours a week. I bet if there was a baby in the mix (I guess here played by "Doggo") they'd want that taken care of too.
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Aug 11, 2017 14:32
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I can almost taste these modern day success stories drafting this "genius plan" among a constellation of overpriced furniture in a modest, messy living space while sipping Napa wine and smiling like, "we've got it figured out, we're just smarter than everyone! Gig economy!" I hope their company craters harder than Theranos.
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Aug 11, 2017 14:34
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I can almost taste these modern day success stories drafting this "genius plan" among a constellation of overpriced furniture in a modest, messy living space while sipping Napa wine and smiling like, "we've got it figured out, we're just smarter than everyone! Gig economy!" Open with a funny meme picture so people know that actually we're cool and normal and read reddit, just like them! e: ahaha I must have missed them dropping the price to near-minimum wage jfc
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Aug 11, 2017 14:51
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Quick, someone on the west coast set up a Butlr app that lets educated, discrete, formally trained assistants bid pennies on the dollar to do your lovely grunt work. Edit: I would be legitimately surprised if there isn't already an app for getting people to do all your random poo poo for you for subhuman wages.
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Ashcans posted:Quick, someone on the west coast set up a Butlr app that lets educated, discrete, formally trained assistants bid pennies on the dollar to do your lovely grunt work. It's called TaskRabbit, yes
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Aug 11, 2017 14:52
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Wait...they want their dog walker/chef/housecleaner/personal assistant to be a skilled carpenter also? WTF?
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Aug 11, 2017 14:54
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quote:(you have long hair and know how to brush tangled hair without causing pain) Mommy? 
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Aug 11, 2017 14:58
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All of you goons with knowledge of butlers/assistants impress me. Is this a NYC/Silicon Valley thing?
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Aug 11, 2017 14:58
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I just assumed everyone commenting about butlers was a big fan of You Rang M'Lord?
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Aug 11, 2017 14:59
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They probably could get someone reasonably qualified if the couple was attractive and willing to enter a BDSM relationship with the assistant/slave. Given that this is in SF, quite a few of the applicants probably hope it turns into something like that.
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Konstantin posted:They probably could get someone reasonably qualified if the couple was attractive and willing to enter a BDSM relationship with the assistant/slave. Given that this is in SF, quite a few of the applicants probably hope it turns into something like that. Houseboys are a lot more needy than this couple could handle. Just gonna have to trust me on this one.
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Fil5000 posted:I just assumed everyone commenting about butlers was a big fan of You Rang M'Lord? ate all the Oreos posted:It's called TaskRabbit, yes
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Ashcans posted:I actually just really love Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, although I am sure there are a bunch of old-money families in the NE who have real butlers and traditional staff. It's mostly aimed towards handyman tasks but I'm 100% certain if you asked someone on taskrabbit to brush your hair in San Francisco you would get plenty of offers
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Aug 11, 2017 15:11
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I don't know that they'll be getting sufficient qualified applicants, though, this job basically asks for someone with the qualifications of a personal chef, a maid, an executive assistant and an animal trainer all in one. I think these people sound insane to work for and there is no human qualified to do literally everything on this list (lol "investment research") but I am sure they will get a bunch of reasonable 20-something college educated humans willing to put up with two bay area DINKs for a couple of years while learning life lessons, juggling relationships, and discovering themselves along the way. Also this is basically the plot of The Devil Wears Prada so there's that too
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Aug 11, 2017 15:11
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Also I'm 99% sure from the context you're not brushing the person's hair, you're brushing the dog's hair.
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Aug 11, 2017 15:12
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Everything I know about butlers, I learned from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Ashcans posted:I actually just really love Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, although I am sure there are a bunch of old-money families in the NE who have real butlers and traditional staff. Yeah, Jeeves is a valet rather than a butler if I remember rightly, so his responsibilities are a bit different. Plus Jeeves is basically a superhero.
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Aug 11, 2017 15:21
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I know everything from the movie Clue. "And what do you do, Wadsworth?" "I'm the butler. I butle."
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ate all the Oreos posted:Also I'm 99% sure from the context you're not brushing the person's hair, you're brushing the dog's hair. 
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crazypeltast52 posted:A family friend brought his admin with him when he left his F500 employer. I'm not sure what that cost, but I'm sure pulling someone of that skill level out of a company of that size with all the benefits that come with that was not cheap. If I hadn't been moving to a different country, I would definitely have tried to make that happen.
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Nail Rat posted:Everything I know about butlers, I learned from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air  also The Nanny.
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