It is always interesting to question the “behind-the-scenes” of any successful enterprise. Inevitably you’ll find the hard working, unsung heroes of private service! Absent on IvankaTrump.com are women with whom Ivanka is, presumably, incredibly intimate, but whose lives can not be improved by a modest-yet-feminine, $138 sheath. These include the nannies, housekeepers, and other members…
Assistants take note – If you need to get your employers to Burning Man right away, here’s your solution! If you thought Burning Man was just a steampunk renaissance fair for filthy hippies, like I did, you too may be surprised to learn that this $10 million helicopter is doing taxi service for (rich) people…
Nice little peek at the Butler life…Enjoy. Exclusive: the Duke of Marlborough’s butler tells Eleanor Doughty why being a butler isn’t quite like Downton Abbey – although it is, just a little bit… But although waiting on the aristocracy is a niche trade requiring a cocktail of social and practical skills from tapestry management to…
Here’s a quick peak at the formal, deep cleaning of an intricate home. Click through for a little video of brush/vacuum technique… Brodsworth Hall, one of the most spectacular houses in South Yorkshire, is using the quieter time to undertake some much-needed conservation work. Each room will be swathed under ghostly white covers as staff…
Let’s hope employers around the world follow suit and pay staff as professionals… The Queen might be slipping down the Sunday Times Rich List, but that doesn’t mean her staff are losing out as the Living Wage has reportedly been introduced for Royal Household staff.Fifteen per cent of the Royal Household and Royal Collection Trust…
If your employers are picking up any of these fine homes, please call us for staff! The ultra-luxury housing market is scaling new heights as a record number of properties around the world command prices topping $100 million.Demand for mega-mansions and penthouses has accelerated as wealthy buyers seek havens for their cash and search for…
We don’t normally post job openings on our blog, but it’s great to see how the most famous household (palace) operates. Enjoy, A new vacancy in Buckingham Palace has cropped up. The Queen is looking for a footman/trainee butler, who will live and work in the royal residency and have all their meals provided for…
This should be a great read! Many of the men and women who have worked in the White House residence — serving presidents and their families in their private quarters — are breaking with a long-held tradition of silence: They are dishing about life behind the scenes at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For her forthcoming book,…
Well this is an interesting development. I wonder what it would look like for the USA domestic employment market to unionize? The Queen is facing the prospect of the first ever industrial action by members of the royal household. More than 100 low-paid staff at Windsor Castle are due be balloted from Tuesday, the…
A bit of royal news concerning domestic staff… The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are hunting for new domestic staff for their country home after their housekeeper and gardener suddenly decided to quit.It remains unclear why Amy Wood and her husband Colin handed in their notice after less than five months at Anmer Hall on…