Here’s a nice article from The Atlantic on the history of domestic help. Enjoy. For centuries, a woman’s social status was clear-cut: either she had a maid or she was one. Servants—often live-ins—who did the bulk of the cooking, laundry, and childcare were an indispensable part of life for virtually everyone who wasn’t a domestic…
Some amazing history in our industry. Read or listen from the link in the full story. Atlanta resident, civil rights organizer and household domestic worker Dorothy Bolden died in 2005 at the age of 80, but the work she did during her lifetime lives on. “Dorothy Bolden was absolutely fearless when it came to speaking…
Good job hunting basics are important. Here are a few ideas to help in your search. If you want to find a job you love, you have to have high standards. You have to know what you want and what you’re worth, and you can’t be willing to settle for anything lower than that.But that…
As our industry gains more recognition, the focus on employee rights will increase. Hopefully. As Friday slid toward Saturday, four Brazilian women in identical black T-shirts hugged, giggled and blinked back tears in the otherwise sedate gallery of the Connecticut Senate. Their grinning lobbyist, Bobby Shea, shushed them, without conviction.Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Bloomfield, the co-chair…
Please keep an eye out for any abuses in our Private Service community. The only time it makes sense to get into anyone else’s personal business is to make sure they are safe and protected. This is shameful and hopefully the “slave” mentality of abusive employers will die off in the next generation. A Qatari…
If you are a Private Employer or Private Service Professional you absolutely must know the “inside information” in this book. Almost every employer and job seeker we encounter is making mistakes they just don’t know about or even realize they are doing! If you are concerned about “doing it right” then you’ll want to dive…
Long term Butlers and Estate Managers from Britain and the USA are seeing high demand from employers in the middle east. We recommend connecting with reputable agencies who represent these employers to make sure all the service terms are clear before getting on the plane, but it is a nice opportunity if you are experienced…
No matter what we endure with bad employment situations in the USA, we have it so much better than the majority of the world’s domestic workers. Hopefully equal rights will continue to spread throughout the nations. For many people around the world, new rules to protect rights of migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia may seem…
The following are a few tips from the Nanny employment perspective that apply well to ALL staff in private service. It’s a nice quick read and a good reminder of simple, yet often violated standards. Many nannies today aren’t the only household employee working in a home. It’s not unusual for a family to also…
We post this to note that employees are becoming more informed about wages and employment law because of media and professional education. Help your employers raise standards of compliance by educating yourself on the state and federal laws for private employment. Robert Mercer, co-chief executive officer of Renaissance Technologies LLC, was sued by household staff…