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…
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,…
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…
Here’s an interesting effort to support Household Helpers as a career. Hopefully human rights and living wages are also on the agenda. Millions of people in India work their whole lives as household help but few domestic workers have retirement-savings plans other than the hope that their children will care for them in their old…
Lots of help are being hired, yes. So the career aspect with education, training, and standards, are more important than ever. Even more so for clients!!! Being a great employer in business almost never translates to the same in households. More households now hire domestic help than in the Victorian period as one-in-four young adults…
Here’s an excellent piece on the recent Domestic Worker Rights issues involving foreign diplomats. It is great to see the workers plight being exposed so our industry can come out of the darkness on an international level. The recent arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade has unleashed two kinds of outrage: protests by Indians upset…
What a great story about the respect between an employer and her help. Very cool. Her new book is set to hit the stands later this month.However, there is an intriguing twist in the tale of Baby Halder. This 39-year-old prolific writer does not like to be called an author.”I am a domestic help, not…
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…
I love this artist and his idea for adding the staff back into the photos they are likely responsible for staging so well. Ramiro Gomez is combating “the invisibility” of immigrant workers employed in the mansions of Los Angeles by painting cardboard figures of them that he installs in the city’s exclusive areas to remind…