It’s always nice to see the progression from service staff to high level, influential posts. Sometimes favoring people close to you gives great opportunity. The husband of a former member of Donald Trump’s household staff has suddenly ratcheted up his career to become an official of the Environmental Protection Agency. He’s just the latest Trump…
As always… Be careful who you hire! Also having great S.O.P’s in place and redundant staff oversight for security purposes wouldn’t hurt. The former personal assistant to Goldman Sachs co-president David Solomon fled to Rome in November 2016, one day after privately admitting he took $1.2 million worth of rare wine from the executive’s collection.…
This is one of the ideas I present in my book. The only disagreement I have is that CLIENTS themselves are the root of privacy issues. Unless they have a dedicated staff intentionally protecting them, many mistakes get made they probably are not even aware of… …In this age of the internet, social media and…
This is an interesting question and one we should all consider when employing or managing private staff. Last summer, in a luxury apartment complex outside New Delhi, all hell broke loose. It started when a woman accused one of her maids of stealing around $250. The maid then claimed that, as punishment, her employer wouldn’t…
This is a nice article to point out some of the cash flows and concerns at the UHNW level. However, in our professional opinion, they are low on the salaries of household staff by a large margin. Let’s begin with the conventional wisdom. Money can’t buy happiness. It won’t get you into heaven. It is…
Here’s a delightful look at household service during holiday seasons past… The Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze is tipping its hat this holiday season to the domestic staff that kept the large home running during the busy holiday season. “Through the Back Door: Domestic Service at Clayton During the Holidays,” is open Nov. 16 through…
My favorite article of the week – A Personal Assistant who will not reveal anything to the press and maintains her professionalism. If she must give information under oath, I’m sure she will comply, but otherwise her knowledge on all employer matters is not for sale! A former Sydney woman employed as Harvey Weinstein’s “gatekeeper”…
It seems like international awareness and pressure can make changes to the service industry in major cities around the world. Stay informed, and push for change where there is obvious injustice. DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates, criticized globally for its treatment of migrant workers, issued a law on Tuesday to combat abuse of…
This is a very funny but also important article highlighting the confusing rules of private employment. If you ever have legal questions hiring for a family, please call Bob King the cited attorney in the article. He is the best resource for all things legal in household staffing for California. “There are some things in…
This one is from a few years ago, but it just came up in a current article about becoming a high profile personal assistant. I thought it was worth another review. Nearly every exclusive field runs on assistants. The actor James Franco, like Buddha before him, had an assistant keep track of his meals and…