Kate Nye
The era of the cheap housekeeper is over.
While the phrase may sound blunt, recent headlines surrounding rising wages for New York City hotel housekeepers suggest a massive shift taking place across the service industry… one that private household employers can no longer afford to ignore.
A recent New York Times article discussing unionized NYC hotel workers and rising compensation and benefits packages surprised many readers outside the hospitality world.
In over 30 years of placing household staff, I’ve negotiated hundreds of compensation packages. I’ve watched brilliant professionals undersell themselves because they didn’t know the market. I’ve also watched the right representation turn a good salary into a great one with benefits, protections, and structures that transformed a job into a genuine career.
I’ve been placing nannies, housekeepers, and domestic couples in fine homes since the 1990s. In that time, I’ve had thousands of conversations with household professionals at every stage of their careers from those just starting out to those who’ve been doing this work for thirty years. The professionals who build the most remarkable careers have something in common: almost without exception,
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Holidays are a wonderful time to celebrate traditions and spend time with loved ones. However, they can also be challenging to navigate as a household employee or homeowner who hires domestic staff. Employees may expect to get off work for government holidays and be compensated for those days.
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Hiring someone to work inside your home is a big decision, and tax implications come with any domestic working arrangement. To determine your household employment tax, you’ll first need to assess whether the person you hired is a household employee or a contractor. There are also certain tax documents that household employees should be familiar with when preparing for tax season.
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Have you ever dreamed of working with your spouse or partner in a job you could do together? There are domestic opportunities that are perfect for couples who are skilled at working side-by-side and have complementary talents. Pavillion Agency works with many domestic couples who know how to make a household run smoothly and efficiently.
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When you look around your home, do you feel comfortable and at peace, or do you feel like everything is in disarray and causing you anxiety? There comes a time in many people’s lives when the idea of hiring a housekeeper becomes a real and necessary reality. If you live a busy lifestyle and have trouble keeping up with day-to-day cleaning or occasional deep cleaning tasks,
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If you love plants and working outside, there are various career paths that you can explore to pursue these passions. For example, you can work as a biologist, conservationist, landscaper, florist, groundskeeper or horticulturalist.
In this article, we are exploring what a horticulturalist does, how to become one,
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Maintaining the exterior of a home and surrounding property takes a lot of time, effort, and specialized skills. Not everyone has the availability or desire to take care of these tasks, which is why groundskeepers are in high demand at individual residences and places of business.
So, what is grounds keeping?
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Taking good care of a household requires a lot of time, energy, and hard work. But it can feel like too much to handle if you have a busy lifestyle and are consumed with work, activities, health issues, or social engagements. An increasing number of families are discovering the benefits of having a household manager on staff to keep everything running smoothly from day to day.
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