Remove all the bits and pieces about international travel and high-end vendors, and this job posting is basically describing the roles of most mothers without the additional supports of nannies and studio managers.
Wow, just wow. All my life my husband and I would routinely look at each other in the midst of our busy lives and say..."What we need is staff." But this Art Family seems to have decided that they should advertise for this impossible job. And, as an historian, I can definitely say all the jobs within this advertised position were exactly what the middle class wife and mother of the 19th century was expected to do. And most of the time she did it with one maid of all work and someone to do the laundry once a week, and somehow she was supposed to run her household, support her husband in his upward economic trajectory (ie plan, execute those parties), raise her children, take care of their pets, and somehow visit other wives in the afternoon to show off their husband's success by what they wore, when most of them just wanted to take a nap. Needless to day, those wives were constantly at loggerheads with their maids (who seldom stayed in their positions long) because you weren't supposed to complain about your husband and the impossible demands of being the angel in the home, so you blamed your servant.
Hard to say my favorite part, but I think it's either being left alone with the child (so, back up babysitter if the nanny is off and they don't want to hire someone) and will be required to answer messages/run errands before and after the 10-6 workdays and occasional weekends (so, 24/7, right?)
This is at least three different full time jobs, assuming they do as much travel and hosting and movement and purchasing as the posting implies that they do.
Remove all the bits and pieces about international travel and high-end vendors, and this job posting is basically describing the roles of most mothers without the additional supports of nannies and studio managers.
I hope this provides a new appreciation for the challenges of writing satire!
My favorite is the insistence on "discretion."
My favorite line is “sometimes left with the child alone,” like it’s a threat. That kid is absolutely Damian Omen V.
65K to 95K? Please.
Manage dog systems (potty breaks, food, daycare, dog walkers, vet appts) also sounds like “make companion animal’s life easy in every possible way.”
Just a title change: from “Slave to Executive Assistant”.
Maybe they should try the world of AI.
They want all of this -- in fricking Manhattan! -- for $95,000?!?!?
The only artwork I see in their future is REDRUM scrawled in bright red on their elevator door. Because I'm assuming they have at least one elevator.
Wow, just wow. All my life my husband and I would routinely look at each other in the midst of our busy lives and say..."What we need is staff." But this Art Family seems to have decided that they should advertise for this impossible job. And, as an historian, I can definitely say all the jobs within this advertised position were exactly what the middle class wife and mother of the 19th century was expected to do. And most of the time she did it with one maid of all work and someone to do the laundry once a week, and somehow she was supposed to run her household, support her husband in his upward economic trajectory (ie plan, execute those parties), raise her children, take care of their pets, and somehow visit other wives in the afternoon to show off their husband's success by what they wore, when most of them just wanted to take a nap. Needless to day, those wives were constantly at loggerheads with their maids (who seldom stayed in their positions long) because you weren't supposed to complain about your husband and the impossible demands of being the angel in the home, so you blamed your servant.
Hard to say my favorite part, but I think it's either being left alone with the child (so, back up babysitter if the nanny is off and they don't want to hire someone) and will be required to answer messages/run errands before and after the 10-6 workdays and occasional weekends (so, 24/7, right?)
Oh man. Gotta get ahold of that nanny!! 😂
This is at least three different full time jobs, assuming they do as much travel and hosting and movement and purchasing as the posting implies that they do.
Sign me up - never!
Just saw a Daily Mail article about the Art Couple behind the job posting. After reading about the couple, the job description makes sense.
The whole situation is quite pathetic and left me shaking my head.