> direct employment arrangements with its own (now former) clients. There's really no way to avoid that, and it dooms the whole enterprise if Homejoy is servin

> direct employment arrangements with its own (now former) clients. There's really no way to avoid that, and it dooms the whole enterprise if Homejoy is serving as a middleman. I'm kinda curious how MerryMaids and the like work. Seems like the only viable system is simply a lead generations service.