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> if you have a group of half a dozen people who each pay a few hundred $ a month you could almost employ one person who takes care of such stuff You could mov
by jzwinck 9y ago
> if you have a group of half a dozen people who each pay a few hundred $ a month you could almost employ one person who takes care of such stuff
You could move to Singapore, where a full-time (24x6) "domestic helper" costs about 400 USD per month. They'll cook meals for you, help care for your kids, buy groceries, do laundry, etc. Some people I know say they'd never move back to the US because of this.
For comparison, that cost is roughly 15-20% of typical rent.
- sho 9y agoThe number of people I know who would trust their domestic helper to do the kind of things the OP mentions is pretty low. They're maids, not PAs, and they are not generally here because of their outstanding educational attainment and bright career prospects back home. Most of them can hardly speak English. On the other hand, I've known a few young people in Indonesia and the like who really would make excellent PAs of the kind the OP desires, and their salaries are not much more. We're talking university graduate, excellent English and phone manners, and the kind of proactive dedication to a task that one greatly desires in an employee - $500/m or less. I agree, there could be a market.