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For the wealthy these are called House Managers, and they generally oversee the work of either specialist contractors (working for a “job rate”) or full-time st
by nixgeek 5y ago
For the wealthy these are called House Managers, and they generally oversee the work of either specialist contractors (working for a “job rate”) or full-time staff who handle cleaning, laundry, cooking and catering, gardening/landscaping, property repairs or enhancement projects, personal training, interior design, tailoring, event planning, etc.
For the ultra-wealthy there’s also often a Family Office who might be responsible for acquiring and running private jets, yachts, a property and investment portfolio, etc.
If you want someone to handle all the “boring” you’re closer to the former, but you get what you pay for, and you will either get someone who’s done this before (and probably charges accordingly, since your competition in that hiring market is usually versus people looking for House Managers) /or/ you may spend a LOT of time setting up mechanisms and coaching someone without experience to be successful (and does your definition of “boring” also include this type of effort?).
“I can’t get things done” in this context may also be termed “executive dysfunction” and may be indicative of ADHD (among other things, see a psychologist or psychiatrist for an actual diagnosis).
No idea where you are in the world, how much you earn or your net worth and ability to pay, but for Seattle or Bay Area, a decent agency-managed PA might be around >= $75/hr (usually the agency is also looking for 20 hour a week minimums, ~$6k/mo) or a House Manager on an FTE basis inclusive of benefits will be >$100k for anyone remotely competent. In both cases they usually have expectations or restrictions on job duties; they’ll often only do “light cleaning, tidying and arranging” and beyond that they will supervise cleaners (inc. paying them, if you set them up to do this, but the cost for additional contractors is not included in the $6k/mo cost for the PA) if you want someone to spend 6 hours getting into every nook and cranny, scrubbing ovens and cooktops, etc.
Virtual assistants are virtually useless (in my experience).
- JohnBooty 5y agoThis is exactly the kind of concrete data that's helpful, thanks!