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[quote=Anonymous]I’m friends with a billionaire and this is what they’ve told me about hired help:

It’s not like back in the old days where you could hire downton abbey level staff for cheap. That level of staff costs well into six figures. For what the wealthy want to pay, they can only get immigrants who don’t really understand culturally what is expected of “butlers” and many don’t do things the exact way the employer wants (and it’s difficult to explain bc of the language barrier).

So there really wouldn’t be much of a point to having full time staff - they’re not waiting on you hand and foot 24 hours a day, they’re just there to help tidy/clean and run some errands. If you want more than that, you have to pay a LOT more, and it’s not worth it for most. Easier to just hire out specialists when you need them (for example, my friends’ family hires professional makeup artists and hair stylists for big events, whereas back in the day the servant would help with your clothes and hair. Another friend has a housekeeper plus a personal assistant).

Also, I’m guessing labor laws are pretty strict, with overtime and caps on how many hours worked.

For why they aren’t discovered: I don’t think my friends’ help have housekeys. They have things in their home worth millions and millions of dollars, it’s probably not worth the risk for them. I’d imagine if they showed up and nobody answered the door, they’d wait around maybe for an hour then leave, figuring they were out and forgot to notify them. I doubt their first thought would be they were mirdered. [/quote]

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