The white house had and has butlers

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I want one that holds a silver platter and dresses as a butler would.

If those are the main duties, you could probably hire one from an escort service.

A proper butler - trained, ultra discreet, super Type A - gets paid 6 figures plus housing. You’re paying for them to be your brain when it comes to running your household. The good ones get paid a lot.

Many start out as footmen for the Royal family in their late teens/early 20s. Do that job until your late 30s, when you’re aged-out. Then go on to working for billionaires. It’s a network.

All jokes aside...how many people in America do you think actually have butlers today? I would bet less than 100. I've known some really really rich people and they don't have that kind of staff.

Anonymous wrote:I am interested in hiring a butler. Advice on where to look?

Darlington Hall.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd love a butler, but no self respecting butler would want to work in my household.

Try here, OP: https://pavillionagency.com/specialties/butler-valet

+1. A big part of the job of a butler is to manage the household staff and vendors. I don't have enough staff to make this job interesting for someone.

My staff are my kids. Three of them. I'd love for someone to manage them, but I thought that was the nanny's job. If anyone knows of any butler nannies, send them my way!

I suggest hiring a governess for the emotional side in addition to a butler.

I like where this is going. If we could get Carson from Downton Abbey AND Mary Poppins ,my husband and I both could do whatever we wanted knowing our children were being raised by competent professionals. I'm seeing some real possibilities here...

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Anonymous wrote:You want to go through an agency. Then they are firing them not you.

That seems impersonal. I have an interview process I’d like to conduct.

You can still do the interview. The agency basically acts like your HR department.

We use an agency for staff for our boat. If we don’t like someone or we have an issue, it is communicated through the agency. Then they communicate to the captain. It basically provides a process that separates the personal and the business side of relationship. I don’t want to take on training, correcting, scheduling etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd love a butler, but no self respecting butler would want to work in my household.

Try here, OP: https://pavillionagency.com/specialties/butler-valet

+1. A big part of the job of a butler is to manage the household staff and vendors. I don't have enough staff to make this job interesting for someone.

My staff are my kids. Three of them. I'd love for someone to manage them, but I thought that was the nanny's job. If anyone knows of any butler nannies, send them my way!

I suggest hiring a governess for the emotional side in addition to a butler.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd love a butler, but no self respecting butler would want to work in my household.

Try here, OP: https://pavillionagency.com/specialties/butler-valet

+1. A big part of the job of a butler is to manage the household staff and vendors. I don't have enough staff to make this job interesting for someone.

My staff are my kids. Three of them. I'd love for someone to manage them, but I thought that was the nanny's job. If anyone knows of any butler nannies, send them my way!

Oh lord have mercy. ; ))

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Anonymous wrote:I am interested in hiring a butler. Advice on where to look?

Get a copy of the White Pages. Look up Jeeves.. Start calling.

Once you find them, kill them all. Call it the Butlerian Jihad. Let's see how many people get this reference without googling.

Anonymous wrote:You want to go through an agency. Then they are firing them not you.

That seems impersonal. I have an interview process I’d like to conduct.

You want to go through an agency. Then they are firing them not you.

Fyi, you want a “man’s servant”. A butler serves alcohol.

Anonymous wrote:Make sure he also wants to be your best friend and aide-de-camp, preferably he can offer first aid and occasional tactical support while also serving as your moral anchor. Obviously he should be skilled at repairing suits, capes, and spandex.

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