By “professional people,” I mean either (a) a person working in a field that requires specific technical training to acquire and keep; or (b) the any job in which you have hiring and firing authority over 5 or more people. Nurses, computer programmers, doctors, and so forth are professionals under this definition. So would I, in my current incarnation as an corporate sales manager, but not when I was in insurance or car sales.While on duty you must remain in the physical presence of the child and nurse; in car and in the parking facilities of wherever the child and nurse are; or within a three-minute walk of the parked car. In any case you must keep your cell phone charged and on at all times while on duty.Speaking of cell phones, you’ll be given a new smart phone of the highest quality. The phone will have an app connecting it to the car’s electronics that prevents it from being used while the car is in gepar for any purpose other than calling 911, the child’s doctor, or the child’s parents. You’ll have tablet computer with similar restrictions.Lastly, you’ll have to wear the traditional chauffeur’s uniform while on duty.
For working as a servant in this fashion, you’ll be paid $50/hour or 150% of your current yearly salary, whichever is greater, with annual raises of from 5-10% depending on performance. You are forbidden to moonlight. If circumstances require you to start work early or end late, or to work on a weekend, or federal holidayyou’ll be paid time and a half. If you ever end up working more than 60 hours in a given week, or having to work 7 days in a row, you’ll be paid DOUBLE time for the hours over 60 and/or all hours on the extra days until you get a complete day off. Three weeks paid vacation and generous medical & dental insurance.
Professional people: would you take this servant’s job? If not, why not?
So we’re clear, the base pay is for at least 50% more than you currently average per hour. So if you’re averaging $60 an hour now, you’ll get paid $90/hour, with a standard schedule of 40 hours a week, for $3600 a week. For hour hours over 40 and/or 6 days in a week, uou’ll get paid time and a half for the excess; for hours over 60 or a seventh day in a week, you’ll get paid double time. Your standard week would be 40 hours.
Not often. It’s meant to account for things like traffic jams causing you to get home late. Or, if the nurse took the kid to Disneyland for the weekend and you decided you’d rather get the extra pay rather than let your relief get it, you’d get priority.
I neglected to mention generous vision insurance in the OP, and that the retirement plan are as good or better than what you have now.
I was going to say "I’m in"until Johnny Bravo’s post: is there medical? And what about the pension? Can I transfer my current one to a new, better plan? University prof here.
Same as the others: I’ve taken pay cuts to keep my work week to a reasonable length. And I have enough experience to know that if they’re even mentioning seven-day-plus weeks that they’ll occur fairly often.
So…no way in hell. (Well, Hades. Sorry, Athena). I think you’ll find that attitude common. My time is worth more to me than small multiples of money, particularly since the class of people you’re selecting are already generally well paid.
But if underlying question is about the meniality (yes, it’s a word, trust me) of the position instead, then “yes.” If I were guaranteed hours exactly equivalent to my current ones, I’d probably take the job. I like to drive, and the bump in pay would be nice if I didn’t have to give up my work-life balance for it.
Generous medical and dental benefits were mentioned in the OP, and vision i a subsequent post. And yes, you get to transfer whatever retirements benefits you have to the new job, with terms equal or superior to whatever you’re getting now.
As mentioned above, the hours are not likely to be onerous; the OT rules are just to allow for traffic james causing the occasional lateness getting the kid home. They’re not likely to call you for emergencies on the weekend because (a) you have a rlief, and (b) if the kid needed to go to the hospital on a Saturday night or whtever, that’s probably gonna be a job for an ambulance.
But yes, the underlyng question is about the meniality.
Heck, yeah! I love driving (although I’d hate some of the nightmare traffic and parking situations chauffeurs get into – like trying to get anywhere near the Academy Awards venue!) Also, I’d hate driving a stretch limo.
Can I drive the car that was in “Driving Miss Daisy?”
Not a chance. I’d get frustrated being in traffic all the time. Also, I don’t like being around kids.
Luckily, I make enough at my current job…the extra money would be enough to make lifestyle changes if I were confident that it was a long term gig…but I think my overall happiness would go down.
No way of knowing how many hours I’d work, can’t plan any of my own family activities. I like my 4 day week. Extra money wouldn’t make any major changes in my life so wouldn’t be interested.
Um, no. As said in other posts, the standard work week is 40 hours, five days a week. The OT provisions are to compensate you for late afternoon traffic jams. You have a relief for the weekends unless you yourself decide to go over
So are these 40-hour weeks 8-5 M-F, or do I need to work nights and weekends since that seems to be time time you’d need the most driving? If so then it’s not worth the money to trash my social life, if not then it doesn’t seem like a real chauffeeur job.