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hottest career in these economic times: change your name to Jeeves


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2011 Oct 17, 8:49am   2,815 views  4 comments

by corntrollio   ➕follow (0)   💰tip   ignore  

The Economist suggests that our "new economy" where the ultra-rich are doing well and everyone else is worse off means that more people should become butlers.

http://www.economist.com/node/21528429

What about the people who do not command any kind of premium in the marketplace? One strategy could be to find a high-flyer and stick close. Even if joining their posse is out of reach, there are still horses to be fed and watered. The time-poor new rich are generating demand for household staff, and this sort of work can be very well paid. A private secretary and general factotum can earn up to $150,000 a year nowadays. Salaries for standard butlers range from $60,000 to $125,000 and a head butler can make as much as $250,000, according to the website of the Butler Bureau.

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1   Vicente   2011 Oct 17, 3:26pm  

But would I get to make wisecracks amidst the rich dimwits?

2   don   2011 Oct 18, 3:08pm  

Remember when JFK said regarding the Soviets building the Berlin Wall, "We are all Germans now."?

Obama can say, "We are all servants now." (except for the very few lucky duckies)

3   Indiana Jones   2011 Oct 18, 5:56pm  

Check out this glamourizing take on being a butler from an Elle Decor magazine. Pushing it to the masses.

http://www.elledecor.com/entertaining-travel/articles/making-modern-butler

4   Dan8267   2011 Oct 19, 4:01am  

don says

Obama can say, "We are all servants now."

As bad as Obama is, our "servitude" isn't his fault. It's Reagan's. The great widening of the rich-poor gap started with his policies. In fact, his policies were designed solely for that purpose.

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