them the advantage, tried to reduce salaries only to find their staff vanished overnight. What cleaners, housekeepers, nannies, butlers, valets, gardeners, and office managers have discovered is that when their employers are home for a continuous period, they only get more demanding.
Nannies now expect rota positions. That means two weeks on, two weeks off, requiring the family to employ two people instead of one.
Likewise, housekeepers will only work one out of three weekends meaning the employer has to find two others or - God forbid - look after themselves at the weekends.The downside of rotas is that staff have a chance to escape and socialise.
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