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With the tweak that the job is in a big city and there's no car involved, yes, I would take this in a heartbeat. Being on call 24-7 isn't exactly fun, but let's admit it: in the business world, if you want to make $100k, those are the hours you're signing up for. High pay, stable employment, enough time to pursue a doctorate (that's what I'd do in my spare time), and the connections that come from being with a rich family: means that my post-butler life will also be pretty well set up.
CA is a big state and not everyone lives in SF, LA, SD, or other large and expensive cities. There are many places in CA where you can absolutely buy a 3Bd 2Ba home for under 300K, or if you start off with a condo or town house to build some equity and have a bigger down payment, you have even more options.
What you're failing to acknowledge is, this is about a rich family. Rich families are going to be in places that are nowhere near that cheap. You're living at their place. But only you.
Now maybe you're kosher with working for some rich people down in Coronado or Corona or wherever while your struggling family lives in some tiny box over in Hemet. That's fine. Again, I guarantee that $100k won't go far.
What you're failing to acknowledge is, this is about a rich family. Rich families are going to be in places that are nowhere near that cheap. You're living at their place. But only you.
Now maybe you're kosher with working for some rich people down in Coronado or Corona or wherever while your struggling family lives in some tiny box over in Hemet. That's fine. Again, I guarantee that $100k won't go far.
Oh you mean like how oil workers work 16 hrs a day and have to pay for their housing at the site and send money back home? For the same $100k they get to work in a hard labor camp?
Heck yes. Not more than 3 years though. I don't know why these other people are saying low pay when you would basically have little to no expenses. And on call 24/7?who cares still beats 50+ a week for way less money
Sure, assuming that I was able to get a good 8-10 hours to myself during the evening and on-call didn't mean constant nagging. And being a butler in this sense would actually be pretty interesting, as you're helping to plan every aspect of a family's life (you're likely not actually serving dishes . . . that'll be the maid's/busboys' job). Also, for a family that can pay you that amount of money to be their butler, I'd imagine that you'd have a staff as well.
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I don't see the plus side. Taking a cut in pay to work longer hours, lose the freedom of my own home (and life), and doing work that I wouldn't find the least bit fun or even interesting makes no sense.
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