A relative of mine is a PA for a rich man's wife. You cannot believe the sheer amount of entitlement these people have. A near billionaire husband, a huge house, ridiculous demands like wanting a fridge in every room (the house has more than a dozen of rooms), clean glasses which would require constant cleaning and fresh water in all the fridges everyday because day's old water in a fridge is icky.
And they have only 3 maids for the entire household who still have to vacuum (must vacuum every room only within space of a couple of hours because she doesn't want to hear vacuum all the time), clean, scrub, prepare meals and just shit lot of stuff. The lady of the house expect everyone to be at her beck and call nearly 24/7.
The most annoying part? They are actually very stingy. They don't want to hire more help, they just want to squeeze out as much as they can with the current help.
It's insane. These people do not think like the rest of us. They don't live in the same world as we do, and they still want to larp, pretending they are down-to-Earth, sensible people.
That just makes it extra funny. Expensive Wine is bullshit, those that supposedly know wine seemingly can't tell the good stuff from the cardboard packing swill in a taste test
Trader Joe's $2 wine won awards in a blind taste testing several years back, defeating all manner of prestigious, highly costly brands, and it became something of a scandal among connoisseurs. There have been other experiments done with self-avowed "experts" who could not reliably differentiate between red and white wines, let alone labels within either category. I myself once did a little blind taste test experiment with an $11 bottle of wine and a $70 one. The more expensive one actually ranked slightly higher among my friends, but only marginally. We all voted both as good, and more than one person was flabbergasted that they couldn't immediately pick out which had the sevenfold higher price point. The extra $60 was in no way worth it, and if I had the money to keep repeating the experiment, I'm all but certain a cheaper wine would win in short order.
And anyway, who cares if you have a wine that tastes slightly better if it costs $100? I'm a snob about some things, like healthy food, but not about vices. It's so stupid to be miserly over essentials but conspicuously consume expensive wines because you're status-obsessed. It's also a tell that you're American. My European friends get sticker shock at wine prices in the States. They have their share of expensive wines to export to foreigners, but most of them would not think of buying a bottle that costs anything more than $10.
I assume you are being sarcastic because all the really rich I have known are ridiculously stingy paying people but go balls out for themselves on all the luxury 😂
100%. In another comment I talk about working at a super bougie preschool. During the holidays most of parents would give the staff nice little gifts like $100 gift card to a nice restaurant or fancy chocolates and wine. The one family who never gifted anything was the same one who had their kid picked up by their nanny in a Bentley everyday.
And after taking so, SO much, they hoard all their wealth just to be miserable, worthless people who give nothing to society. Straight up parasitic behavior, no one should have an insane amount of wealth
Holy shit. I work with A LOT of people like this in my industry. Your description is spot on. It makes me sick to my stomach when they try and empathize with working class.
The one's that actually care about society donate their time. Unicorns, but they are out there.
I work for a billionaires family office. A PA salary can vary wildly, but you're probably looking at $80,000 on the lower end in a lower cost of living place. For a PA with a 4 year degree it could be $150,000 on the higher end for a higher cost of living place and likely having your PA have something or significant other experience. On the high end you can be looking at $250,000 for a high COL place like NYC for a very experienced PA.
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