{"id":13606,"date":"2016-01-26T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=13606"},"modified":"2016-01-26T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T15:53:36","slug":"the-economics-of-elite-butlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2016\/the-economics-of-elite-butlers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Economics Of Elite Butlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012616_1550_TheEconomic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turns out its possible to get your own personal Alfred. P\u00e1draig Belton wrote:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Super-elite butlers can earn $157,000 a year, and if they go to the Middle East the salaries are tax-free &#8211; and often include an additional bonus.<\/li>\n<li>Many of them are English and either have military experience, due to cut backs in the armed forces, or have acted in the past.<\/li>\n<li>Such butlers will often oversee multiple properties, and will do things like ensuring that family visas are up to date.<\/li>\n<li>In order to become an elite butler, you need pristine references \u2013 preferably at least one from the Royal Family.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll also benefit from going through a diploma course that offers training in fire control, first aid, wine tasting, and social etiquette.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not just for men. According to one academy 40% of elite butlers are female \u2013 they&#8217;ll often wait on wealthy females in the Middle East where gender segregation is common.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about the world of elite butlers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/capital\/story\/20160119-the-servants-making-150000-a-year\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/capital\/story\/20160119-the-servants-making-150000-a-year\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/01\/the-developing-market-for-super-butlers.html\">Marginal Revolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out its possible to get your own personal Alfred. P\u00e1draig Belton wrote: Super-elite butlers can earn $157,000 a year, and if they go to the Middle East the salaries are tax-free &#8211; and often include an additional bonus. Many of them are English and either have military experience, due to cut backs in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012616_1550_TheEconomic1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13606"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13609,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13606\/revisions\/13609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}