Estate Managers: Running Large Homes Like Businesses
Past a certain size, a house stops being a household and becomes a small business — with payroll, vendors, and a full-time executive running it.
Past a certain size, a house stops being a household and becomes a small business — with payroll, vendors, and a full-time executive running it.
About 2.2 million people work in private homes in the US. At the top, household help is a six-figure profession; at the bottom, a workforce the FLSA only partially covers.