To think a student doesn’t need a nanny?

[SerenDippitty]

Or a driver?

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/facebook-nanny-job-ad-student-17488931?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales_main

I believe you may be confusing Law at Leeds with “Sculpture at St Martin’s College”.

Bahaha but maybe she does want to live with Common People 👀

I’d get one for myself if I had the cash to spare! Who wants to waste their time on housework?

@LauraLongLegs it is a very real thing in the asian community. Aunt studied medicine at Harvard to ensure she made a good match for a well earning husband who did go on to perform medicine. Would not do it myself but I know it is not uncommon amongst the elite in some communities 🙄.

That aside I would probably sleep better as a parent knowing my child had a home cooked meal such as chinese beef noodle soup, fried rice, nice chestnut chicken, etc and scrambled egg or omelet for breakfast and a fruit platter, maybe a pastry as a treat once in a while. I would probably look for a nice host family rather then a nanny though.

Imagine if you got wind of that when interviewing her for a job? She’d be shown the door so fast.

Oh give over! Firstly she's not about to put it on her CV. Secondly, 'doing your own washing and cleaning whilst at uni' is not going to be part of the applicant/job criteria.

I sniff envy in some of these reactions.

Imagine if you got wind of that when interviewing her for a job? She’d be shown the door so fast.

If I am recruiting a lawyer, her knowledge of basic chores would be the very least of my worries. I have recruited a fair amount of people, I couldn't tell you if they survive on ready meals and take away or are the next Great British baker.

I would be more interested by someone hungry and wanting to keep the lifestyle they are used to than anything else.

I do think that there's a bit of fun in "roughing it up", and have freedom when you are at uni, but wasting time on doing boring chores is still a waste of time.

Roughing it up is not a bloody bit of fun. It's real for 1000s of students.

It's not all jolly japes with a pot noodle and living like common people. Jeez , what sort of bubble do some of you live in.

her knowledge of basic chores would be the very least of my worries

I’d never recruit anyone lacking in very basic life skills. I’d be worried about their ability to think on their feet, problem solve, get shit done, prioritise, start at the bottom.

But you know, you recruit who you like.

Maybe law graduate job interviews should include how to make a chicken fricassee to appease those who are interested in other people’s disabilities/wealth/cooking skills?

I am certain the magic circle already do.

@LaurieMarlow so you would actually ask in an interview 'do you wash your own laundry? how competent are you with an iron? can you give me an example of meals you can make for yourself?' as long as she knows her stuff to do her job she will have no trouble

I’d never recruit anyone lacking in very basic life skills.

I would be very interested to find out HOW you test those!

Maybe law graduate job interviews should include how to make a chicken fricassee to appease those who are interested in other people’s disabilities/wealth/cooking skills?

Don’t be ridiculous. I’ve already said SEN excepted.

If it came out. And you’d be surprised how frequently people give themselves away.

Personally I would be very interested in that sort of thing, @FairytaleofButlins.

I wouldn’t want to risk employing someone who would alienate clients.

DP was a Middle Eastern student's driver for a period of 18months, they also had a housekeeper. They were from a very wealthy family and had always had staff to do everything. The family would have that they were failing the young person to not continue this.

I would be very interested to find out HOW you test those!

I obviously wouldn’t. If it became obvious at interview though it would red flags a gogo.

If it came out. And you’d be surprised how frequently people give themselves away

Good job I have someone like you to educate me about employing people, me never having done it of course. I doff my cap to your greater experience.

I guess she is not looking to start from the bottom and get shit done as you do eloquently put it. Absolutely nothing wrong with getting help where you can.

I think some people on here like to pretend they can afford housekeepers for their 18 year olds.

@LaurieMarlow aside from cooking and domestic chores she could be fully competent in her field though. Just because she is no domestic goddess does not mean she will not be a good lawyer

I doubt a good lawyer lives in a bubble of housekeepers and staff.

@user32564567 you have anything to back that up? at the end of the day I need a good laywer I don't give hoot what their house keeping skills are like as long as they are professional, competent and do their job

It depends on how you define a "good lawyer" I'm sure Amal Clooney probably does 🙄

@lovepickledlimes

Precisely

@MyBlueMoonbeam good lawyer I want someone that knows their field standing on their head, are efficient, ruthless if they have to be, do the job I pay them to do, can think creatively outside the box to come up with solutions. Knows potential loopholes to watch out for or to use if I need them to.

It's not about housekeeping skills. It's about life skills, knowing that not everyone comes from a privileged background and roughing it is not 'a bit of fun'

I guess she is not looking to start from the bottom and get shit done as you do eloquently put it

Wow, show me any corporate environment where you aren’t required to do these things at the beginning of your career.

Just because she is no domestic goddess does not mean she will not be a good lawyer

I hate to break it to you, but remembering to feed yourself and shopping for your own groceries are very far from domestic goddess status.