Your AC went faulty in the middle of a Delhi summer and it took your “facility manager” three days and four vendor calls before someone arrived to fix it. Such improvisation isn’t the definition of facility management. When you are...
Your driver was ten minutes late for a client pickup and took a call while your visiting investor was in the backseat. This is a business issue, not a personal one. Many people believe any experienced driver will be qualified...
Your cook and driver haven’t spoken with each other in three weeks due to a scheduling conflict, but your house manager couldn’t be bothered to actually supervise them, so he told you they‘ll sort it out themselves. When you hire...
Your “chef” prepared the same three dishes for two weeks in rotation and your children refuse to eat anything else. That’s what daily meal planning is about. Many people hire a personal chef in Delhi not to plan and execute...
You want to hire a house maid in Delhi for “general housekeeping” and now you’re arguing in circles over whether cleaning the kitchen counter falls under “extra” or not. This is what this post is about. Most disputes between families...
Your calendar has four meetings one after the other with no travel time in between, and your “assistant” thinks nothing of it. This is the type of issue calendar management is supposed to solve. Most people think that calendar management is...
Three weeks postpartum, two hours of sleep, and your brand new “experienced nanny” is asking you how to warm a bottle. Now, this is the type of scene you would like to avoid. Newborn care is not the same as...
Your dinner guests have just seen your “butler” serve soup from the incorrect side and clear plates before everyone has finished their meal. Awkward. Let’s be blunt. A lot of families assume that anyone wearing a formal uniform is up...
Your house manager told you the household spent “roughly around 3 lakhs” last month, and that’s the most detailed answer you’ve received in six months. Time to have a chat about what you’re actually paying for when you’re looking at...
Your maid just quit without notice, and now you’re stuck juggling laundry, dishes, and a full-time job with zero backup plan. Sound familiar? Most families in Mumbai figure out how to hire a house maid in Mumbai the hard way,...