Star Member Demovictory9 (19,397 posts)
$140,000 'dream job' is available again
East Brother Island, in the San Francisco Bay, is hiring an innkeeper
It’s been called a “dream job,” and when this Bay Area innkeeping position was last advertised, the listing went viral. The role, managing the five-room inn on East Brother Island in San Pablo Bay, drew media attention from around the world and created an onslaught of interest from applicants. Now, the unusual and highly coveted job is available again.
It’s easy to see the appeal of earning $140,000 a year — housing and health benefits included — to live on your own private island in the San Francisco Bay, one of the most expensive and spectacularly beautiful places in the world.
The headlines in publications like Travel + Leisure during the previous opening promised a big paycheck and a fantasy. But in reading the job description, the role is clearly not for everyone. First, the position is actually a job not for an innkeeper, but innkeepers — a couple who can share the non-stop work East Brother requires. The pair promote the inn, manage the day-to-day operations of the front desk and gift shop, prepare two hot meals a day for 10 guests, and do all the housekeeping, including dishwashing and cleaning rooms between guests. One person in the couple must have a Coast Guard captain’s license to shuttle visitors to and from the island, and one needs to have “high-quality culinary experience” befitting the inn’s room rates, which start at $345 per night.
Think of it, DUmmies: a high-wage job WITH BENEFITS in the paradise of the SF Bay Area. You even get your OWN PRIVATE STREET to defecate in.Through the years, we've heard that a $15/hr min wage plus full benefits and a pension is the starting point for even a burger flipper. You'd THINK this job - which involves working in relative solitude in one of their most revered liberal bastions - would send the DUmmies to their 386DX to whip up a new resume in WordPerfect. You would be wrong, however, because a careful reading of the job description implies that the work might be difficult, and definitely requires skills. Skills other than writing poetry and trying to look like Robert Johnson when they pick up their flea market guitar.
Star Member Demovictory9 (19,397 posts)
2. when first made news two years ago... "140k to live on island'
looks like couple who took it on lasted two years. details... 140K for TWO people working 80 to 90 hours per week.
Joey Whispers is paying about that much to do NOTHING. Why bother?
Star Member CurtEastPoint (14,416 posts)
3. Requiring a married couple sounds illegal to me PLUS is it 140K for EACH or both? F this.
Yes, please clarify. That DUmmy EARNED his Cheeto-fingers. Damned if he's going to soak them in vinegar and baking soda for anything less than LeBron money.
Star Member Demovictory9 (19,397 posts)
5. both, IF they can earn enough profits...so looks like 140K not guaranteed
Key word is IF. Remember, DUmmies always want a piece of the action, but when push comes to shove and they realize they have to work to get said piece, they freeze up and go home to wait for checks from Joey Whispers.
Since the average DUmmy seems to be about 800 years old, I wouldn't hope any new stimmys anytime soon. Enjoy the 99c pack of hotdogs, guys.
