Documenting disciplinary actions for domestic employees is necessary to comply with labor laws, ensure fairness and consistency, and provide a record for performance evaluation and improvement. An Estate Manager should include a progressive discipline policy in their Employee Handbook and Estate Manual. PRO Content
We received a lot of follow-up to the recent EMC23 talk 'Estate Management as a Business'. Many of your questions were 'How do I get started'? To address that, we've put together a workbook to help you organize your purpose and goals for starting your new business.
As my dining room looks more like Santa’s workshops every day, I find myself envying the gift rooms at the homes of past employers. A gift room takes a little work to set up but it can save you during those moments when you need a birthday gift in 5 minutes, or when you're handed a 100 hostess gifts as guests arrive. Like everything in estate management, It's about having a system that works when life gets busy, which is most of the time. Set it up properly once, and you'll never go back to wrapping gifts at your desk again.
You need to know how to present yourself, what an agency is looking for, and how to politely press on when you’re not getting the outcome you need.
