A job spec by the Du Plessis family in Johannesburg has gone viral.
Image via Twitter
The Du Plessis of Modderfontein have shared a long, long list of requirements for the job of a ‘house manager, PA, tutor and au pair’.
A job spec by the Du Plessis family in Johannesburg has gone viral.
Image via Twitter
With a bleak job market in the country, South Africans will do almost anything to make money. But does that mean the exploitation of desperate employees? According to tweeps who critised a recently advertised post, it certainly does…
On social media, a job post advertising a “house manager, au pair, tutor, and personal assistant” has gone viral.
The post was shared by the Du Plessis family of Modderfontein, Johannesburg who are looking for a “professional extension” of their household.
The family is looking for the following requirements:
But whilst the family is offering a pretty decent salary of R22 000 per month – with a sleep-in weekday option – it was the long, long list of responsibilities that caught the attention of Black Twitter.
The job responsibilities include, in their own words;
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While many tweeps acknowledged that the job remuneration was appealing, others claimed it was not worth the extensive and time-consuming responsibilities. Others questioned why rusks had to be homemade!
Here’s what tweeps had to say:
@ladykmalotle: “So if the worker is doing this, what are the actual parents doing?”
@ggdlams: “Four jobs in one. You need superpowers to do all that me thinks”
@LeboWamoXhosa: “I can’t explain but they sound abusive and I feel like they’ll charge you rent and food and fuel”
@KgarebeKuye: “Do these people know that there are only 24 hours in a day?”
@BeautyJobe_: “Love how they just threw in ‘bake rusks’ likes it’s a normal thing”
@Twinkie_October: “All of these items here and y’all still want me to act professional? Crazy”
@LindeniLebea: “They want a mother, PA, chef, tutor, manager, pet sitter, babysitter, driver, and event organiser for R22 000. Ain’t no way this money is worth it”
@Jack_Marston10: “They might as well say we want someone to devote their whole life to them because you won’t even have time to spend that R22 000pm”
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The family behind closed doors pic.twitter.com/UdURTvghcU
— butterfly🦋_effect😇 (@Pikay_Butterfly) November 2, 2022
Act professionally after teaching homework, dog walking and baking rusks? pic.twitter.com/ETnYnBCoYb
— Watch The Throne (@Ntebogeng___) November 2, 2022
Walking and washing the dog is what I can't do here. Phela inja yinja kum, there's no way I'm playing happy family nenja. Hay makuyelwe. pic.twitter.com/2q9tkdmA90
— Loli❤🇿🇦 (@uLorns) November 2, 2022
Bake rusks and act professionally?? Arrest them😭 pic.twitter.com/s84laAeBd9
— ☀️nomKathana☀️ (@Katyyleen) November 2, 2022