Choosing Beggar Wants Private Household Chef At $38K/Year, Adds Other Responsibilities And Whole Lot Of Demands

The choosing beggar may as well look for a slave.

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• Published in Interesting
• January 28, 2024

As a professional, it's highly important to know what you're worth given your present skills and knowledge and what you can do for employers. If you feel that the job being offered isn't at the rate you deserve, it might be time to politely decline and keep searching for greener pastures.

Negotiating your worth isn't just about the paycheck—it's about ensuring that your contributions are appropriately recognized and rewarded, whatever your field may be. Just because it's hard to look for a job doesn't mean you should settle for less than you're worth.

Remember, finding the right fit is like finding the perfect puzzle piece. It may take some time and effort, but when you find it, everything falls into place beautifully.

An excellent example of a job not worth pursuing was shared in a thread on r/ChoosingBeggars. The original poster (OP) shared screenshots of a job posting of an employer who's looking for a personal chef for a family.

And the rate? It's $38,000 a year.

What the job entails even goes beyond the regular duties of a private household chef. On top of preparing meals for the family, the chef is expected to do gardening duties.

The salary is nowhere near the average salary of a chef and the conditions are unfair too.

A Redditor saw an absurd job post and shared it with r/ChoosingBeggars.

The employer is looking for a personal chef at $38K/year. Talk about being a cheapskate!

Note: the employer has kids. (This detail will be more relevant as you scroll further down.)

Looks like the employer wants a different meal every single day.

The post says it's only Monday to Friday, but looks at that last item.

These look like regular tasks for a chef.

These are starting to gear away from the chef role.

Some of these are definitely not the role of a chef!

It's like they're looking for a chef/gardener/nanny.

The employers lists down some of their requirements.

A split shift is usually bad news.

The employee can only pick five vacation days in a year.

At least they have the decency of paying for the holidays.

The average salary of a chef in the US is around $53K a year. They can only offer a starting salary of $38K.

"Personal chef" isn't the best way to describe this kind of job.

This post is just as bad as a chef who's expected to shoulder some of the expenses.

User lists down all the jobs expected of this employer's personal chef.

User points out what the job really entails.

It seems that the chef would be working more than 8 hours a day with an 8-hour shift pay.

In 2002, a personal chef was earning $100K a year—definitely nowhere near what the employer is willing to pay.

This one of many things that makes this job a bad deal.

It looks like the employer needs to be made aware that they don't have a budget for a chef.

Nobody deserves this kind of pay at the sheer amount of tasks and demands that the employer requires. We seriously hope nobody applied for and got hired at the rate that this person is offering.

This person should also accept that they simply don't have the proper budget to hire a chef. They need to check the value of the services they seek and to offer fair compensation accordingly.

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