A Singapore based company posted a job ad on LinkedIn looking to hire a personal assistant for their CEO, with some of the tasks that the prospective PA is responsible for including “making sure the CEO sleeps before a certain time”, “arranging daily exercise” and “arranging 3 meals”.
The listing stated that the PA should ideally have “no family” or “no personal” commitments, as they will be traveling with the CEO all the time.
The listing went viral on Twitter, with netizens asking if the company was looking to hire a PA or a nanny.
Here is the job description by the company
About the job
Reporting directly to a CEO/Founder, the Personal Assistant provides executive support in a one-on-one, highly trusted relationship. The Personal Assistant serves as the primary point of contact for internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to the CEO and all team members. The Personal Assistant must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of matters with utmost discretion and be able to travel with the CEO all the time.
Job Description:
- Completes a broad variety of professional administrative tasks for the CEO including.
- Managing an ever-changing calendar of meetings and appointments. Book all travel plans, itineraries, and agendas for the CEO
- Handle all visa applications for the CEO
- Make sure the CEO’s meetings are timely booked, and then properly reminded up to 3 times, accordingly to SOP
- Handle a wide variety of other things in the business such as admin, HR, finance, and business development-related tasks
Also complete a wide range of the CEO’s personal tasks every day, including completing a tickbox every day to make sure ALL of the following tasks below are done for the CEO:
- Arranging 3 meals with specific dietary requirements everyday
- Arranging daily exercise
- Make sure vitamins and supplements are taken daily
- Make sure fruits and nuts are taken daily
- Remind CEO to do pending tasks and oversee them completed
- CEO’s personal belongings are organized and readily packable for travel at a moment’s notice
- Ensure the CEO sleeps before a certain time
- Ensure the CEO completes other daily tasks as needed(meditation, etc)
- Laundry is arranged to be done once every 2 weeks
Requirements:
- Able to travel all of the time with CEO, as frequently as 1 new country or city each month and having no permanent place of residence.
- Due to frequent nomad-like traveling, it is preferred for this candidate to have no family or personal commitments
- Able to handle Ad-hoc and maid-like tasks as needed.
- 2 years of PA experience
Why work with us?
- Be a part of a company building the future of the digital economy enabled by blockchain technology
- Competitive salary paid in any currency or cryptocurrency of your choosing (including our tokens/equity so you can capitalize on the exponential growth of our startup with the possibility to achieve financial freedom).
- Fast-paced, challenging, faced with different issues every day – Life never gets boring in a start-up environment.
- Work with an international company & team.
- Great career development opportunities in a fast-growing company.
- Work remotely anywhere in the world with flexible working hours & casual work attire.
Is-Is this an ad for a personal assistant or for a nanny?? Make it make sense pls pic.twitter.com/eQFs12dIqh
— Sharifah Hani Yasmin (@sharifahyasmiin) September 20, 2022