$140,000 'dream job' is available again

[Demovictory9]

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.



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The tiny island is three-quarters of an acre with no Wi-Fi or television, and relies on a rain harvesting system and redwood tank for running water. Earnings are a percentage of the inn’s profits, which makes the whole proposition — a two-year commitment — a bit of a gamble, especially in uncertain times. The inn has been closed throughout the pandemic, but will reopen in September. The new innkeepers, whoever they are, will start next month.

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/San-Francisco-Bay-East-Brother-hiring-innkeeper-16294356.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-Editors-Picks

[LifeLongDemocratic]

1. Dream Job?

Why would anyone call this a dream job?

[Demovictory9]

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.

[BGBD]

12. They get a cut of the profits

So not even 140k if things are bad.....and in 2020 things were very bad.

[spooky3]

4. Agree. The hourly rate for two people EACH likely working 80 or more hours per week

Doing difficult work is not great.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Requiring a married couple sounds illegal to me PLUS is it 140K for EACH or both? F this.

[Demovictory9]

5. both, IF they can earn enough profits...so looks like 140K not guaranteed

[jmowreader]

13. I don't think you'd HAVE to be married

If two friends showed up - one with a USCG 25-ton license and the other with a Culinary degree from a top restaurant school like CIA or Johnson & Wales - they’d probably be considered favorably. Just so you know, many small hotels hire married couples to run the facility.

[Demovictory9]

16. I noticed that other businesses such as storage units seem to eely on couples

[JI7]

6. Pay is too little for the amount of work and other requirements and since they want a couple

it's actually 70k a person.

Reading the description it seems like they should hire more people .

But now i'm wondering if the purpose of this whole thing was more to promote the place .

[Rhiagel]

7. Looks like a Perfect Job for Basil Fawlty

What could go wrong?

[Chainfire]

8. I have my dream job right now

The pay is not great, but the hours are variable, the work load is very light, and I adore my new boss. I retired three years ago.

[LakeArenal]

14. Yeah our retired boss has been fired.

We are free wheeling..

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Yeah, no.

Sounds like a fuck job.

[Happy Hoosier]

10. The pay is kinda low for the required duties... NT

[Wounded Bear]

11. So, they want two people to volunteer to be overworked at shit wages?

Sounds like a job for a substantial crew, possibly 6-8 people or more, not 2.

I'll pass.

[Demovictory9]

17. Agreed

[LakeArenal]

15. MacD's sounds better than that

In two years you could make asst manager or something.

[Wounded Bear]

18. And you get to go home at night...