Hand on the run

November 19, 2007 Understanding bosses and a solid support network are crucial, to be sure, but dependable child care, weekend escapes and a strong body are perhaps no less important to keeping the ever-precarious balance of being a fully functioning worker and parent. Founded only a year ago by Lori Zuker Briller, a former development executive, Rachel Zaslansky, a former assistant to CAA's Kevin Huvane, and Caroline Bassett, who had worked in staffing agencies, Grapevine places baby nurses and nannies -- as well as personal chefs, estate managers and assistants -- with a level of vigilance that makes nanny cams all but irrelevant. Does English need to be the employee's first language? Grapevine charges a percentage of the placed employee's annual salary, which ranges between 15%-20% and includes a 90-day satisfaction guarantee, within which time the company will replace the employee for free.

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