Martha Stewart has 30 employees working out of her New York farm, where a concierge doctor gives them all COVID-19 tests twice a week
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Lauren Edmonds
Feb 24, 2021, 05:47 IST
Martha Stewart transitioned her business operations to her New York farm.Cindy Ord/ Getty Images
Martha Stewart turned her home into a production studio during the pandemic, and 30 employees are working there.
A concierge doctor administers COVID-19 tests twice a week at the farm in Bedford, New York.
Stewart, 79, received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in January.
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When the pandemic shut down offices, Martha Stewart transformed her large New York farm into a makeshift TV production studio with more than two dozen staffers.
According to an interview with Harper's Bazaar's Jada Yuan published Tuesday, Stewart had been in the process of designing a new Manhattan headquarters fit for 150 employees when the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
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While Stewart, 79, has shared fun Instagram posts during quarantine - like her snowplowing adventures and thirst-trap selfies - she's also been operating her successful lifestyle business from home all the while.
Since March, Stewart said she's managed to keep her entire staff on payroll with no layoffs and even expanded her team.
She hired a concierge doctor to perform COVID-19 tests twice a week and enforced efforts like social distancing, face masks, and staffers eating lunch inside their cars. (When two people tested positive, they quarantined away from the farm.)
According to Stewart, the trick to creating a smooth work environment with 30 people inside a home is equality and respect. Everyone, from creative directors to housekeepers, are "on the same plane."
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"There's no hierarchy in my life. I will wash the floor if I have to wash the floor. I'll take out the garbage if nobody else has taken out the garbage. The CEO should be available to everybody at all times, if possible," said Stewart.
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