What kind of job could this be? And why have a baby?

[Anonymous]

op, are you a medical resident?

[Anonymous]

residents have to be at the hospital at 6 pm and sometimes get home at 7pm or later. The kid is at school the rest of the day. I mean, I am assuming. I used to be a nanny for someone like this.

[Anonymous]

MYOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone on my local FB group is looking for a nanny for a baby, the hours will be 5am-9am and then again 4pm-7pm. Will they even see their baby? This makes me sad. I had parents who worked quite literally all of my waking hours and I felt so lonely.

Also, what kind of job would be split like this?

Just because your parents sucked does not mean these people suck. Your parents should have had another child. Having one child is so selfish and very lonely and unfair for the child.

[Anonymous]

A few more possibilities:

1) The other parent is deploying (or similar) for a year (or similar time frame). The parenting hiring the nanny still works FT and needs morning/evening coverage because she is single parenting.

2) There has just been a death or divorce, the parenting hiring the nanny cannot just quit his or her existing job and is “making it work” until he or she can figure out what’s next.

3) The parent(s) don’t consistently need that coverage, but need it often enough that they will pay for the nanny to be “on call”, instead of having to scramble to find coverage when needed. For example, she’s a lobbyist and has a lot of fundraising breakfasts or receptions to attend. He frequently travels, so he can’t do pickups or drop offs on short notice. Not every night, but enough nights that it makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Bus driver. Just like my grandfather, in a large US city. He drove the rush hours: 5-10am, and 3-7 pm. He worked in shifts and slept in shifts.

[Anonymous]

Nurses. I asked the nurses in the hospital when I was at Suburban for a week last year. 12 hour shifts. How did they do it with their kids? (And several of them were pregnant.) Piece together help for 3 days. But 4 days completely off to be with their kids and yet make a full-time salary with benefits made it worth it. They were all adamant about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone on my local FB group is looking for a nanny for a baby, the hours will be 5am-9am and then again 4pm-7pm. Will they even see their baby? This makes me sad. I had parents who worked quite literally all of my waking hours and I felt so lonely.

Also, what kind of job would be split like this?

5 am?She must be paying $100/hr!