op, are you a medical resident? |
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. |
MYOB |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
5 am?She must be paying $100/hr! |