Am I am being fair?????
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Anonymous
| Today I finally sat down With MB and DB and told her that I wasn't really happy being not paid salaried. As of right now I'm work thirty hours for them, three days a week. As of now they have been doing they are paying me for the time worked. As if they don't need me I make up the hours. Me and MB had agreed i would make up the hours but as they begin piling up it didn't sit well with me. I feel like they should pay since i set aside the time for them. They think since Mom isnt salaried neither should i...It didn't really go over well and they told me they would think about it and get back to me Wednesday. I'm just wanted gather some ideas that I can bring to the table for them when we talk so everyone can be happy. What's a good package I can propose?????? |
Anonymous
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It's going to be hard for people to advise you without knowing your needs and circumstances.
30 hours a week is substantial, so it makes sense that you'd need to depend on those hours. Personally I would require those hours to be guaranteed or I'd begin looking for a new job. If that isn't the direction you want to head, you could propose a compromise like - you're paid for 30 hours each week and if they don't use you some of that time you'll reschedule up to half of the hours for another time (date night?) but at no point can you owe them more than 10 hours of work. It really is going to vary from nanny to nanny (and family to family) so you'll just need to think creatively about your needs and how these folks can meet them. |
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I'm an MB and believe strongly in guaranteed hrs as a very important tool to retaining a nanny long-term. It simply makes sense to me, BUT i am salaried. If I only got paid when I clocked hours then I likely would need to find a nanny that was about to match that. The downside though has to be that the nanny would sometimes not be available to work if she can't count on regular hours with you.
It may just not be a good fit with this family, OP, since I think people that work on contract have a harder time understanding that they are paying for a "slot" in your schedule the same way they would if they used daycare. |
Anonymous
| I feel like the days I'm scheduled to work should be paid no matter what. I think it's fair that I'm not nickeled and dimed every time something comes up. I've watched them spend thousands on a new tv, a hot tub, new furniture and etc but yet they don't wanna pay me or the days they have me set aside to work. With no compensation package what so ever. To me that's bull. |
Anonymous
| What is something I can offer if they decline to pay me by the salary.... |
Anonymous
| It sounds like they want an on-call sitter and you want a nanny position. I think you should begin looking for a new job. |
Anonymous
you don't make sense. Calm down and write a more concrete post!!! |
Anonymous
| PP-Can you tell me what doesn't make sense and I can answer it????? |
Anonymous
| OP you make perfect sense. 30 hours, though not "full time" is still a significant portion of your schedule each week. They either need to pay you salaried (and you can work out some kind of banking situation for excessive unused hours), or you need to be strictly hourly-a use it or lose it situation for them. Banking plus hourly is just insulting. Better yet, as most posters have suggested, start looking for a position that you will actually feel valued at. |
Anonymous
| I have started looking actually been looking for a while. My plan was to stick it out and this position until I got my license and could attract better position. This job pays well and takes out taxes but that's about it. |
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OP, did you post before? I was trying to find your old post that I thought was yours but couldn't remember. I feel like I could give better advice if I could remember the specifics of your other post.
Please forgive me if I am wrong. |
Anonymous
| I posted something similar before I spoke to them....I can try to find it... |
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| Thanks OP....PP here who asked about the other posts. I'm glad you sat down and talked to them vs a letter. That said, I really do think it is probably best to find another position. With all 3 posts, it just sounds like you and your bosses will never reach a policy that you are all happy with. |