ISO part time cook/housekeeper

[Anonymous]

I’ve often wondered about this myself. To get more hours, would 2 or 3 families get together snd have the maid/chef rotate so they get full time work and you get part time help. It seems like a win win, does anyone do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve often wondered about this myself. To get more hours, would 2 or 3 families get together snd have the maid/chef rotate so they get full time work and you get part time help. It seems like a win win, does anyone do this?

That seems like a pretty underhanded way of avoiding proper employment. How would taxes be handled? Benefits? Offer leave? You have to think through the implications for the employee to realize why this isn't a thing.

[Anonymous]

I love these people who say "It's so overwhelming to cook/clean my house/be home with my kids. Everything takes so long, I never have enough time, and I'm always exhausted." And then they turn around and advertise for someone to do twice as much in one-third the time, with additional chores waiting when said service provider "has some downtime."

OP, for $25/hour, you're looking at a freezer full of Trader Joe's, a pantry of dried pasta, and a box of cleaning wipes on the kitchen table. All deployed by you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I pay both my housekeeper and my meal prep chef $165 every time they come.. the housekeeper comes for 1.5 hours every other week and the chef comes once/week and makes 3-4 meals for my family of four, but I buy the groceries. I hope this helps set your expectations for what these services may cost.

How did you find the meal prep chef?

[Anonymous]

This is all due to the decline of household help for the middle class that was prevalent until the 1950s. I need an Amelia Bedelia, minus the misunderstandings. She did everything..lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all due to the decline of household help for the middle class that was prevalent until the 1950s. I need an Amelia Bedelia, minus the misunderstandings. She did everything..lol

I don't think most 1950s families had an Amelia Bedelia. My family members who were alive at that time did not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciate the helpful feedback. The aggressive feedback (not so much). I'd provide the food and basic recipes for person to follow. I'd be willing to go up to $25-$30 an hour (part of me posting is also to get a sense of the market). Perhaps this could be done in one or two days a week (maybe two five hour days? or one eight hour day?). The light housekeeping is mostly just cleaning up the mess from the cooking (and if there is any extra quiet time when someone is there, I might give a task or two so someone is doing something if there is idle time).

I live in downtown Silver Spring MD. If anyone is interested please post and I'll reach out.

I worked in catering/food service and absolutely no way would anyone who actually cooked agree to this.

She doesn’t seem to be looking for a pro. She just needs an adult with basic cooking skills to stop by a few hours a week and do normal adult things.

I run my own business and I have time for this little job. I’m just too far away to make it worth my time. OP, if I were your neighbor, I’d do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never posted, so apologies if in the wrong spot. I'm looking for advice on hiring a cook/housekeeper to work about 10 hours a week spread out over 2/3 days in my home in silver spring. Duties would include preparing meals for dinner, cleaning up and light housework if there is leftover time. I'm willing to pay between $20-$25/hour. If anyone knows where to look or has any leads, I'd love the input.

I have a cook that I use once a week. Going rate is 35/hour. Minimum of 6 hours for every session. She does not do light housework but she cleans up the kitchen and stores the cooked food very well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I were close to you, you bought all the ingredients, and gave me the recipes, I would do it.

The unicorn you’re looking for is a military spouse who doesn’t have a career because they move too much, but she’s bored and would love some additional income.

Meant to quote this one. Military and civilian sahms didn't choose to sah to support YOUR family.

Weirdly defensive. Are you trolling?

Not all of them are moms. And if they have older kids, this could be done during school hours. Lots of people would like an extra $1,000 a month . I am a military spouse in exactly this position. I just don’t live near OP.

A mature college student would work too since they sometimes have a day or two with light load.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never posted, so apologies if in the wrong spot. I'm looking for advice on hiring a cook/housekeeper to work about 10 hours a week spread out over 2/3 days in my home in silver spring. Duties would include preparing meals for dinner, cleaning up and light housework if there is leftover time. I'm willing to pay between $20-$25/hour. If anyone knows where to look or has any leads, I'd love the input.

I have a cook that I use once a week. Going rate is 35/hour. Minimum of 6 hours for every session. She does not do light housework but she cleans up the kitchen and stores the cooked food very well.

OP here, I'd be interested in getting her info. Thank you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate the helpful feedback. The aggressive feedback (not so much). I'd provide the food and basic recipes for person to follow. I'd be willing to go up to $25-$30 an hour (part of me posting is also to get a sense of the market). Perhaps this could be done in one or two days a week (maybe two five hour days? or one eight hour day?). The light housekeeping is mostly just cleaning up the mess from the cooking (and if there is any extra quiet time when someone is there, I might give a task or two so someone is doing something if there is idle time).

I live in downtown Silver Spring MD. If anyone is interested please post and I'll reach out.

I worked in catering/food service and absolutely no way would anyone who actually cooked agree to this.

She doesn’t seem to be looking for a pro. She just needs an adult with basic cooking skills to stop by a few hours a week and do normal adult things.

I run my own business and I have time for this little job. I’m just too far away to make it worth my time. OP, if I were your neighbor, I’d do it.

I think this is a key point. No one would want to do this unless it is extremely convenient for them. No one will want to get in a car and actually drive to such a short, low paid job. It would have to be someone who lives within a few mintues walk.

[Anonymous]

I have this for $25 an hour but she comes for 30-35 hrs a week. That’s probably the minimum people want. Would that work? She has cousins who would do the same

[Anonymous]

Too low.

[Anonymous]

Now that all the illegals are being deported, good luck finding anyone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were close to you, you bought all the ingredients, and gave me the recipes, I would do it.

The unicorn you’re looking for is a military spouse who doesn’t have a career because they move too much, but she’s bored and would love some additional income.

Lol yeah she is hanging out with the college student who also wants this crummy part time job.