“Babysitting job perfect for a college student”- dog whistle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve said that, and I didn’t mean educated. I was just looking for a few hours per week but every week, and I was trying to help people think of folks who might have a schedule that would work with what I’m looking for, so they could connect us. A full time nanny wouldn’t want the job I posted. Fortunately a few people asked their Nannies (who wanted extra hours) and a couple of SAHMs responded.

Fwiw, all were educated and none were white. My post wasn’t aimed at any particular education level or race. Just schedule/availability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many BIPOC go to college.
Many BIPOC are SAHMs.
Maybe ask yourself why you assume educated = white?

+1, This is clearly a popular way of trying to weed out tweens but somehow OP totally missed that!

[Anonymous]

I have posted for a babysitter before and have gotten dozens of nannies and preschool teachers who want $25 an hour. Good for them, but I just want a teen I can pay $15 an hour to. I even put my kids to bed before we go out, so a nanny is overqualified.

Also, my oldest is starting to stay up to hang out with our babysitter and she really looks up to these high school seniors. She thinks it’s so cool they will play with her. She wouldn’t feel the same way about a 40 year old woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read that language as, they want to pay a modest hourly wage (“a little extra money”), not what a nanny would charge.

It’s this. It’s code for “we’re cheap and not willing to pay market value for childcare.”

+1 the only dog whistle here is “this is a great job for someone who doesn’t need the money and won’t judge us“

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read that language as, they want to pay a modest hourly wage (“a little extra money”), not what a nanny would charge.

It’s this. It’s code for “we’re cheap and not willing to pay market value for childcare.”

+1 the only dog whistle here is “this is a great job for someone who doesn’t need the money and won’t judge us“

Wtf? There are tons of teens who are thrilled to make $15 an hour. Retail pays way less than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As other races tend to say, 'I want someone who looks like me and reflects my culture.' So yes, I can ask that for my kids' babysitters. OP, you are way off.

It's different when you're marginalized. What a disgusting comparison.

Avoid these woke posters.

PP is right on. I want people from my culture taking care of my kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read that language as, they want to pay a modest hourly wage (“a little extra money”), not what a nanny would charge.

It’s this. It’s code for “we’re cheap and not willing to pay market value for childcare.”

+1 the only dog whistle here is “this is a great job for someone who doesn’t need the money and won’t judge us“

Wtf? There are tons of teens who are thrilled to make $15 an hour. Retail pays way less than that.

This. Nannies may make $30 an hour. But in my community, run of the mill hourly sitters still only charge $15 or so an hour. These are the one off jobs where I don’t need them to have a car, make dinner, help with algebra homework, work on language skills, or be cpr certified. I literally need someone to come at 7:30, put the bowl of Mac and cheese in front of DS (that I already made), and surf the internet while Ds watched tv until 10:30 or so at which point the sitter needs to tell him to go to bed. And then I come home at 11, and the sitter can go out and party with her friends.

This is what the post is intended to capture: a college educated responsible person who actually shows up, but doesn’t expect to get professional nanny wages to just watch tv for four hours.

[Anonymous]

this just means its a very one-off job. looking for someone reasonably qualified but dont want full-time nanny applicants (dont have endless time to screen either). i dont know your particular neighborhood but i dont think its remotely intended to be racist. if you dont fit the profile but nonetheless have interest in this type of one-off job, apply indicating interest and list your other valid experience. early 20-something sitters are good for one-off babysitting jobs but also lots flakier than other ages.

[Anonymous]

All the high school girls in m classes make $15 per hour. I teach in the magnet program and they are thrilled to earn this much over the weekends. They do get some studying done after the kids go to bed. And yes, the pre-teens find them really cool to hang out with.

[Anonymous]

I think this is going to blow your minds but.. LOTs of college students, stay at home moms and teachers are women of color, they are also Upper middle class. where do you people live that you dot see this? do you just have some sort of blindness that you dont see all of the UMC POC living around you?? Also since they are more likely to have less wealth, they are more likely to be looking for a job.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher who used to babysit when I first started teaching to earn some extra money. (Grad school loans to pay.) However, the parents also wanted me to tutor their kids in addition to babysitting. As if it were included in my 20/hr babysitting fee! I quickly steered them strait: "No, my tutoring fee is 50/hr. How would you like to split up the babysitting and tutoring hours this evening while I am here tonight?"

Warning to young teachers that some of these parents will try to take advantage of you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I read that language as, they want to pay a modest hourly wage (“a little extra money”), not what a nanny would charge.

It’s this. It’s code for “we’re cheap and not willing to pay market value for childcare.”

I don't think that specific language means this, but yeah, these types of posts are usually cringy and entitled for this reason.

The pay often doesn't compensate for a person's time adequately. They often post a small hourly wage and then expect someone to happily drive to their house five times a week for 10 hours of work. A college kid could instead get a weekend job and commute twice for the same pay. Obviously the details differ from posting to posting, but the trend exists.

We used to live near a very large state school. We never had a problem getting sitters for $20/hr. My understanding is that these college girls prefer babysitting gigs / part time “nanny” gigs because they make a higher hourly wage than they would elsewhere (work study at the university, fast food restaurants, retail, etc.). Our last part time “nanny” subsequently took a job on campus at the golf shop making $13/hr. There aren’t that many part time gigs for college girls that have the same flexibility and a higher rate than babysitting. But I’d love to hear more about this high paying weekend job you mention… though most college girls like their weekends for themselves, no?

Sounds like we're talking about different things. This doesn’t have the college kid language, but these are the types of ads I used to see on my college jobs board.

https://www.sittercity.com/babysitting-jobs/dc/washington/12966710?distance=25&index_in_results=0&page=1&per_page=15&search_strategy=babysitter_job&sort=post_date&zipcode=20854

Pay range starts at $15, only a couple hours a day, but several days a week and more than one kid.

I don't know what those golf shop hours look like, but I'm guessing no one expected your old sitter to spend time commuting for only $30 a day.

[Anonymous]

When people on dcum say anything is for “a college student” they usually mean they don’t want to pay the market rate. I think it’s usually a fantasy about an employee who wants to work weird hours for a low rate. But in your case perhaps a dog whistle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read that language as, they want to pay a modest hourly wage (“a little extra money”), not what a nanny would charge.

It’s this. It’s code for “we’re cheap and not willing to pay market value for childcare.”

I don't think that specific language means this, but yeah, these types of posts are usually cringy and entitled for this reason.

The pay often doesn't compensate for a person's time adequately. They often post a small hourly wage and then expect someone to happily drive to their house five times a week for 10 hours of work. A college kid could instead get a weekend job and commute twice for the same pay. Obviously the details differ from posting to posting, but the trend exists.

We used to live near a very large state school. We never had a problem getting sitters for $20/hr. My understanding is that these college girls prefer babysitting gigs / part time “nanny” gigs because they make a higher hourly wage than they would elsewhere (work study at the university, fast food restaurants, retail, etc.). Our last part time “nanny” subsequently took a job on campus at the golf shop making $13/hr. There aren’t that many part time gigs for college girls that have the same flexibility and a higher rate than babysitting. But I’d love to hear more about this high paying weekend job you mention… though most college girls like their weekends for themselves, no?

Sounds like we're talking about different things. This doesn’t have the college kid language, but these are the types of ads I used to see on my college jobs board.

https://www.sittercity.com/babysitting-jobs/dc/washington/12966710?distance=25&index_in_results=0&page=1&per_page=15&search_strategy=babysitter_job&sort=post_date&zipcode=20854

Pay range starts at $15, only a couple hours a day, but several days a week and more than one kid.

I don't know what those golf shop hours look like, but I'm guessing no one expected your old sitter to spend time commuting for only $30 a day.

There is no way I as a college student would take that job for less than 25/hour. And what about the necessary car seats? Will the mom be installing them in my car each day then un-installing them all within the 2-hour time frame?

[Anonymous]

OP you’re looking for a reason to mad. They can’t look for a career nanny bc they’d assume the career nanny is working her career during nanny hours. I post similar jobs and would love a nanny to pick them up but these are during annoying hours, hence why I mention they might work for a teacher as they are after teaching hours. Why are you trying to make this into something it’s not? Oh & id prefer a Spanish speaker but I’m afraid to mention anything along those lines bc people looking for trouble will mis construe that. I don’t care what race anyone is.