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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious - why do you prefer live in? What does it solved for?  The challenge we have is in last minute unexpected needs (a meeting running long, a last minute call scheduled, a flight delayed (in normal times).  I fantasize an au pair or live in would solve for a lot of this but I’m assuming they still have a very set schedule and would be annoyed by last minute changes [/quote]

PP here.  I happen to be a live-in nanny.

You can find anything you want, as long as you’re prepared to pay for it.

One position was 20 hours weekly, but I was on call 18 hours per day 6 days per week until we got to those 20 hours.  Sometimes I was off my Tuesday afternoon, other times I wasn’t able to go and do anything until Saturday evening.  No housekeeping, basic childcare only, $500 weekly.

Another position was $1000 for 24/5 availability.  I worked mornings and evenings, but I was paid to be available during the school day and overnight, that way my employer didn’t have to leave work for anything to happened during the day and could travel overnight without needing to find someone to stay with the kids (1 night every other week on average, frequently with very little notice).

I’ve also worked 24/7, because the single dad had 30-60 minutes notice about when he needed to be at work.  For consistency for the kids (homeschooling), I was on whether he was there or not, but he spent as much time with them as he could.

Other positions have just had more flexibility for start and end times.  We had a base schedule and if I needed to start earlier, they let me know as soon as they knew.  If they were running late, they texted as soon as they knew they would be late and told me as much as they knew about when they would be available to take over.

However, I look for families with whom I become part of the family.  They don’t ask me to leave common areas so that they can have family time.  I can add anything I want to the grocery list (frequently I’m the one making the list and getting the groceries anyway).  I’m welcome to join the family/parents for dinner, even if I’m coming out just for the meal before I go somewhere else.  And I’m always invited along for dinner out or activities, unless it’s a child-parent 1-1 time.  I make sure not to take advantage of any of the above, but the flexibility that you describe doesn’t happen without resentment if the nanny is expected to be not seen or heard when they’re not working.[/quote]

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