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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a nanny.  I have been with my current family almost 7 years, since the first kid was born.  I work a split shift, start the day at 6:30am, and at 8pm.  I don’t get paid all the hours in between but I am on call for most of them.  I get paid for 55 hours per week.  Summers a d holidays (and all through COVID school closures) I work all those hours.

I do everything for the kids: make all their food, schedule all their appointments, do all their laundry, keep their toys tidy, buy all their groceries and buy clothes when they outgrow last season.  The parents (between the two of them) see the kids maybe 20 hours over the course of a week—including weekends.  They constantly micromanage everything I do and when I told them I was underpaid (I make $25 per hour), they said that all their friends pay their nannies the same—I am sure they do!  I am also sure their friends’ nannies are not doing everything that I do.  I leave a spotless house Friday nights and arrive home to a mess and then they tell me that I am not organized or tidy.  I should just leave and find a job making the same amount with no split shift and fewer duties but I am the kids’ primary caregiver.  I wish the parents were interested in seeing how much I do and showing some appreciation.[/quote]

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