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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all, we hired a full time housekeeper to replace our long term nanny once our kids were at school full time in August. The HK has a lot of experience and good references from prior employers. She works 7am - 3pm, and her role includes cooking breakfast, preparing dinner and leaving it ready, all of the day to day family laundry, and full housekeeping. Pros are that she is reliable and punctual, happy and pleasant, tries hard. Cons are that she moves and thinks very slowly, it takes her much longer than most to complete simple tasks, she needs a lot of very specific feedback because her judgment isn't great, even with feedback she still misses stuff or screws stuff up. For example, this week she decided to use bleach on a stain on a dark sweater, and of course destroyed the sweater altogether. She's been with us since August and I'm trying to decide if we should stick with her or find a replacement. We pay her $30/hr, on the books, with PTO etc so it's a lot, and would be fine if the house was really clean or organized, but instead I spend weekends doing stuff that our nanny would always be on top of, such as organizing the kid's clothes, toys, putting the clothes in the right bedrooms because HK really struggles with this. WWYD?[/quote]

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