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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The going rate for an actual professional nanny in this area is $20-$25/hr. So if she's not cleaning up your daughter's plates and calling out - there's your reason why.[/quote]

I don't think this is true.  [b]We have a college kid as a FT nanny and pay $20/hour plus time-and-a-half overtime.[/b]  It took us months to get her to a basic level of cleaning up after the kids and even now it's spotty.  She's used to her parents cleaning up after her and doesn't even realize that she's left a mess.

For example, as a favor we let her use our house for a weekend so she could have space from her parents while we were gone.  We came home to fast food wrappers all over the counter.  It didn't even occur to her to put them in the trash.  It's  the same thing after she feeds the kids lunch. 
It never occurs to her to clean up.  She also stays with us in a guest room several nights a week and on several occasions we've had to wake her up for work at 8 AM.  She says she forgot to set an alarm.  It's totally a maturity thing.  We've kept working with her on these things and it has gotten better, but if there wasn't a pandemic-induced childcare shortage we'd probably have moved on to someone else last fall.
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You call it maturity. I call it inexperience. An experienced, professional nanny would know not to agree to stay at your house so you can 'wake her up' for work at 8AM without overnight rates.

Every hour in your house is a paid hour. The fact that you're phrasing it is a favor to her is all I need to know.[/quote]No, every hour in our house isn't a paid hour.  That's not how it works with live in help.  She's working only when she's working.  When she's not working, she is off duty.  We provide a room because the commute to her parent's house is a bit long and she wants to save money for school instead of getting an apartment.  We don't need her to stay here, but she wanted to so we agreed she could use a bedroom.  It certainly wasn't so we could wake her up for work.

You clearly are inexperienced with live in help.[/quote]

The nanny mentioned isn't 'live-in'. A live-in nanny gets full benefits, housing which often includes their own studio kitchenette and bathroom, and often a car for personal use plus excellent wages. The PP clearly stated the nanny was only over at the house on some occasions overnight. Which puts her in the territory of an overnight stay that you pay for.

Stop being cheap.[/quote]

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