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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The next sitter you find, pay them a little better than they charge/market rate and give a small bonus after each gig. 
I deal with a lot of low paid gig workers and they have a lot of gigs to choose from. They have the luxury of not dealing with difficult clients, and they have a lot of not great not terrible clients who don’t give them the reason to reject them but also no reason to really be a good worker since there are so many.
My strategy is to find a generally reliable person and make their job worth it - small extras, establishing rapport, never ever micromanaging, and bonuses! This is key I tell you.
Not saying it’s how it should be, just the situation on the market. Reliability is usually a built in feature but for retention, once you find someone reliable, treat them super well![/quote]

I tipped 20% every singled time.   We travel a lot last minute and I wanted her to want to feed our cats and it seemed like she did.  Always eager for a gig and seems to really like our cats.  We don’t micromanage. We offered her drinks or snacks when she stops by   Didn’t say anything when she changed their feeding schedule.  We just let her do her thing because we want someone who a) is reliable b) likes our cats c) is trustworthy

And compared to others her rate is a bit higher. Two visits a day to feed and scoop litter box.  $50  We didn’t retain some random neighbor, she is a professional pet sitter with a licensed business.  We did our due diligence.    [/quote]

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