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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve seen nanny housekeeper jobs posted. I think expectations should be very clear, ie 1 hour of childcare 3 hours of cleaning. This is probably easily managed.

And be clear in what you’re looking for in each, for example in that hour housekeeper/nanny drives kids to school. In the three hours cleans out the fridge, wipes it down, runs laundry, cleans a bathroom, cleans fruit and veggies for the week. Simple stuff like that.

[b]I think $30 an hour is more than fair for this kind of work, but you’ll find plenty of folks expecting much more than that on DCum[/b][/quote]

Because you can’t support yourself (let alone a family) on $30 an hour in the DC area.  Is that fair?[/quote]

Considering this should be an average of the type of work (nannying older children and housekeeping) yes. You can’t support yourself on minimum wage either, but that doesn’t stop companies from paying minimum wage. $30 dollars is the average of nannying and house cleaning in this area. There are people paid more and less than the average.[b] If you don’t want to take the job, don’t. [/b]But know that your job prospects will be relegated to high net-worth families only and they still might try to pay less than average. Blame the market for the pay rates. [/quote]

Good job identifying OP’s problem.  Looks like she’ll have to clean her own toilets.[/quote]

I have a housekeeper who drives my older kids around and she cleans the bathrooms for $33 an hour. However I don’t think it’s a demeaning job and scrub my toilets on a regular basis. Get down on my hands and knees to do baseboards too.

Why are you so opposed to some people willing to do both? Most stay at home mothers do this work, it’s not rocket science. I would not expect a woman to watch my 8 month old and mop the floors btw. Within reason is what’s key. When children are sleeping away at school or watching movies, can some housework get done, yes it can, should the nanny do it if that’s what was agreed to, yes she can. If she doesn’t want to (hint she doesn’t have to). It’s all up to what the employer and employee agree to. [/quote]

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