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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I call it total bs. Jobs are there but kids are too lazy to work. Mowing, dog walking, babysitting…etc. [/quote]

The problem is again minimum wage. Would you rather hire a seasoned babysitter on care.com or a dog walking business or a teen who expects minimum wage? Unless you know the teen really well it's easier to hire someone seasoned for that much money an hour. For mowing you want a service or someone who has used a lawnmower for years to avoid injury. Years ago you hired teens because it was cheap and their parents weren't going to sue if they hurt themselves.[/quote]

Huh?? VA's minimum wage is $12.77. I'd LOVE to hire a babysitter for that amount. A teen costs $20 an hour, a seasoned babysitter on care.com is $30. No one is paying minimum wage. Dog walkers get $25 for a half an hour walk. (I have a 4lb dog and we've had to negotiate because my dog is completely not interested in anything more than a 10 minute walk, so I want the rest of the time to be spent petting or throwing her toys for her).

I typically hire teens because my kids think they're fun. [/quote]

You have to consider their time to get to your house and to the next job. So, its not just 10 minutes.  Plus, if they are driving, driving expenses.[/quote]

Those are expenses for any job.  Don’t understand the point.[/quote]

Exactly, why are they charging $25 for 30 minutes, as they include that time when they determine their rate?  Why would anyone want to walk your dog for $10 for 10 minutes, as it's not worth their time?  They'd lose money.  They are dog walkers, not sitters.  They aren't going to sit there in your house, where you could accuse them of things, petting or hanging out with your dog.

A half-hour walk, if they have to go from house to house is really 45-60 minutes.[/quote]

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