Anonymous
Post 07/20/2018 18:30     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
$100 is generous. She is want going out of her way and it doesn’t take long to water 10 plants.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 14:48     Subject: Re:how much to pay plant waterer
OP here - we asked her to water 10 or so potted plants (not a yard). All outside but 1.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 14:15     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
OP - how big is your yard, how long does it take to water, and how far did she have to drive??
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 14:13     Subject: Re:how much to pay plant waterer
we paid 5$/trip but it was a preteen neighbor.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 14:08     Subject: Re:how much to pay plant waterer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here - if $9/trip is too low, what do you consider fair?


$10 seems fine unless she did a lot of outside watering. A dog walker gets like $18 to come to your house, feed the dog, and take the dog on a 15-30min walk.


Oops I mean $9 seems fine. I was thinking $10/trip and just rounding down to $100 would be ok.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 14:06     Subject: Re:how much to pay plant waterer
Anonymous wrote:OP here - if $9/trip is too low, what do you consider fair?


$10 seems fine unless she did a lot of outside watering. A dog walker gets like $18 to come to your house, feed the dog, and take the dog on a 15-30min walk.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 14:04     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:$100


too low. that's like $9/trip. no way i am doing anything to make $9.


Yeah but she was in the neighborhood and was in the home for what, 3 minutes per trip? If she spent 20 minutes watering all the garden beds in this heat, that’s different. Pro mowers get $30-35 to mow and it takes them much longer.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 14:01     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
It depends on how many plants she watered and how long it took her. Think in terms of an hourly rate for an outdoor activity (I'm assuming you are talking about outdoor plants).
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 12:42     Subject: Re:how much to pay plant waterer
OP here - if $9/trip is too low, what do you consider fair?
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 12:31     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
Anonymous wrote:$100


too low. that's like $9/trip. no way i am doing anything to make $9.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 12:18     Subject: Re:how much to pay plant waterer
$100 seems right depending on amount of watering and whether she watered stuff outside. If it was just mail and a couple of houseplants, I’d want to pay more like $75-80.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 12:15     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
$100
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 12:13     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
Sorry for the lack of detail. She is a nanny, probably in her early to mid 30s, who works in the neighborhood so the commute wasn't very long. We met her through our former nanny.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 12:07     Subject: Re:how much to pay plant waterer
Who is she and how old is she? A friend? A church member? A neighborhood kid?
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2018 11:27     Subject: how much to pay plant waterer
hi, we went on vacation for three weeks and had someone water our plants for us and bring in the mail. She did so 11 times. How much is a fair rate to pay her for that work? Unfortunately, we didn't discuss a rate before she did the work and I think she is expecting us to come up with it.

thanks in advance!