Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 16:15     Subject: Re:How much to offer
OP: should I instead look for an au pair for this job?
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 15:03     Subject: Re:How much to offer
Anonymous wrote:If I were you, I would look for a full time person, with the understanding that he/she is doing the extra (errands, cooking, laundry) when your child/children are in school. But that way you have someone full time for all of the days that school is closed fall/winter/spring break, all those teacher service days, summer, etc..


+1. Our nanny shifted hours to 12 to 7 and became a house manager when not with the kids - but no cooking for parents! There are so many great meal services out there like Freshly that asking the nanny to cook is silly.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 14:39     Subject: Re:How much to offer
If I were you, I would look for a full time person, with the understanding that he/she is doing the extra (errands, cooking, laundry) when your child/children are in school. But that way you have someone full time for all of the days that school is closed fall/winter/spring break, all those teacher service days, summer, etc..
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 14:29     Subject: How much to offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow! that is a lot. Is there a local NC group to ask? We paid $30/hr. here for pt dependable after-school care and did not include any of the following--

Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands.


OP. I guess I am in for a rude awakening bc this doesn’t seem like a lot to me. It just seems like a job. It’s what SAHMs without help do.



SAHMs have 16 hours to accomplish it in their own homes. Not comparable to outsourced help.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 14:24     Subject: Re:How much to offer
Honest to God, OP, I couldn’t tell you. We have a personal chef who comes once a week who shops for and prepared five family style meals for us for $500 a week and a full time, educated nanny who does the rest at $27 an hour excluding parents laundry.

I can’t begin to imagine what one person would cost.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 14:21     Subject: Re:How much to offer
Just finding someone reliable for afterschool pick up is a feat, OP.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 14:07     Subject: How much to offer
You need Alice. Good luck finding her!
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 13:48     Subject: Re:How much to offer
OP what were you hoping to pay?
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 13:45     Subject: How much to offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow! that is a lot. Is there a local NC group to ask? We paid $30/hr. here for pt dependable after-school care and did not include any of the following--

Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands.


OP. I guess I am in for a rude awakening bc this doesn’t seem like a lot to me. It just seems like a job. It’s what SAHMs without help do.


But babysitters don't drive kids places. And nannies don't make dinner for the family or grocery shop.


Since when? These are normal expectations (maybe not the dinners but driving and grocery shopping seem fine).


Nope. Nannies do not cook dinner for the family or grocery shop. They will cook dinner for the KIDS. Not the parents.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 13:44     Subject: How much to offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow! that is a lot. Is there a local NC group to ask? We paid $30/hr. here for pt dependable after-school care and did not include any of the following--

Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands.


OP. I guess I am in for a rude awakening bc this doesn’t seem like a lot to me. It just seems like a job. It’s what SAHMs without help do.


But babysitters don't drive kids places. And nannies don't make dinner for the family or grocery shop.


Since when? These are normal expectations (maybe not the dinners but driving and grocery shopping seem fine).
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 13:06     Subject: How much to offer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow! that is a lot. Is there a local NC group to ask? We paid $30/hr. here for pt dependable after-school care and did not include any of the following--

Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands.


OP. I guess I am in for a rude awakening bc this doesn’t seem like a lot to me. It just seems like a job. It’s what SAHMs without help do.


But babysitters don't drive kids places. And nannies don't make dinner for the family or grocery shop.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 12:03     Subject: How much to offer
Anonymous wrote:Wow! that is a lot. Is there a local NC group to ask? We paid $30/hr. here for pt dependable after-school care and did not include any of the following--

Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands.


OP. I guess I am in for a rude awakening bc this doesn’t seem like a lot to me. It just seems like a job. It’s what SAHMs without help do.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 11:59     Subject: How much to offer
Wow! that is a lot. Is there a local NC group to ask? We paid $30/hr. here for pt dependable after-school care and did not include any of the following--

Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 11:54     Subject: How much to offer
Anonymous wrote:Starting a new job in the Research Triangle area and will need an after school helper to pick kid up from school, make sure kid does homework before dinner, and take to after school activities. Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands. Will have a separate house cleaner. How much to offer and by the hour or by the week?


$22 an hour.
Anonymous
Post 06/16/2021 11:50     Subject: How much to offer
Starting a new job in the Research Triangle area and will need an after school helper to pick kid up from school, make sure kid does homework before dinner, and take to after school activities. Would like for this person to make dinner for the week and also do kid laundry, grocery shop when needed, and occasional errands. Will have a separate house cleaner. How much to offer and by the hour or by the week?