Anonymous
Post 02/17/2019 20:23     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We just agreed to $300 for Friday night through Sunday afternoon.


I was the original $300 poster. This is what we paid our former au pair for a weekend of babysitting and everyone was happy.


What you did was illegal and I hope somewhere along the line that you get caught


Um, did you miss the former part?


What former part? She was having her au pair work way over 45 hours and paying her. Both of which are against au pair policy.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2019 09:01     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We just agreed to $300 for Friday night through Sunday afternoon.


I was the original $300 poster. This is what we paid our former au pair for a weekend of babysitting and everyone was happy.


What you did was illegal and I hope somewhere along the line that you get caught


Um, did you miss the former part?
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2019 08:18     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
$100 for sleeping hours and regular hourly rate for awake hours. For our sitter, that is $20/hr.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2019 08:16     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We just agreed to $300 for Friday night through Sunday afternoon.


I was the original $300 poster. This is what we paid our former au pair for a weekend of babysitting and everyone was happy.


What you did was illegal and I hope somewhere along the line that you get caught
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2019 00:02     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
$300÷ 44 hours = $6.82/hr, not even minimum wage.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2019 21:40     Subject: Re:Payment for weekend sitter?
300 minimum, I'd pay $350. (More if I could afford it)
To the person who suggested $100 total...you are nuts!
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2019 21:27     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
Anonymous wrote:We just agreed to $300 for Friday night through Sunday afternoon.


I was the original $300 poster. This is what we paid our former au pair for a weekend of babysitting and everyone was happy.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2019 21:24     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
OP I think $300 is pretty fair (and I babysit part-time).
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2019 20:37     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
Enjoy yourself OP because your niece is going to find out how you screwed her and she's never going to sit for you again plus she will tell all her friends how you cheated her. You are persona non grata to every babysitter in the neighborhood.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2019 18:21     Subject: Payment for weekend sitter?
Anonymous wrote:It's her niece! She is family, not an employee, and most responses here are absurd. I house sat and baby Sat 2nd cousins for weekends for no payment when I was in my early 20s. If you think she is expecting payment, ask her or ask her mom what is reasonable. A token payment would probably be well received, but definitely discuss it with her up front. And, you can say you want to come to something reasonable for both, so that if you and she do it again you are both comfortable.


Nieces don’t owe you free labor.