Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have one for about 8 hours a day. I’m a SAHM. She cleans, cook simple foods, helps with the kids since they have to be at different places at times. In terms of household management, she will tell me when I need to restock things and run errands like going to the store as needed. It’s great and has made my life so much better.
Wow. You’re a stay at home mom who hired someone to do your job. I gotta give it to you, that’s the dream right there.
Anonymous wrote:I have one for about 8 hours a day. I’m a SAHM. She cleans, cook simple foods, helps with the kids since they have to be at different places at times. In terms of household management, she will tell me when I need to restock things and run errands like going to the store as needed. It’s great and has made my life so much better.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our children are in school until the afternoon and, when we lived abroad and in another part of the country, we had "Alices." In DMV, we hired an Alice with a guaranteed income of $75,000 plus 2 weeks vacation, 1 week sick time, and all fed holidays off and paid. Nevertheless, she was awful. She didn't want to clean and kept putting more and more conditions on cleaning - no cleaning on days the children were on vacation and at home, no cleaning outdoors, no cleaning of bathtubs or toilets. We finally gave up and hired 2 part-time people for more money.
I'm sure you can find someone good, but be prepared to pay close to 6 figures (no joke).
$75 000 still low for a house manager plus nanny and all-and no health stipend ???? Glad she left you!
Most house managers make close to 6 figure/year.
Anonymous wrote:Our children are in school until the afternoon and, when we lived abroad and in another part of the country, we had "Alices." In DMV, we hired an Alice with a guaranteed income of $75,000 plus 2 weeks vacation, 1 week sick time, and all fed holidays off and paid. Nevertheless, she was awful. She didn't want to clean and kept putting more and more conditions on cleaning - no cleaning on days the children were on vacation and at home, no cleaning outdoors, no cleaning of bathtubs or toilets. We finally gave up and hired 2 part-time people for more money.
I'm sure you can find someone good, but be prepared to pay close to 6 figures (no joke).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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
Because you can’t support yourself (let alone a family) on $30 an hour in the DC area. Is that fair?
Are you kidding me? With guaranteed 40 hours, that’s over $60k
Ok, do you want me to clean or watch your kids? Pick one.
Both, if my kid is not around or sleeping, I’d prefer someone who can clean to help with my daily life. If you don’t want to do that, don’t.
Does your boss march into your office with a mop and a toilet brush when you have a little downtime and tell you to get to work? Just curious.
Actually yes, when I worked retail and food service this was an expected part of the job. Sometimes I had to clean the bathrooms, such is life when you work in that industry. Similar to domestic help.
That’s not what I asked.
Cleaning and watching children is within the realm of domestic services. So yes, this scenario applies. Again if you’re a nanny only nanny, that’s fine. Why is this such a problem?
You are still refusing to answer my question. We all know why. I’ll bet you’d throw a hissy fit if your boss so much as asked you to make coffee…
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We live in NYC, and it's pretty common here to have your nanny transition to a nanny/housekeeper/household manager once your kids are in school all day. Our nanny does dishes and laundry, picks up around the house, vacuums, cleans out our fridge, grocery shops and meal preps, packs the kids' lunches, and runs errands or whatever else we need her to do. We have a housekeeping service that comes once a month to deep clean, so she isn't cleaning the baseboards or anything. She starts work at 9 am, after we've already dropped the kids off at school, and has until 3 pm to run errands and clean up before picking them up and either taking them to after school activities or watching them at home until we finish work. We pay $40/hour with guaranteed hours, 3 weeks PTO, and health insurance.
This is what we did as well. Once the kids went to school, our nanny transitioned to more of a housekeeper role but still does things for the kids when asked/needed. The best of which is baking cookies right before they come home from school. Some of the nannies here would be horrified! She cleans up adult dishes too - gasp the horror!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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
Because you can’t support yourself (let alone a family) on $30 an hour in the DC area. Is that fair?
Are you kidding me? With guaranteed 40 hours, that’s over $60k
Ok, do you want me to clean or watch your kids? Pick one.
Both, if my kid is not around or sleeping, I’d prefer someone who can clean to help with my daily life. If you don’t want to do that, don’t.
Does your boss march into your office with a mop and a toilet brush when you have a little downtime and tell you to get to work? Just curious.
Actually yes, when I worked retail and food service this was an expected part of the job. Sometimes I had to clean the bathrooms, such is life when you work in that industry. Similar to domestic help.
That’s not what I asked.
Cleaning and watching children is within the realm of domestic services. So yes, this scenario applies. Again if you’re a nanny only nanny, that’s fine. Why is this such a problem?