There are still slaves in the US and around the world, so no, the above commenter doesn't need to change to present tense. Look up human-trafficking. It's underplayed but US is one of the biggest markets for human trafficking. |
Yeah but you're choosing to take a week off knowing fully well that you will have extra work. Nanny is not. She doesn't choose to be off a week, her employer does. I understand the rest of what you're saying though. |
OP's employers are backing out on their originally verbal contract too. Coming into work two hours late on the regular and not even paying her for it. If anyone should feel scammed it's the nanny. OP, I'd just find another job. But if then DONT wait six months. Five months is already to much, you need to raise the topic now before she gets even more comfortable with this ridiculous arrangement. Not paying you for your extra time, and not paying you when SHE decides she doesn't need you is not okay. |
Unpaid labor?
And who thinks some nannies are not victims of the US slave trade? |
This is the Op I'm planning on qutiting..lousy not sure how or when to do so....here is my updated post
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/276552.page |
I do understand the perspective of the lawyers on here like PP who pointed out that they are either contract workers paid only when they clock hours or else bill hours for their firm so need to make up the time somewhere no matter what. I can see how the concept of paying a fixed amount may be tough for you - But I think it's penny-wise and pound foolish to not give your FT nanny guaranteed hours. If you used a daycare you would pay the same fixed amoutn all the time, regardless of whether you use them or not - I have always seen my nanny's pay as the same. I also realize she has a family and that if I let her go at noon some day and ask her to work it on Saturday that that is a hugely negative trade for her since then she: a) gets time off when her kids are in school and in exchange b) has to now work on the weekend when she'd like to be spending time w/ them. That said, I'm also 22:36 so think most of the problem in this case rests w/ OP for not negotiating items she needed at the get-go and now trying to rework the deal months into it. |
This is the OP. I do understand its partly my fault for not bringing these things up in the beginning. If I thought I would get anywhere I would stay. But at the end of the day I've figured out that people are gonna do what works best for them and no matter how great I take care of there kids at the end of the day i don't matter. Us nannies are replaceable. I'm learning that I too can be picky about who I work for and what I want and not want to do. That's why in my more updated post I've decided just to move on at some point once I get what I need to get together. |
Yes, but the nanny was presumably given an estimate of how much unpaid time off she would have each year, and she chose to take the job anyway. Not a bit of difference, really. |
Nannies: Guaranteed hours are not necessarily the be all, end all. What matters is the overall annual compensation. You need annual compensation that you can live on and you need to amortize that annual compensation over the number of hours you actually worked to make sure the pay per hour actually worked feels fair.
My nanny was offered a choice between guaranteed hours with the understanding that the offered rate was on the low end because of all the paid time off, or a higher rate plus time and a half after forty hours, with the understanding that time off would be unpaid. She chose the higher rate. We asked a few months later if it was working for her, and she had no interest in guaranteed hours. |
"people are gonna do what works best for them and no matter how great I take care of there kids at the end of the day i don't matter."
you seem bitter. It is not necessarily the case that your MB thinks you "don't matter" simply becuase she viewed this as a truly hourly job and you want the more normal perks given to nannies in the DC area, but did not negotiate for them up front. |