No more milennials

[Anonymous]

Can you pool with another family or two with school aged kids, each family pays $40-50 a day for a professional nanny and she makes a living wage by working 3 hours a day reliably. I'd totally do something like like, caring for 6ish older kids, getting a snack, making sure homework is done etc. Might be worth considering, though I have no idea what you pay per day so maybe this would be more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you pool with another family or two with school aged kids, each family pays $40-50 a day for a professional nanny and she makes a living wage by working 3 hours a day reliably. I'd totally do something like like, caring for 6ish older kids, getting a snack, making sure homework is done etc. Might be worth considering, though I have no idea what you pay per day so maybe this would be more.

I think the only way this could work is if none of the kids have activities. I'm a part time nanny for 3 kids and they all have activites, almost every night. It's quite chaotic with 3, I can't imagine 6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and I can guarantee we do pay well. I see the salaries posted on here, and we are on the upper end.

Some more context on my anti millennial stance: nanny #1: applied to work for us full time, quit after three weeks citing emotional stress. Said we were terrific employers, and wept in my kitchen when she came to pick up her last paycheck about how much she loved our kids, but that she just couldn't hack working full time. Gets financial support from her mother while she studies part time to get a teaching degree.

After school sitter, works 18 hours per week for us and another family. Doesn't "need" the money, but likes the extra cash. Works for public schools, has a degree, committed for the school year, and then bailed. Lives at home with her parents.

I'm not at all opposed to hiring professional nannies, just respect that they are busy with full time jobs and aren't usually available for after school work, which leaves only the flakey 20 somethings, it seems.

I think this is the biggest problem. You need to hire someone who needs the money, not someone who just likes extra cash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and I can guarantee we do pay well. I see the salaries posted on here, and we are on the upper end.

Some more context on my anti millennial stance: nanny #1: applied to work for us full time, quit after three weeks citing emotional stress. Said we were terrific employers, and wept in my kitchen when she came to pick up her last paycheck about how much she loved our kids, but that she just couldn't hack working full time. Gets financial support from her mother while she studies part time to get a teaching degree.

After school sitter, works 18 hours per week for us and another family. Doesn't "need" the money, but likes the extra cash. Works for public schools, has a degree, committed for the school year, and then bailed. Lives at home with her parents.

I'm not at all opposed to hiring professional nannies, just respect that they are busy with full time jobs and aren't usually available for after school work, which leaves only the flakey 20 somethings, it seems.

I think this is the biggest problem. You need to hire someone who needs the money, not someone who just likes extra cash.

Sorry...I tried to bold the "doesn't need the money" part of your post, but it didn't work.

[Anonymous]

Good point on here about younger nannies not depending so much on the salary so they know there is always some wiggle room to play around.

An older nanny will appreciate her job much more, have a solid work ethic and will not take her duties for granted.

My best advice would be a mom who has already raised her kids. She will have the best childcare experience since she experienced everything firsthand vs. studying it from a Child Development course.

[Anonymous]

OP, there are absolutely professionals who want these part-time jobs. Older nannies who can't handle full-time but can't afford to retire, nannies wo work part time at a preschool or elsewhere in the morning, etc.

[Anonymous]

Women who work part time generally work morning shifts and hire a nanny to cover their childcare needs, because no daycare will give them a half day spot.

So what you want to find is the nanny to a part-time mom with morning hours. Hire her nanny for the afternoons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and I can guarantee we do pay well. I see the salaries posted on here, and we are on the upper end.

Some more context on my anti millennial stance: nanny #1: applied to work for us full time, quit after three weeks citing emotional stress. Said we were terrific employers, and wept in my kitchen when she came to pick up her last paycheck about how much she loved our kids, but that she just couldn't hack working full time. Gets financial support from her mother while she studies part time to get a teaching degree.

After school sitter, works 18 hours per week for us and another family. Doesn't "need" the money, but likes the extra cash. Works for public schools, has a degree, committed for the school year, and then bailed. Lives at home with her parents.

I'm not at all opposed to hiring professional nannies, just respect that they are busy with full time jobs and aren't usually available for after school work, which leaves only the flakey 20 somethings, it seems.

Are you offering/paying $25-30/hr, OP?
Where do you live?

[Anonymous]

I am a 20-something nanny who doesn't have commitment issues. I have never called out of work and I make myself responsible for my charge. I am also in school getting degree. you make a hasty generalization that all young nannies are out to pull a fast one, when this is far from true. There are plenty of young nannies that love their job and are hard workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a 20-something nanny who doesn't have commitment issues. I have never called out of work and I make myself responsible for my charge. I am also in school getting degree. you make a hasty generalization that all young nannies are out to pull a fast one, when this is far from true. There are plenty of young nannies that love their job and are hard workers.

I don't think OP meant to imply all young nannies, just all the young nannies she has employed. They are always exceptions.

The other issue is nannies that are in college or recently graduated, aren't typically in this for the long haul. Will you keep this nanny job after you get your degree? Normally, it's a job to hold them over until they secure a job in their field. It's completely understandable, but often leads to a continuous turnover of nannies.

[Anonymous]

Oh goodie. Another bigotted thread to bash young nannies. You all are sad. At least switch it up sometimes. There are so many groups you can unfairly stereotype!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I don't feel like it's fair to ask professional nannies to do afterschool work, because they need the hours of a fulltime job. What on earth do people do to find someone reliable for the after school hours??

Personally, I would suggest finding someone that knows that she wants to nanny professionally, but needs to build up her references. I've taken a few trials for crap wages because I needed to build up references, and wages weren't the reason the trials didn't work out.

[Anonymous]

Every time I've hired someone who didn't need a job, it has not ended well. You think of them as a central part of your organizational plan, but they think of you as a source of extra cash at best. When the job is not fun enough, or doesn't leave them enough time to have fun outside of work/school, they bail. Why? Because it was just extra money in the first place.

It's actually pretty similar to your reasoning for not hiring a professional nanny: they figure that if it were a "real" job, you'd be hiring someone with more experience and a longer track record. If you need coverage, hire a grown up. If you pay as well as you say you do, you'll find someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard truth?
A) you don't pay as well as you think
B) you're hard to work for
C) your kids are difficult to watch

One or all might be true.

+1

+2 Yup.

[Anonymous]

Au Pairs are millennials and they are often fantastic.