Finding someone to drive to/from school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would think $20 an hour and use your car
You will find someone

Curious, would you also pay for the commuting time the nanny will face (from the school back to the home area in the morning, then from the home back to the school at pick up time?). I don't think anyone would want to commit to an unpaid hour commute each day, for only two hours of work at $20/hr.

Yes pay for the commute time both ways. I would not want an hour commute for a short shift

Wow, so that would be $80 day, not including gas money (whether OP provides the car or reimburses the driver.) $400+/week in transportation costs for school!

[Anonymous]

If someone took this job, lets assume the work hours would be from 7 - 8 a.m. and 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Those hours make it difficult to find a source of income other than this one position. So if a person took this job, assuming $20 an hour for two hours a day plus mileage reimbursement, that would be an income of $100 a week. That is $400 a month.

Most people cannot pay their living expenses with $400 a month. There is rent, utilities, groceries, etc.

I suppose a person could get a part time job waitressing in the evenings in addition to this position. But then, if a person actually has living expenses and needs more income than $400 a month, why apply to this position, when it would mean three different work shifts each day in order to pay rent. Might as well get one job that is full time and not have to hop around all over town from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

So who would be interested in this type of job? Perhaps a stay at home mom who lives nearby and is transporting her own kids to the same school at the same time. Perhaps a college student who lives with her parents and who also happens to have classes that always begin after 8:30 a.m. and always end by 2 p.m. Perhaps a retiree who has social security to cover the bulk of her living expenses and wants to have a bit of spending money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would think $20 an hour and use your car
You will find someone

Curious, would you also pay for the commuting time the nanny will face (from the school back to the home area in the morning, then from the home back to the school at pick up time?). I don't think anyone would want to commit to an unpaid hour commute each day, for only two hours of work at $20/hr.

Yes pay for the commute time both ways. I would not want an hour commute for a short shift

Wow, so that would be $80 day, not including gas money (whether OP provides the car or reimburses the driver.) $400+/week in transportation costs for school!

MB is more than welcome to quit her job and take car of her childrens needs herself.

[Anonymous]

OP, you are better off hiring someone who will do a bit of everything and help with errands and other chores during the day. Most SAHM's will not want to drive your kid as then it limits them in their activities after school. Most are home to care for their kids, not babysit. A close friend maybe. You may need to switch your child to a closer school.

[Anonymous]

Now do you see why the jobs SAHMs do are worth something? Sorry but, that is what we call a "shit" job. You do it for your family because you love them. There isn't enough money in the world that would make me want to do this job.

Does anyone remember the poor Mom who was stuck driving her neighbor's children back and forth and never got any thanks? People called her a doormat and yet here again people are suggesting getting a SAHM to do it. Unbelievable.

Op, I feel for you but, your kids your problem. No working adult will want it. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

OP here. I wasn't thinking of taking advantage of some SAHM! Good lord. I was looking to pay someone. If I can't find anyone, obviously I won't return to work at this time. Not sure why 'your kids your problem' needed to be said. I'm not looking to offload the kid for free - a) I would pay and b) if it isn't in the cards to go back to work right now, I will live. Changing schools may be an option in the future, but not now.

Thanks to those with helpful advice! I'm going to give it a try and see if I can get someone. Maybe a graduate student??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wasn't thinking of taking advantage of some SAHM! Good lord. I was looking to pay someone. If I can't find anyone, obviously I won't return to work at this time. Not sure why 'your kids your problem' needed to be said. I'm not looking to offload the kid for free - a) I would pay and b) if it isn't in the cards to go back to work right now, I will live. Changing schools may be an option in the future, but not now.

Thanks to those with helpful advice! I'm going to give it a try and see if I can get someone. Maybe a graduate student??

OP just out of curiosity, are you really able and willing to pay about $80/day for someone to drive your child to school? Not including gas? I really do think that's what it will take to hire someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wasn't thinking of taking advantage of some SAHM! Good lord. I was looking to pay someone. If I can't find anyone, obviously I won't return to work at this time. Not sure why 'your kids your problem' needed to be said. I'm not looking to offload the kid for free - a) I would pay and b) if it isn't in the cards to go back to work right now, I will live. Changing schools may be an option in the future, but not now.

Thanks to those with helpful advice! I'm going to give it a try and see if I can get someone. Maybe a graduate student??

OP just out of curiosity, are you really able and willing to pay about $80/day for someone to drive your child to school? Not including gas? I really do think that's what it will take to hire someone.

Nope. If it costs that much, it's not in the cards. I was hoping more like $50-60/day. (it's 1 hour to the school w/ traffic, 35 minutes back. then 35 minutes to school in the PM, 1 hour back home) With that much, plus the toddler in day care, I would just be breaking even to go back to work BUT this arrangement would only be for a year, and going back to work would be good for my mental health. I can't afford $80/day, so in that case the plan will have to wait a year til the oldest switches schools for middle school.

[Anonymous]

I needed this and could not find it and ultimately got an au pair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I needed this and could not find it and ultimately got an au pair.

(same PP)

I also thought a student would be a good angle. I swear kids these days are just not hungry for money at all. We interviewed and offered several and it just didn't work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wasn't thinking of taking advantage of some SAHM! Good lord. I was looking to pay someone. If I can't find anyone, obviously I won't return to work at this time. Not sure why 'your kids your problem' needed to be said. I'm not looking to offload the kid for free - a) I would pay and b) if it isn't in the cards to go back to work right now, I will live. Changing schools may be an option in the future, but not now.

Thanks to those with helpful advice! I'm going to give it a try and see if I can get someone. Maybe a graduate student??

OP just out of curiosity, are you really able and willing to pay about $80/day for someone to drive your child to school? Not including gas? I really do think that's what it will take to hire someone.

Nope. If it costs that much, it's not in the cards. I was hoping more like $50-60/day. (it's 1 hour to the school w/ traffic, 35 minutes back. then 35 minutes to school in the PM, 1 hour back home) With that much, plus the toddler in day care, I would just be breaking even to go back to work BUT this arrangement would only be for a year, and going back to work would be good for my mental health. I can't afford $80/day, so in that case the plan will have to wait a year til the oldest switches schools for middle school.

OP, you may be able to get a college or graduate student with a car to do it. That is where it gets tricky as they have to come to your house, drive, etc. If you provide a car, they'd have to keep the car or some kind of arrangement. It would be best to set up a carpool and rotate with another family or maybe you do one way, they do. You could probably find someone for $60, but more realistically you might need two people and do split shifts. It might be hard to do two shifts with the same person.

[Anonymous]

I'd post an ad at the school personally. Maybe someone would let their own nanny take your side job.

[Anonymous]

If you have a toddler in day care and a kid that needs to be driven to a school, and you all work full time, then what you need is to pull toddler out of day care and get a full time nanny who drives your older kid and cares for the toddler during the day. More helpful and it will be much easier to find a full time nanny than a part time driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have a toddler in day care and a kid that needs to be driven to a school, and you all work full time, then what you need is to pull toddler out of day care and get a full time nanny who drives your older kid and cares for the toddler during the day. More helpful and it will be much easier to find a full time nanny than a part time driver.

Yeah and also a chef and a full time housekeeper, since in this scenario money is no object

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a toddler in day care and a kid that needs to be driven to a school, and you all work full time, then what you need is to pull toddler out of day care and get a full time nanny who drives your older kid and cares for the toddler during the day. More helpful and it will be much easier to find a full time nanny than a part time driver.

Yeah and also a chef and a full time housekeeper, since in this scenario money is no object

An Au pair or live - in nanny might actually be cheaper than daycare and driver...