Which Job Would You Choose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would choose the obvious best option ->> the first job.

But the guaranteed fifty-Hr. week pay, I am assuming overtime included, sounds too good to be true if most weeks you will likely be working 6+hrs. less that.

In other words-
Why would a family pay you ten hours of OT every week when you likely only earned 1/4 of it????
Just some food for thought......

And three sick days a year is no good.
I would try to negotiate on that.

Good luck!

It’s not OT. Pay is 18 per hour.

No... OT starts at 40, unless you’re a live in?

was that op saying all hours would be paid at regular rate? well any hours worked over 40 should be paid at OT. what might be tricky is say you work 43 hours with 3 hours paid OT. would those 7 hours you didn't work be paid at OT or regular rate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would choose the obvious best option ->> the first job.

But the guaranteed fifty-Hr. week pay, I am assuming overtime included, sounds too good to be true if most weeks you will likely be working 6+hrs. less that.

In other words-
Why would a family pay you ten hours of OT every week when you likely only earned 1/4 of it????
Just some food for thought......

And three sick days a year is no good.
I would try to negotiate on that.

Good luck!

It’s not OT. Pay is 18 per hour.

No... OT starts at 40, unless you’re a live in?

was that op saying all hours would be paid at regular rate? well any hours worked over 40 should be paid at OT. what might be tricky is say you work 43 hours with 3 hours paid OT. would those 7 hours you didn't work be paid at OT or regular rate?

PP here. I was going off of OP stating that they were guaranteeing the hours/pay. They are legally required to pay OT only on time worked over 40, but most nannies want to know what they’re getting for pay every week, and not guaranteeing the OT would mean variable pay. It’d also be a headache if they are doing payroll.

[Anonymous]

I think since the OP was guaranteed fifty weeks of pay a week, whether or not she actually works the whole fifty....
Then she will be paid the entire extra ten hours as OT pay.
But her employers will rarely make her work all fifty, they most likely will have her work only 1/4 of that which makes me feel there is something fishy going on because why would ANY family pay $27/HR for 5-6 hours weekly that would likely go unused....??!

It makes no sense.
And just three sick days while caring for an infant??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think since the OP was guaranteed fifty weeks of pay a week, whether or not she actually works the whole fifty....
Then she will be paid the entire extra ten hours as OT pay.
But her employers will rarely make her work all fifty, they most likely will have her work only 1/4 of that which makes me feel there is something fishy going on because why would ANY family pay $27/HR for 5-6 hours weekly that would likely go unused....??!

It makes no sense.
And just three sick days while caring for an infant??

Maybe they are saying 50 hours because they need her to be available JUST in case. So if her schedule is 8-4, maybe they except her to Have availability until 6 pm everyday? On the rare occasion that they’ll need her until 6 for the whole week?

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you everyone. I liked the first the best, but decided to accept the second offer, because it’s been a couple of days, and the first family still hasn’t made the offer solid. They have been lagging about talking to my references when they said to, so I’m no longer going to wait. Second family needs an answer by tonight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you everyone. I liked the first the best, but decided to accept the second offer, because it’s been a couple of days, and the first family still hasn’t made the offer solid. They have been lagging about talking to my references when they said to, so I’m no longer going to wait. Second family needs an answer by tonight.

That sucks. You should at least as for another week of vacation OR 3-5 sick days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you everyone. I liked the first the best, but decided to accept the second offer, because it’s been a couple of days, and the first family still hasn’t made the offer solid. They have been lagging about talking to my references when they said to, so I’m no longer going to wait. Second family needs an answer by tonight.

I’d ask for 5 sick and emphasize that they won’t want you there to infect their child, but you can’t be without pay.

[Anonymous]

I think job 2 is the better option. Based on the calculations of a PP, job 2 earns you about $5,000 more per year. If you need more vacation than what they're offering, take an entire 4 weeks unpaid, and that will cost you around $5,000 (or less), so you'll still break even with job 1. Also, as new parents, I suspect job 1 is saying they will come home early and reduce your hours because they want to spend time with the baby... but after the mom goes back to work, she may decide that she wants to run errands or even sit in the driveway and respond to emails rather than coming home early to spend time with a kid who isn't sleep trained. So I wouldn't factor that into things at all. Congrats on the two great offers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think job 2 is the better option. Based on the calculations of a PP, job 2 earns you about $5,000 more per year. If you need more vacation than what they're offering, take an entire 4 weeks unpaid, and that will cost you around $5,000 (or less), so you'll still break even with job 1. Also, as new parents, I suspect job 1 is saying they will come home early and reduce your hours because they want to spend time with the baby... but after the mom goes back to work, she may decide that she wants to run errands or even sit in the driveway and respond to emails rather than coming home early to spend time with a kid who isn't sleep trained. So I wouldn't factor that into things at all. Congrats on the two great offers!

Most parents make it clear that they don’t do unpaid time, and I don’t know anyone who could swing 4 weeks unpaid time, even split up!

[Anonymous]

Why wouldn’t you have negotiated sick time and vacation time if your choosing?