Readjusting Nanny hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I think that’s totally reasonable. The only thibg is that I don’t love working late, as you can do anything after work and now you can’t do much in the morning because what can you do before 11?

I agree. My that depends on your nanny. I like to run all errands on weekends and even medical appointment I do weekends. Just ask your nanny if the shift in hours would be fine. Personal, I don’t like hours like that. I work from 8-4:30 and I’m home by 5. Getting home by 9:30 I would go straight to bed since my internal clock always wakes me up by 6 am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I think that’s totally reasonable. The only thibg is that I don’t love working late, as you can do anything after work and now you can’t do much in the morning because what can you do before 11?

I agree. My that depends on your nanny. I like to run all errands on weekends and even medical appointment I do weekends. Just ask your nanny if the shift in hours would be fine. Personal, I don’t like hours like that. I work from 8-4:30 and I’m home by 5. Getting home by 9:30 I would go straight to bed since my internal clock always wakes me up by 6 am.

So both you and the pp nanny think it's reasonable, but wouldn't like working that late.
What would you do if your employer presented this to you? Would you say yes at first, but starting looking for a different job? Say yes and just continue working, even though you don't like the new hours? Refuse completely and stop working for the family?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I think that’s totally reasonable. The only thibg is that I don’t love working late, as you can do anything after work and now you can’t do much in the morning because what can you do before 11?

I agree. My that depends on your nanny. I like to run all errands on weekends and even medical appointment I do weekends. Just ask your nanny if the shift in hours would be fine. Personal, I don’t like hours like that. I work from 8-4:30 and I’m home by 5. Getting home by 9:30 I would go straight to bed since my internal clock always wakes me up by 6 am.

So both you and the pp nanny think it's reasonable, but wouldn't like working that late.
What would you do if your employer presented this to you? Would you say yes at first, but starting looking for a different job? Say yes and just continue working, even though you don't like the new hours? Refuse completely and stop working for the family?

I would say no. Tell them that wasn’t going to work out and that we should both start looking for a nanny and a job..

[Anonymous]

I think its ok to ask her to do that a couple of times a week, but not expect it every day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I think that’s totally reasonable. The only thibg is that I don’t love working late, as you can do anything after work and now you can’t do much in the morning because what can you do before 11?

I agree. My that depends on your nanny. I like to run all errands on weekends and even medical appointment I do weekends. Just ask your nanny if the shift in hours would be fine. Personal, I don’t like hours like that. I work from 8-4:30 and I’m home by 5. Getting home by 9:30 I would go straight to bed since my internal clock always wakes me up by 6 am.

So both you and the pp nanny think it's reasonable, but wouldn't like working that late.
What would you do if your employer presented this to you? Would you say yes at first, but starting looking for a different job? Say yes and just continue working, even though you don't like the new hours? Refuse completely and stop working for the family?

Night owl nanny here. There are plenty of us around, and many day nannies know us, so they can recommend up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I think that’s totally reasonable. The only thibg is that I don’t love working late, as you can do anything after work and now you can’t do much in the morning because what can you do before 11?

I agree. My that depends on your nanny. I like to run all errands on weekends and even medical appointment I do weekends. Just ask your nanny if the shift in hours would be fine. Personal, I don’t like hours like that. I work from 8-4:30 and I’m home by 5. Getting home by 9:30 I would go straight to bed since my internal clock always wakes me up by 6 am.

So both you and the pp nanny think it's reasonable, but wouldn't like working that late.
What would you do if your employer presented this to you? Would you say yes at first, but starting looking for a different job? Say yes and just continue working, even though you don't like the new hours? Refuse completely and stop working for the family?

NP. Not a nanny but I had a boss who once asked me if I would like to change my hours to Noon to 8 pm to accommodate our California office and I said no Imediately, as did everyone else he asked until he tacked on a $100/ week salary increase. You want crazy hours, pay for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I think that’s totally reasonable. The only thibg is that I don’t love working late, as you can do anything after work and now you can’t do much in the morning because what can you do before 11?

I agree. My that depends on your nanny. I like to run all errands on weekends and even medical appointment I do weekends. Just ask your nanny if the shift in hours would be fine. Personal, I don’t like hours like that. I work from 8-4:30 and I’m home by 5. Getting home by 9:30 I would go straight to bed since my internal clock always wakes me up by 6 am.

So both you and the pp nanny think it's reasonable, but wouldn't like working that late.
What would you do if your employer presented this to you? Would you say yes at first, but starting looking for a different job? Say yes and just continue working, even though you don't like the new hours? Refuse completely and stop working for the family?

NP. Not a nanny but I had a boss who once asked me if I would like to change my hours to Noon to 8 pm to accommodate our California office and I said no Imediately, as did everyone else he asked until he tacked on a $100/ week salary increase. You want crazy hours, pay for them.

I'm the pp that asked (I am not the OP of the thread) and I agree. Hours worked after 6 pm or so deserve a premium in pay. Ditto for unusually early hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- I think that’s totally reasonable. The only thibg is that I don’t love working late, as you can do anything after work and now you can’t do much in the morning because what can you do before 11?

I agree. My that depends on your nanny. I like to run all errands on weekends and even medical appointment I do weekends. Just ask your nanny if the shift in hours would be fine. Personal, I don’t like hours like that. I work from 8-4:30 and I’m home by 5. Getting home by 9:30 I would go straight to bed since my internal clock always wakes me up by 6 am.

So both you and the pp nanny think it's reasonable, but wouldn't like working that late.
What would you do if your employer presented this to you? Would you say yes at first, but starting looking for a different job? Say yes and just continue working, even though you don't like the new hours? Refuse completely and stop working for the family?

NP. Not a nanny but I had a boss who once asked me if I would like to change my hours to Noon to 8 pm to accommodate our California office and I said no Imediately, as did everyone else he asked until he tacked on a $100/ week salary increase. You want crazy hours, pay for them.

I'm the pp that asked (I am not the OP of the thread) and I agree. Hours worked after 6 pm or so deserve a premium in pay. Ditto for unusually early hours.

Honestly, I wouldn’t even do it for the money. I feel like I can get more done when I leave work at 4:30 then entering at 12 or later on.

[Anonymous]

Career nanny here. I would never agree to those hours. I would possibly consider it with a substantial increase in pay, otherwise, not a chance. Turns out, my life does not actually revolve around your children, who knew! But, you can ask. If the nanny is desperate she may agree. If she’s smart, she’ll start looking for a new position.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Career nanny here. I would never agree to those hours. I would possibly consider it with a substantial increase in pay, otherwise, not a chance. Turns out, my life does not actually revolve around your children, who knew! But, you can ask. If the nanny is desperate she may agree. If she’s smart, she’ll start looking for a new position.

Additionally, what I’ve done in the past is add on some household management tasks: laundered kitchen linens and bath towels for family (no personal items of the parents), grocery shopping, dry cleaning, random errands, car maintenance, etc. I would prep snacks and activities for kids as well as prep pre-planned meals for the family’s dinner. I did not add any sort of non-child related cleaning, but would do a deep clean of kids’ areas more frequently. I also had more down time, so don’t expect her to be moving every moment she is there. I was there for summers, school breaks, and sick days. These are ideas that may help your family justify the cost of keeping her with her regular hours.