How to keep nanny full-time when child is in part-time preschool

[Anonymous]

Our nanny works 7:30-5 most days, occasionally until 6. DC5 is in K, 9-3:30. DC4 is in preschool, 9-11:30. Nanny has that time in the morning that DC4 is in school to do what she needs to do. Most of the time she does kid laundry, makes lunch, or goes to Safeway, but other times she'll run to the DMV or take her mom to a doctor's appt, etc.

I pay her for a minimum of 50 hours a week (10 overtime, obv). If I ask her to stay late for an hour one day, or if she babysits one night, I'll add those hours to the overtime total. The kids are off too many days to not have the flexibility in coverage for those mornings.

Yeah, it's expensive, but works for us.

[Anonymous]

I would suggest you discuss this with the nanny and see what she wants. I would not accept such a schedule as I, too, have a life. If she is as good as you say then she will quit and find a job with normal hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would suggest you discuss this with the nanny and see what she wants. I would not accept such a schedule as I, too, have a life. If she is as good as you say then she will quit and find a job with normal hours.

Many people work until 7 pm and still have a life.

[Anonymous]

Just remember that nanny's are NOT house keepers. NO Dog Walkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would suggest you discuss this with the nanny and see what she wants. I would not accept such a schedule as I, too, have a life. If she is as good as you say then she will quit and find a job with normal hours.

Many people work until 7 pm and still have a life.

Very few people work these hours. She cannot have dinner with her family as well as many other family times. Also, OP can make other arrangements for her date nights!

[Anonymous]

I cannot believe how desperate some of these nanny women are. They are treated as servants or slaves. They are desperate, and employers are taking advantage of that.

Steady stream of poor immigrants provides this supply.

[Anonymous]

My moms charges are 14 and 18. She has been with them since the kids were 2 and 6. Her schedule has changed over the years to adjust to the childrens school schedule and extra curricular’s. My mom used to be their part time housekeeper before transitioning to their full time nanny and housekeeper since the kids were in school. They have paid my mom extremely well and this doesn’t mean she has been their slave or been desperate. Her boss has always adjusted her tasks and since my mom had been a housekeeper before she didn’t find it degrading. Some of y’all are so sensitive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My moms charges are 14 and 18. She has been with them since the kids were 2 and 6. Her schedule has changed over the years to adjust to the childrens school schedule and extra curricular’s. My mom used to be their part time housekeeper before transitioning to their full time nanny and housekeeper since the kids were in school. They have paid my mom extremely well and this doesn’t mean she has been their slave or been desperate. Her boss has always adjusted her tasks and since my mom had been a housekeeper before she didn’t find it degrading. Some of y’all are so sensitive

Paying “extremely well” is key.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My moms charges are 14 and 18. She has been with them since the kids were 2 and 6. Her schedule has changed over the years to adjust to the childrens school schedule and extra curricular’s. My mom used to be their part time housekeeper before transitioning to their full time nanny and housekeeper since the kids were in school. They have paid my mom extremely well and this doesn’t mean she has been their slave or been desperate. Her boss has always adjusted her tasks and since my mom had been a housekeeper before she didn’t find it degrading. Some of y’all are so sensitive

Your mom has a charge old enough to drive?

[Anonymous]

>>Who would want to work from 11 am to 7 pm? <<

I am a legal secretary and work 11-7. My request. No driving in rush hour. i can see my doc at 8am and not miss work. Or i can go to the gym and not rush. Love later hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our son will be entering part-time pre-school in the fall. He will attend from 8:15 AM to 12:30 PM. Currently our nanny is employed for 40 hours a week and would like to continue to work for us, but needs to be paid for 40 hours a week in order to live her life/meet her expenses. We love her and would like to make this work. I think if she worked from 11 to 7 M-F every day, that could work for her schedule and for us. However, obviously she would be in our house for an hour or so before she needed to leave to pick our son up from school. What are some things we could have her do during that time? I was thinking: laundry for everyone, packing our son's snacks and lunches for school, maybe grocery shopping or prepping for dinner. Anything else? The dinner help would likely not be of too much use because my husband likes to make dinner in the evenings, but I'm just trying to figure out some things that would be helpful to have someone do. Before anyone says I am rude for asking her to do non-nannying jobs, she is amenable to doing so -- her main priority is keeping a steady-paying job with a family that has been good to her for several years.

Yeah, right! Who would want to work from 11 am to 7 pm?

Why not?

[Anonymous]

Right now I bet a lot of parents are damn glad they found a way to make it work with their nannies now that preschools are closed.