How much should i ask to work only 3.5hrs
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Anonymous
| Hi...i was wondering how much an hour should i ask to work from 3 pm to 6:30/7pm. Im with this family for almost 2yrs now and the kid is going to school. Right now im making 16.20 an hour. |
Anonymous
| Are you driving the kid? Not to be too snarky but given you grammar, I'm surprised that you are making that much. I think that you are being more than fairly compensated. |
Anonymous
Fixed it for you. Also, your commas are off. |
Anonymous
| You are making above market in DC and are more than fairly compensated. |
Anonymous
Greedy. Why would you want more? You barely work yet you feel entitled to get more pay? Ludicrous. |
Anonymous
| Going rate for afterschool care in my area is $15/hour. Your compensation seems normal. |
Anonymous
| I got the impression op was being reduced from ft to pt. If so, I do think there is some precedent for getting a raise when being reduced from ft to pt hours to offset the hassle it causes the nanny if the family really wants to retain her. I'd say ask for $17/$18 hr. Presumably you are looking for another pt job to fill hours anyway, so if they say no you're just looking for a ft job instead. |
Anonymous
| Yes... I have been working for them for 2yrs,and now im going from 55hrs to 18hours...thats why i was asking if i should ask for a raise...sorry about grammar mistakes. |
Anonymous
Oh, okay. That makes sense then. It is common for PT nannies to make slightly more than FT nannies, so I think $17 or $18 would be about right. |
Anonymous
| It really depends on the situation and duties. Tread carefully. We pay 12 per hour for a mom that raised kids pt. |
Anonymous
| OP, divide your weekly gross pay by the 55 hours per week that you currently work. That will give you your current effective hourly rate, which will be higher than your base rate due to OT after forty hours. Use your current effective hourly rate as your hourly rate for an 18 hour schedule. |
Anonymous
I think that is bad advice. If the family wants to keep OP on for very short PT hours each, that would also probably prevent her from gaining other PT work to fill out her schedule, then they need to up the pay just a little bit. I think it is a different story if she was working longer hours, but she is working 5 days a week (?) for only 3.5 hours each. As soon as you are working 4-5 hours or less, then the hourly rate normally goes up a bit. I would suggest $17/hr at least. OP, you need to look at your finances and see how many hours you will need to be working at the very minimum you can afford to do it for. Then you have to see if you could even make the PT position with them keep working, or if you need to find a different FT position instead. It might be better/easier to just get a FT job and let them find someone else for the PT hours. They shouldn't have a hard time doing that, even for the rate they are currently paying you. It just might not be the type of thing that you can do if you need FT hours though. |
Anonymous
| I think the family will just pay you your current amount unless you state otherwise. |
Anonymous
| OP is doing the same job, just fewer hours. I would not give her a raise for that. |
Anonymous
| Why do some suggest OP should be getting more due to being part time ? Is this another lie made by nannies ? Nowhere else do you get paid more just because you're part time.. It works for some, not others and I think OP is getting a decent rate and would probably be making min wage at any other job she could attain.. |