Repost - I feel so used
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Anonymous
| Having a difficult time with confidence. I feel so ignorant because once again I'm in a situation where I'm being underpaid. What am I doing wrong? I work 45 hours a week and get payed 850 a month. It started off as 600 a month and I immediately asked for a raise. I don't get taxes taken out and everytime I hear about other nannies getting payed way more I feel down. I am a young and hardworking women. I'm 21 and have prior experience in child care and nannying. I plan on going back to college in the future. It's my passion to work with kids but maybe I'm just not ready to apply for positions. I try to do my research and I just realized how much money I'm loosing out on as a live-in nanny. I don't even get min wage. Advice? Please don't bash me |
Anonymous
| Don't take a position that doesn't pay at least min wage. It's the law. Taxes taken out is the law. Stay at your current job but keep looking. |
Anonymous
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Your problem is that you accept positions that pay less than minimum wage and don't have a contract that insists on being paid on the books.
You are completely still being professional to say, in response to an offer of $600 a month, "Thank you so much! I will give you a definite decision Monday morning/tomorrow by the close of business/whenever." That will give you time to go home and figure out how much an hour that is. You need to sit down and write out all your expenses, add them up, and see what your budget is. When I was your age I worked a full time 9-5 job plus a parttime job at night and on weekends for an extra 25 hours to earn as much as I needed, all while going to school part time too. |
Anonymous
| Here's advice, stop settling for illegal paying jobs. It's that simple. If they offer below market then turn them down and move on. You can make more working at a daycare and living with roommates. Maybe it's time you got out of nannying and tried a different field. If you don't have the confidence than you will constantly be taken advantage of. Until you gain some leave nannying. |
Anonymous
| Yes, you are severely underpaid even for a young person. Why don't you just wait for an appropriate offer before accepting a job? |
Anonymous
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You are a live in nanny though correct? I dont think minimum wage factors in when you get free board/utilities . Do they provide you with a car? health insurance?
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Anonymous
| You are not being used if you accept these jobs. Stop accepting such low paying jobs and find something else. If you can't find a better paying nanny position then maybe you need to find a job in a different field. |
Anonymous
She doesn't mention being a live in. But even if she is a live in, the pay is way too low. |
Anonymous
| And yes, minimum wage applies to live-in's too! |
Anonymous
| Live in nannies need to be paid at least minimum wage |
Anonymous
yes, she did. |
Anonymous
| Yes I am a live-in and I deff see where you guys are coming from. I do not receive any insurance/benefits. I have my own car and pay for everything pertaining to my car. I do believe maybe I need to try a different field. I use to work in child care so I know I am getting underpaid. I guess I just thought nannying would be better. Thanks guys. |
Anonymous
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Nannying isn't the problem - the problem is you accepting jobs that aren't paying appropriately (minimum wage, overtime, and filing taxes).
Even as a live in you should be making $7.25 per hour (federal minimum wage), which means for those hours over 40 you make $10.88 per hour. And your employer is responsible for getting an employee ID and ensuring applicable taxes are being paid from your wages. I suggest refusing any jobs that do not meet those minimums and when you Do accept a job ensure that you sign a working agreement that way if you have problems not being paid or being underpaid you have the ability to take your employers to small claims court. |
Anonymous
| thank you that advice really helped. |
Anonymous
| How did this family find you? |