The Nanny with Flexibility

[Anonymous]

Get over it OP. I'm a student and a nanny but still realize that flexibility is needed. People run late at times and you can't expect your employers home at the same time everyday. You need to chill.

[Anonymous]

I am a nanny and I'm not the least bit flexible. I tutor right after work so I have no room for my employers to be late. They know this. I have never been late to work and they have never been late coming home. It is called mutual respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny and I'm not the least bit flexible. I tutor right after work so I have no room for my employers to be late. They know this. I have never been late to work and they have never been late coming home. It is called mutual respect.

+1 I love reading posts like this. Very professional.

[Anonymous]

To me reasonable flexibility in a nanny is more about willingness to occasionally cover those unpredictable moments that can't be scheduled. Things that infrequently pop up last minute like illness, traffic, snow days, etc. are fine if you discussed at hiring that you may occasionally need a flexible nanny.

But deciding a month ahead of time that you'd like the nanny to work 15 hours one week and 45 the next without any extra pay goes completely against the whole concept of guaranteed hours, and would definitely have me looking for a new position.

[Anonymous]

As stated in the original post, most nannies are more than happy to be on-call, provided there is fair compensation for their extraordinary personal sacrifice.

If, for instance, the nanny has a child or other relative at home who requires evening care, someone else must always be available so the nanny can be on-call to accommodate her employers' unexpected tardiness.

"Time is money."

So is my flexibility. Nanny employers who work unexpectedly long hours are getting paid at lot more than 25 dollars an hour.

Their nannies deserve fair compensation, as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Flexibility"
=
Doormat

"I want to pay you until 6, but I usually don't get home until 6:30 or 7."
Why don't you simply be honest and say, "I usually get home by 7 (and will pay accordingly), but occasionally I may arrive home earlier".

BEWARE of the word "flexible". If you want a flexible nanny, you need to pay for it. No respectable nanny is going to be on-call after her agreed upon hours, unless you can afford very generous compensation.

If you neglect to pay the high price for the benefit of flexibility, be prepared to also be "flexible", as in the nanny may start showing up late to compensate for your tardiness.



if she comes late home no whether rarely or occasionally , they have to pay otherwise you can report them. It's Legal

Either it works both ways, or you pay for it. You pick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Flexibility"
=
Doormat

"I want to pay you until 6, but I usually don't get home until 6:30 or 7."
Why don't you simply be honest and say, "I usually get home by 7 (and will pay accordingly), but occasionally I may arrive home earlier".

BEWARE of the word "flexible". If you want a flexible nanny, you need to pay for it. No respectable nanny is going to be on-call after her agreed upon hours, unless you can afford very generous compensation.

If you neglect to pay the high price for the benefit of flexibility, be prepared to also be "flexible", as in the nanny may start showing up late to compensate for your tardiness.



if she comes late home no whether rarely or occasionally , they have to pay otherwise you can report them.

[Anonymous]

Employers who want flexibility need to pay for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Employers who want flexibility need to pay for it.

[Anonymous]

Here's the flexible doormat nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny and I'm not the least bit flexible. I tutor right after work so I have no room for my employers to be late. They know this. I have never been late to work and they have never been late coming home. It is called mutual respect.

+1 I love reading posts like this. Very professional.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

She's not cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a flexible nanny. I stay late, don't have a regular end time, and work weekends (IF I want to, not required). I pitch in, do light HK if I have time, buy groceries and organize.

I'm paid $29.50/hr.

Whenever I read all these complaints about low paying jobs, I just think to myself that maybe if they were more flexible they could earn a decent wage. I've been making over $20/hr for at least the past 8 years.

$29.50/hr. two years ago. Sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny and I'm not the least bit flexible. I tutor right after work so I have no room for my employers to be late. They know this. I have never been late to work and they have never been late coming home. It is called mutual respect.

+1 I love reading posts like this. Very professional.

And I love when posters write compliments to themselves. Dcum fave!

Your after work schedule wouldn't work for many families, it is called communicate your needs and obligations, and then respect them. A family that travels (finance), has erratic hours (on call doctors), deals with west coast, or a wildcard commute needs a nanny that is flexible with sometimes moving up/down start or end times (outside of 40 hrs/week guaranteed). You would not work for that family. Stick with Club Fed workers, shift workers, or ones with minimal commutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As stated in the original post, most nannies are more than happy to be on-call, provided there is fair compensation for their extraordinary personal sacrifice.

If, for instance, the nanny has a child or other relative at home who requires evening care, someone else must always be available so the nanny can be on-call to accommodate her employers' unexpected tardiness.

"Time is money."

So is my flexibility. Nanny employers who work unexpectedly long hours are getting paid at lot more than 25 dollars an hour.

Their nannies deserve fair compensation, as well.

This thread is for the "flexible" nanny working 24/7 for only $950/wk. She can't even dash home to see her own family. Another naive nanny taken to the cleaners by cheating employers.