Finding someone to drive to/from school

[Anonymous]

I might be going back to work, and I'll need to hire someone to drive my child to and from school - 45 mins each way. I have some questions about how I might go about this. And am I going to be able to find anyone to only work 3-4 hours per day, split up??

1) How to check for clean driving record?
2) Should I have them drive my car or their own?
3) How to pay for gas?
4) Do I pay per day or per hour? Sometimes traffic is better or worse...

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Instead of trying to pay the minimum required (i.e. your 4th point) figure out what is a fair price for the typical worst case scenario (of course if theres some major accident and shes stuck with your kid for 2 extra hours you will have to cover that) and pay that, if the nanny gets a light traffic day thats a bonus for her.

1) There are services just like with background checks, interview people, find one you like, then pay to run her record.
2) Either, but it makes more sense to drive their own car unless you want to pay them for another 45 minutes to drive back to your house to get their vehicle.
3) With money. Ask them to see how much gas it takes them (i.e. have them fill up to 100%, then take your kid to school and fill up again. If they add 1.25 gallons in after the drop off then that's what it took her to do your job and you can add the average cost of 1.25 gallons to each run.
4) Per day based on my point above. Based on what you have written here I would do 1 hour each way to account for traffic. Then I would add another .5 hours at the end just to make them feel like they are never getting shorted. So if you are willing to pay for example $18/hr for this, you might offer $16, that's 16x4 + another .5($8). That's $72, same at $18x4, but with 18 you risk nanny feeling shorted on heavy traffic days. I always prioritize being more generous on the back end instead of up front, I can be a typical employer at $20/hr but I can be a really generous boss at $18/hr. That's my opinion on it.

[Anonymous]

I disagree with number 3 about gas reimbursement. I would just pay the federal rate of 54 cents per mile. That will cover the wear/tear on the car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with number 3 about gas reimbursement. I would just pay the federal rate of 54 cents per mile. That will cover the wear/tear on the car.

OP here. that makes sense if I have them drive their car. I'd be happy to pay that.

[Anonymous]

So I just pay for the hour out and the hour back, right? (or more, w/ traffic) I don't pay her to drive back into the city?

[Anonymous]

OP does the drive to school take 45 minutes because it is just that far away, or is it relatively close, but because of rush hour traffic it takes a long time?

If this person is basically looking at a 45 minute commute each way (from the school back home after dropping off your child at school, then 45 minutes to the school later in the day), they aren't going to think it's worth it for just 1.5 hours worth of pay at $18/hr.

I think your best bet is to see if there is another student at your daughter's school that lives close to you and can drive her, and in exchange you give a generous gas money donation.

[Anonymous]

I think you're going to have a hard time finding someone to do such few hours and it being split up.

[Anonymous]

I would think $20 an hour and use your car
You will find someone

[Anonymous]

You should pay 2 hours in the morning
And 2 hours in the afternoon
Seems very difficult to find someone willing to do it for only
An hour shift if driving back takes a long time

[Anonymous]

Where will you be working?
How close to the school?
Maybe find someone willing to have DC over in the morning and after school who lives close to it?
Any fellow students live near you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with number 3 about gas reimbursement. I would just pay the federal rate of 54 cents per mile. That will cover the wear/tear on the car.

54 cents a mile doesn't really work for gas when the school is 7.2 miles away but it's a 45 minute commute in stop and go traffic.... that's not really fair to the nanny if your goal is to reimburse for gas. Thats less than $4 for gas and 45 minutes in stop and go traffic takes more than a gallon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with number 3 about gas reimbursement. I would just pay the federal rate of 54 cents per mile. That will cover the wear/tear on the car.

54 cents a mile doesn't really work for gas when the school is 7.2 miles away but it's a 45 minute commute in stop and go traffic.... that's not really fair to the nanny if your goal is to reimburse for gas. Thats less than $4 for gas and 45 minutes in stop and go traffic takes more than a gallon.

Pp you quoted here, and you make a great point. However, I also don't think it's fair to the driver/nanny to only reimburse for the gas used, as pp suggested, without additional compensation for the wear and tear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would think $20 an hour and use your car
You will find someone

Curious, would you also pay for the commuting time the nanny will face (from the school back to the home area in the morning, then from the home back to the school at pick up time?). I don't think anyone would want to commit to an unpaid hour commute each day, for only two hours of work at $20/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with number 3 about gas reimbursement. I would just pay the federal rate of 54 cents per mile. That will cover the wear/tear on the car.

54 cents a mile doesn't really work for gas when the school is 7.2 miles away but it's a 45 minute commute in stop and go traffic.... that's not really fair to the nanny if your goal is to reimburse for gas. Thats less than $4 for gas and 45 minutes in stop and go traffic takes more than a gallon.

Pp you quoted here, and you make a great point. However, I also don't think it's fair to the driver/nanny to only reimburse for the gas used, as pp suggested, without additional compensation for the wear and tear.

Agreed, but I think as a total package (I was also the first reply) with a 'rounded up bonus' would cover the minimal amount of wear and tear and make nanny feel well compensated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would think $20 an hour and use your car
You will find someone

Curious, would you also pay for the commuting time the nanny will face (from the school back to the home area in the morning, then from the home back to the school at pick up time?). I don't think anyone would want to commit to an unpaid hour commute each day, for only two hours of work at $20/hr.

Yes pay for the commute time both ways. I would not want an hour commute for a short shift