What are they thinking?

[Anonymous]

Found this gem:
Looking for a full time live-in nanny and housekeeper to cook, DEEP clean and keep our home VERY tidy and organized, feed and care for our two dogs and care for our 2 3-year-olds and our 4-year-old from morning until 5:45 p.m. and also get our 6-year-old on the bus at 8 a.m. and off the bus in front of our home at 4:00 p.m. and provide care for her as well. Free room and board plus $400. 00 cash per week, text me to set up an interview.

How in the world is a housekeeper supposed to keep a house VERY tidy, do DEEP cleaning, and still have the time. energy and patience to wrangle 1 6 year old, 1 4 year old and 3 year old twins? I frequently do extra chores when kids are asleep, but I'm not scrubbing showers or doing anything else that can't be left when kids get up!

And for all of that, $400 cash...

[Anonymous]

They are hoping a desperate illegal immigrants will get this job. How lazy can people be to dump all their household chores on a nanny for $400/week. Just hire a separate housekeeper.

[Anonymous]

Its $1600 a month with room and board. That is not a terrible offer but $2000 seems more reasonable.

[Anonymous]

It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

[Anonymous]

This family is hoping to find a sucker.

Period.

They sound just awful.

Was this on Craigslist or Care.com?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its $1600 a month with room and board. That is not a terrible offer but $2000 seems more reasonable.

It's less than $8/hour for a hell of a lot of work and the "privilege" to live at work with your boss. It absolutely IS terrible.

[Anonymous]

Abusive and underestimated for anyone. why do you have a family,house if you dont want to take care of ? besides $400.00 is a joke. you are offering room at your house in order to have 24/7 coverage. Slavery was abolished a long time ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

I don't either. I don't know anyone with four kids under 10 who has a VERY clean house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

Have you ever been a mother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

Have you ever been a mother?

No. Your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

Have you ever been a mother?

It doesn't take a mother to realize how much work this is for anyone. These parents are lazy. Don't have animals and kids if u r unable to care for them period. They can relieve the load by making their weekly meals and cleaning their own home and laundry. I worked for a full time working mom who kept an organized tidy and pretty great house( pottery Barn standard).Dad did laundry and mom handled meals. Meals were made in batches even omelette and oatmeal, sauces and vegies..and chicken potatoes. All great food. As for cleaning they had someone come in once a month to do it. Kids played downstairs and We all maintained a little bit but the house was always clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

Have you ever been a mother?

No. Your point?

My point is that it was obvious you were not a mother, as mothers do this all the time. Manage a house and kids, clean up, educate and guide them. Nothing in this job description is that hard and $1600 plus free housing sounds like a great deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

Have you ever been a mother?

No. Your point?

My point is that it was obvious you were not a mother, as mothers do this all the time. Manage a house and kids, clean up, educate and guide them. Nothing in this job description is that hard and $1600 plus free housing sounds like a great deal.

Maybe one day, when women stop trying to one up each other, and we see value in ALL our work, including domestic work, we'll actually get the men to value us too. This job IS a lot of work, for a mother, father, or anyone else. For parent of the household, it is a labor of love that they chose. Am employee deserves to be compensated according to the demands of the job. $8/hour for 3 kids, dogs, heavy cleaning, and meal prep is not a "great deal" and you know it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work to do with three kids in the house. I think it would be okay-ish (though I personally wouldn't apply for this since the only deep cleaning I want to do is my own, and even then want is a strong word!) if the nanny had free hours in the mornings when the kids were at preschool or something like this, but a bunch of little kids only plays nicely together for so long, so all these chores would take ages to do while the nanny has to go settle all their disputes and needs for water, etc.

PP here, I didn't even notice the two dogs as well! Three kids at all times, two dogs, all cooking, deep cleaning and keeping the whole house tidy? I don't see this as doable without having to plop the kids in front of the TV.

Have you ever been a mother?

No. Your point?

My point is that it was obvious you were not a mother, as mothers do this all the time. Manage a house and kids, clean up, educate and guide them. Nothing in this job description is that hard and $1600 plus free housing sounds like a great deal.

Oh please. No mother manages to provide quality care for 3 young kids, care for two dogs and do deep cleaning at the same time. Zero. Many moms may manage a clean house with all of that going on but they are either doing as PPs stated and cleaning while kids are watching tv for hours or their kids are in part-day school or they are working on it after kids are in bed. If nannies dump the kids in front of a tv, they are a bad nanny. We don't get to decide to put the kids in school and if we are up cleaning your toilets after the kids are in bed then you need to be paying overtime. Want to bet these parents are NOT open to compensating fairly for additional hours?

Please describe for me your magical mommy technique for getting all of this done simultaneously, with not crutches.