Please help, need a live-in
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Anonymous
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Hello all,
I need a live-in which will help me with my children (2) and do housekeeping when they are at school. I am having a hard time to find a person and truly don't want to pay an agency like $10,000!! Can someone suggest where to look for a nanny/housekeeper who will live-in as well. Many Thanks |
Anonymous
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Where have you looked?
Are you listing the number and age of children, rate range, benefits offered? If you actually NEED a live-in nanny, be really specific about why (parent frequently in call, 24 hour shifts, crazy hours one week/none the next due to custody, nanny moves back and forth between houses with kuds, traveling), but be aware that you can't discount the rate. If you want a live-in so that you can pay less, you need to understand that it has to be because it's for her benefit, not yours. Anyway, let us know where you've looked, we'll help point you somewhere else. |
Anonymous
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Thanks so much, no its the same hours every day from 8 am to 7 pm with a break from 1-3. I have not put the hours or the pay but I posted in DCUM and now Care.com.
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Anonymous
Are you looking to not pay for 1-3 or are you just offering that as a perk (i.e., paid for 55 hours/week, but realistically have 10 of those to yourself)? Because, if the former, I think you're going to have to compensate mightily wage-wise. No one wants 2 random hours off in the middle of the day... |
Anonymous
You didn't get responses here? How does the nanny have a break? Are you talking about the nanny being guaranteed two hours to do her own things out of the house everyday (including summers and snow days), because you work from home, or are you just not wanting to pay those two hours when kids aren't home? 11 hours is a long day, but completely manageable for the right person. How old are your kids and what did you offer? Some live-in nannies prefer to talk about hourly rates while others prefer salary. |
Anonymous
| This is a live-in position and the two hours is her break and she can do what she likes! |
Anonymous
Ok why are you getting hostile? If you haven’t even posted the times or salary why would anyone reply? Post that information and if the package is competitive you will get responses. . |
Anonymous
A human being is a "who" not a thing which will help you. You just broadcast how you would treat a nanny. |
Anonymous
This would mean that she is free every day for these two hours and you cannot count on her to be there for sick child, summer, inclement weather or any other emergency. |
Anonymous
| What are the living conditions? Is it a separate ADU or is it a bedroom amongst the family bedrooms with a shared bath? You need to give details so people can make and informed decision on whether to apply. If you hide details, it all sounds sketchy. |
Anonymous
Okay, I understand that, but are the two hours paid or unpaid? What happens to those two hours during vacations and snow days (do you wah and take those two hours with your kids)? |
Anonymous
| I’m trying to understand why you didn’t get any responses to an ad on dcum or care. With those hours, even with the two hours possibly unpaid, unless you rate was way too low, kids were special needs or the accommodations were terrible, you should have had at least a couple responses. |
Anonymous
| If you are not getting any responses at care.com you job really sucks, OP. |
Anonymous
Can she leave the house? Or, is she still technically responsible for the baby while he naps? (I'm assuming the 1-3 is when he naps) |
Anonymous
| Maybe I should be more clear that the nanny will have her own room and bath and the kids are fine and nothing wrong I think it’s hard to find a live-in because I had lots of responses but they have families and don’t want to live in. Thanks for all the comments! |