Nanny's please weigh in on housekeeping

[Anonymous]

If you want 4 days ,I can do,but I need all the rights for example, pay vacations,sick days and holidays,let me know.
Thanks .

[Anonymous]

Career nanny here with .2cents. When I started in the nanny business (1994), housework was always included in the pay - thru an agency, 175wk gross, 50hrs, 2 children. It was this way for many MANY years, multiple big cities and states and different size families. I'm talking full on heavy housekeeping plus the day to day stuff that never ends.
I've come a long way in the nanny industry and while my pay has skyrocketed and my tasks fallen (absolutely no housework is included in my contracts these days other than baby dishes and laundry), I find myself running the sweeper real quick or emptying the dishwasher for a minute, tending the pets, etc, because it just feels...petty to pass by something 10xs a day and ignore it. It's just not how I operate. So all that rambling to say yea I make good money (20$ hr, 1 baby, no housework), I still do far more than my "fair share" and what's "in my contract".
I enjoy being a nanny, I like serving people and I take pride in having those things collide in a job I was born to do.
I have never had a family let me go, nor have I ever had to deal with negative references. I am damn good at raising other people's babies and if that means helping out around the house, well I'm pretty damn good at that, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Career nanny here with .2cents. When I started in the nanny business (1994), housework was always included in the pay - thru an agency, 175wk gross, 50hrs, 2 children. It was this way for many MANY years, multiple big cities and states and different size families. I'm talking full on heavy housekeeping plus the day to day stuff that never ends.
I've come a long way in the nanny industry and while my pay has skyrocketed and my tasks fallen (absolutely no housework is included in my contracts these days other than baby dishes and laundry), I find myself running the sweeper real quick or emptying the dishwasher for a minute, tending the pets, etc, because it just feels...petty to pass by something 10xs a day and ignore it. It's just not how I operate. So all that rambling to say yea I make good money (20$ hr, 1 baby, no housework), I still do far more than my "fair share" and what's "in my contract".
I enjoy being a nanny, I like serving people and I take pride in having those things collide in a job I was born to do.
I have never had a family let me go, nor have I ever had to deal with negative references. I am damn good at raising other people's babies and if that means helping out around the house, well I'm pretty damn good at that, too.

+1 This description is spot-on for CA. PP, you sound like a great nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only half of the job is a nanny job. The other half is a housekeeper job. You usually want one or the other. You'll get a person who can't find what she really wants, so she'll take your job, and hate it.

Spot on. Or you can go crazy looking for Alice who'll do anything, if you can afford her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only half of the job is a nanny job. The other half is a housekeeper job. You usually want one or the other. You'll get a person who can't find what she really wants, so she'll take your job, and hate it.

My concern is that its easy to find someone to clean the house and is willing to keep an eye on the kids, but is that what you truly want? Most qualified nannies aren't interested in a job that is half housekeeping. So what you end up with is a housekeeper with a willingness to watch your kids. They may not have any experience, passion, knowledge, or even the ability to effectively communicate with your school aged children. Not exactly quality childcare, but I guess if your priority is a clean house and kids merely in one piece when you get home it works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only half of the job is a nanny job. The other half is a housekeeper job. You usually want one or the other. You'll get a person who can't find what she really wants, so she'll take your job, and hate it.

My concern is that its easy to find someone to clean the house and is willing to keep an eye on the kids, but is that what you truly want? Most qualified nannies aren't interested in a job that is half housekeeping. So what you end up with is a housekeeper with a willingness to watch your kids. They may not have any experience, passion, knowledge, or even the ability to effectively communicate with your school aged children. Not exactly quality childcare, but I guess if your priority is a clean house and kids merely in one piece when you get home it works?

This thread is three years old, either OP found a nanny/housekeeper or decided to go in a different direction years ago!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nannies-- I need someone to do half childcare (afterschool) and while my kids are in school (ages 8 and 9) housekeeping, errands, laundry, This person also must drive and have references.

I'm willing to pay $18-20 an hour-- Is this a reasonable request??

it seems like many of you do not want to do housework which is fine, but with
school age kids I really need half childcare and half housekeeping.

If this job were clearly explained upfront would you consider it?

The only thing that's "old" about this three year old thread is the outdated hourly rates.

The same confusion about nanny vs. housekeeper continues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nannies-- I need someone to do half childcare (afterschool) and while my kids are in school (ages 8 and 9) housekeeping, errands, laundry, This person also must drive and have references.

I'm willing to pay $18-20 an hour-- Is this a reasonable request??

it seems like many of you do not want to do housework which is fine, but with
school age kids I really need half childcare and half housekeeping.

If this job were clearly explained upfront would you consider it?

The only thing that's "old" about this three year old thread is the outdated hourly rates.

The same confusion about nanny vs. housekeeper continues.

There are plenty of people willing and able to be nanny/housekeeper, as long as the duties aren't required during the same hours. I've done both, but the kids were older. There's no way I would agree to a split list of responsibilities if I had at least one charge home all day.

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of illegals with no other option, and plenty of greedy people to take advantage of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of illegals with no other option, and plenty of greedy people to take advantage of them.

I'm 19.21. I'm also a US citizen, born and raised, as were my parents, grand-parents and all but one great-grandparent. Once I trace to great-great-grandparents, there are more immigrants each generation, but all were legal.

Oh, and I also pay taxes, as have all of my predecessors since income tax was started.

Next opinion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of illegals with no other option, and plenty of greedy people to take advantage of them.

I'm 19.21. I'm also a US citizen, born and raised, as were my parents, grand-parents and all but one great-grandparent. Once I trace to great-great-grandparents, there are more immigrants each generation, but all were legal.

Oh, and I also pay taxes, as have all of my predecessors since income tax was started.

Next opinion?

Oops, my mistake. One of my great-great-grandparents was an immigrant, not one of my great-grandparents. Sorry, I never had a chance to know Poppy, I got confused.