The dishwasher job creep trick

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Anonymous wrote:If you are just willing to do the absolute minimum you are not a professional nanny and a babysitter. This is their home. If they get home late, have to make dinner, shower the kids, homework, and their stuff, they may run out of time or are tired and its ok to leave it a day. Its absurd to expect the house always spotless and dishwasher unloaded every night.

No. You hire a housekeeper. A professional nanny provides care for your children. A housekeeper cleans your house. It’s absurd to pay someone to take care of your kids, then demand they do housework without discussing it first and compensating then for the extra work.

Unloading the dishwasher is different from a heavy cleaning and as someone in the household for that many hours, basic helping out should be expected. You want to scream you are equal to a parent but a parent would take care of those things. You are working in a home. Most jobs have duties outside the very specific ones you are hired for. Professionals do them and don't scream they will not do them as they are professionals or they never get ahead.

No its not and you should be hiring a housekeeper if you want housekeeping. If you can’t afford a housekeeper you probably can’t afford a nanny. Basic “helping out” is not part of any nannies job description. You can try to twist it anyway you like but at the end of the day you want a housekeeper who watches your kids at a nanny rate. You don’t want to compensate your nanny for housekeeping duties and you don’t want to pay a housekeeper. You want your cake and to eat it too. I don’t scream anything and idk what being equal to a parent means. A nanny is not your child’s parent nor do they want to be. A nanny comes into your home to provide childcare, which may include cleaning up after your child. That’s what you are paying them for. If you want them to do housekeeping then you pay them extra for that.

I'm a new poster. I would never hire a nanny like you. So many entitled nannies on here! Dealing with the dishes in the kitchen has been a part of the job description of every nanny I have had, none have complained, and we paid standard nanny rates. Stay at home moms need to do all these things during their day, balancing child stuff with house stuff, so when I am out of the house, I expect the nannies to do the same. It's not that hard to empty a dishwasher while a 1-2 year old is sitting a few feet away having a snack.

Every nanny you’ve had? How many have you had?!

And it is not in my job description and responsibilities nor is it in OP’s. If it is in your nannies job descriptions, so be it. No one is acting entitled. OP’s question is valid and job-creep is a concern.

Its very entitled to expect a spotless home every morning after parents work 8-12 hours plus commute, plus have to make dinner, bathe, bed and spend time with the kids. Its absurd one poster expects a family to hire a housekeeper. You should help keep the rooms clean (at least straighten up and a quick vacuum) every so often as you use the house just as much as the parents do.

[Anonymous]

AGAIN entitied Nannieswe are talking about a DISHWASHER here that collects dishes from many different people
Nobody is taking about cleaning your bosses underwear, organizing their mail, cleaning up their bed room, making their bed
It’s a dish washer!!!! Does it really hurt to empty a few extra clean dishes? I don’t get it, I really don’t!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emptying the dishwasher is not a task requested or outlined in her contract. Let’s make that clear.

And every nanny knows about “job creep” in one form or other.

Let’s try, just once, to stay on point.

+1. It would be nice to stay on point for once.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are just willing to do the absolute minimum you are not a professional nanny and a babysitter. This is their home. If they get home late, have to make dinner, shower the kids, homework, and their stuff, they may run out of time or are tired and its ok to leave it a day. Its absurd to expect the house always spotless and dishwasher unloaded every night.

No. You hire a housekeeper. A professional nanny provides care for your children. A housekeeper cleans your house. It’s absurd to pay someone to take care of your kids, then demand they do housework without discussing it first and compensating then for the extra work.

Unloading the dishwasher is different from a heavy cleaning and as someone in the household for that many hours, basic helping out should be expected. You want to scream you are equal to a parent but a parent would take care of those things. You are working in a home. Most jobs have duties outside the very specific ones you are hired for. Professionals do them and don't scream they will not do them as they are professionals or they never get ahead.

No its not and you should be hiring a housekeeper if you want housekeeping. If you can’t afford a housekeeper you probably can’t afford a nanny. Basic “helping out” is not part of any nannies job description. You can try to twist it anyway you like but at the end of the day you want a housekeeper who watches your kids at a nanny rate. You don’t want to compensate your nanny for housekeeping duties and you don’t want to pay a housekeeper. You want your cake and to eat it too. I don’t scream anything and idk what being equal to a parent means. A nanny is not your child’s parent nor do they want to be. A nanny comes into your home to provide childcare, which may include cleaning up after your child. That’s what you are paying them for. If you want them to do housekeeping then you pay them extra for that.

I'm a new poster. I would never hire a nanny like you. So many entitled nannies on here! Dealing with the dishes in the kitchen has been a part of the job description of every nanny I have had, none have complained, and we paid standard nanny rates. Stay at home moms need to do all these things during their day, balancing child stuff with house stuff, so when I am out of the house, I expect the nannies to do the same. It's not that hard to empty a dishwasher while a 1-2 year old is sitting a few feet away having a snack.

Every nanny you’ve had? How many have you had?!

And it is not in my job description and responsibilities nor is it in OP’s. If it is in your nannies job descriptions, so be it. No one is acting entitled. OP’s question is valid and job-creep is a concern.

Its very entitled to expect a spotless home every morning after parents work 8-12 hours plus commute, plus have to make dinner, bathe, bed and spend time with the kids. Its absurd one poster expects a family to hire a housekeeper. You should help keep the rooms clean (at least straighten up and a quick vacuum) every so often as you use the house just as much as the parents do.

OMG. I’ve been a nanny my whole life, and I’ve never worked with a family that didn’t hire a housekeeper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are just willing to do the absolute minimum you are not a professional nanny and a babysitter. This is their home. If they get home late, have to make dinner, shower the kids, homework, and their stuff, they may run out of time or are tired and its ok to leave it a day. Its absurd to expect the house always spotless and dishwasher unloaded every night.

No. You hire a housekeeper. A professional nanny provides care for your children. A housekeeper cleans your house. It’s absurd to pay someone to take care of your kids, then demand they do housework without discussing it first and compensating then for the extra work.

Unloading the dishwasher is different from a heavy cleaning and as someone in the household for that many hours, basic helping out should be expected. You want to scream you are equal to a parent but a parent would take care of those things. You are working in a home. Most jobs have duties outside the very specific ones you are hired for. Professionals do them and don't scream they will not do them as they are professionals or they never get ahead.

No its not and you should be hiring a housekeeper if you want housekeeping. If you can’t afford a housekeeper you probably can’t afford a nanny. Basic “helping out” is not part of any nannies job description. You can try to twist it anyway you like but at the end of the day you want a housekeeper who watches your kids at a nanny rate. You don’t want to compensate your nanny for housekeeping duties and you don’t want to pay a housekeeper. You want your cake and to eat it too. I don’t scream anything and idk what being equal to a parent means. A nanny is not your child’s parent nor do they want to be. A nanny comes into your home to provide childcare, which may include cleaning up after your child. That’s what you are paying them for. If you want them to do housekeeping then you pay them extra for that.

I'm a new poster. I would never hire a nanny like you. So many entitled nannies on here! Dealing with the dishes in the kitchen has been a part of the job description of every nanny I have had, none have complained, and we paid standard nanny rates. Stay at home moms need to do all these things during their day, balancing child stuff with house stuff, so when I am out of the house, I expect the nannies to do the same. It's not that hard to empty a dishwasher while a 1-2 year old is sitting a few feet away having a snack.

Every nanny you’ve had? How many have you had?!

And it is not in my job description and responsibilities nor is it in OP’s. If it is in your nannies job descriptions, so be it. No one is acting entitled. OP’s question is valid and job-creep is a concern.

Its very entitled to expect a spotless home every morning after parents work 8-12 hours plus commute, plus have to make dinner, bathe, bed and spend time with the kids. Its absurd one poster expects a family to hire a housekeeper. You should help keep the rooms clean (at least straighten up and a quick vacuum) every so often as you use the house just as much as the parents do.

It’s very entitled to hire a nanny then expect her to do housekeeping. Especially if you’re not going to compensate her adequately. It’s absurd you keep trying to argue that your nanny should do housekeeping. If you want someone to clean your house that is what a housekeeper is for. Either pay for a nanny and housekeeper or pay your nanny an additional wage to do housekeeping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AGAIN entitied Nannieswe are talking about a DISHWASHER here that collects dishes from many different people
Nobody is taking about cleaning your bosses underwear, organizing their mail, cleaning up their bed room, making their bed
It’s a dish washer!!!! Does it really hurt to empty a few extra clean dishes? I don’t get it, I really don’t!

You don’t have to get it. You do you. Other nannies with higher standards will do what works for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Posted here before-
I’m still curious
Do Nannies
- hand wash only all the dishes they use, and while doing so ware valuable water and electricity
- or run dishwashers but only take out clean kids dishes and leave parents dishes in it?

I “collect” dishes in the fish washer, I throw all kids stuff in and the parents add their stuff, with only one child it’s not a lot, I also add my stuff, that way I save water, electricity, while disinfect everybody’s germs. Emptying the fish washer takes 5 minutes and I’ll do it while kid sleep, plays with books or toys near me, or does an art project or if I’m late I’ll do it while he eats dinner while taking to him or singing songs.

***while doing so waste valuable water

You keep harping on this like it’s some kind of argument. Do you not shower? Do you not use any hot water? Yeah I hand wash the dishes I use throughout the day and the kid’s dishes. I clean up any mess we make throughout the day. The only dishwasher I use in the one in my house.

[Anonymous]

We've had our nanny for two years. We do not have a housekeeper. In spite of this, we've never asked her to do anything non-kid related. She heats up meals I've left for the kids, hand washes the bottles/dishes/cutlery, tidies up toys, puts dirty clothes into the hamper. That's it. Sometimes she arrives to a messy disaster of a house because we're exhausted working parents of a baby and a toddler, but that doesn't mean we take advantage of her and pile on the tasks. Either pay your nannies extra or hire a cleaning service.

[Anonymous]

Emptying the dishwasher = housekeeping???
She’s not asked to clean the dish washer, she’s asked to empty the dishes out of the dish washer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emptying the dishwasher = housekeeping???
She’s not asked to clean the dish washer, she’s asked to empty the dishes out of the dish washer

Look. At. The. Thread. Title.

It starts with the dishwasher, then moves on to other housekeeping duties. Families will test the water to see what they can get away with.

[Anonymous]

My nanny will often put the clean dishes away and do DD’s laundry. I appreciate it and she knows it’s not expected. I also will pick up some items for her from the grocery or mail a package for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AGAIN entitied Nannieswe are talking about a DISHWASHER here that collects dishes from many different people
Nobody is taking about cleaning your bosses underwear, organizing their mail, cleaning up their bed room, making their bed
It’s a dish washer!!!! Does it really hurt to empty a few extra clean dishes? I don’t get it, I really don’t!

Not a nanny but, YES, IT IS JOB CREEP. IF you don't mind having duties other than those in your contract and you don't mind giving them free work, fine. But stop judging those who do not like, or want, job creep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AGAIN entitied Nannieswe are talking about a DISHWASHER here that collects dishes from many different people
Nobody is taking about cleaning your bosses underwear, organizing their mail, cleaning up their bed room, making their bed
It’s a dish washer!!!! Does it really hurt to empty a few extra clean dishes? I don’t get it, I really don’t!

Not a nanny but, YES, IT IS JOB CREEP. IF you don't mind having duties other than those in your contract and you don't mind giving them free work, fine. But stop judging those who do not like, or want, job creep.

I hope you never try to get a job outside a babysitter as most jobs require other duties as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Emptying the dishwasher = housekeeping???
She’s not asked to clean the dish washer, she’s asked to empty the dishes out of the dish washer

Look. At. The. Thread. Title.

It starts with the dishwasher, then moves on to other housekeeping duties. Families will test the water to see what they can get away with.

If you are using the home 8-10 hours a day you can contribute to caring for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emptying the dishwasher = housekeeping???
She’s not asked to clean the dish washer, she’s asked to empty the dishes out of the dish washer

Look. At. The. Thread. Title.

It starts with the dishwasher, then moves on to other housekeeping duties. Families will test the water to see what they can get away with.

If you are using the home 8-10 hours a day you can contribute to caring for it.

Do you vacuum your office or clean the toilets in your office? Didn't think do! Your house is YOUR responsibility to keep clean, not the Nanny's!