The Nanny with Flexibility

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3 year old thread.

Please give it up.

Anther abusive parent, eh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 year old thread.

Please give it up.

If the problem still exists it does not matter how,old the thread is am too many parents are late coming home every day.

Exactly. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Flexibility"
=
Doormat

"I want to pay you until 6, but I usually don't get home until 6:30 or 7."
Why don't you simply be honest and say, "I usually get home by 7 (and will pay accordingly), but occasionally I may arrive home earlier".

BEWARE of the word "flexible". If you want a flexible nanny, you need to pay for it. No respectable nanny is going to be on-call after her agreed upon hours, unless you can afford very generous compensation.

If you neglect to pay the high price for the benefit of flexibility, be prepared to also be "flexible", as in the nanny may start showing up late to compensate for your tardiness.

Either it works both ways, or you pay for it. You pick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny. Being a nanny isn't a serious profession. Shit happens. It's a job based around flexibility. If you want a job where you know when you're expected to come in and leave to the exact minute - go apply for an office job. I'm so sick of nannies acting like this.

+1. Most professional jobs require some level of flexibility in hours. Nannies should, of course, be paid for every hour they actually work, but they should not expect to get paid until 7 every night because the parent might miss the 6:30 target here and there. If nannies want to be respected as professionals, they need to stop acting like childish prima donnas.

Nannies are hourly employees and should be paid for every minute worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny. Being a nanny isn't a serious profession. Shit happens. It's a job based around flexibility. If you want a job where you know when you're expected to come in and leave to the exact minute - go apply for an office job. I'm so sick of nannies acting like this.

You are no more a nanny thsn you are a super model. You are a cheap MB.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny. Being a nanny isn't a serious profession. Shit happens. It's a job based around flexibility. If you want a job where you know when you're expected to come in and leave to the exact minute - go apply for an office job. I'm so sick of nannies acting like this.

Oh fuck off. It's not a serious profession? Oh so keeping a child a alive, healthy and safe isn't serious? I was a nanny my hours were. 9:00-5:30 and I can understand if the mother came home a few minutes late but 30-45 mintues late? No....you pay me extra it's what I signed in the contract. Another family I nannied for was on top of her game even 1 minute after my shift was over she'd pay me extra.

[Anonymous]

This is why I live in. The family has up to 1.5 hours after each shift to relieve me, and we can do a shorter day later in the week to compensate. Or they can pay me extra for the week. When I tell them ahead of time that I need to leave by a certain time, there's never an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a flexible nanny. I stay late, don't have a regular end time, and work weekends (IF I want to, not required). I pitch in, do light HK if I have time, buy groceries and organize.

I'm paid $29.50/hr.

Whenever I read all these complaints about low paying jobs, I just think to myself that maybe if they were more flexible they could earn a decent wage. I've been making over $20/hr for at least the past 8 years.

Five years ago: $29.50/hr. Your average rate is now $25/hr.

[Anonymous]

Get an hourly rate, problem solved.

Sure I’ll work till 7 but after 5 it’s overtime. I’m flexible as hell if it puts $$$ in my pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when parents told me it will be from 8 am to 5.30 pm but they came at my place at 7.30 am and pickup the baby at 6.00 pm!

Can they do that at daycare? hell NO!!

Nannies don’t work out of their own homes...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when parents told me it will be from 8 am to 5.30 pm but they came at my place at 7.30 am and pickup the baby at 6.00 pm!

Can they do that at daycare? hell NO!!

Nannies don’t work out of their own homes...

You have no clue what childcare arrangements certain parents are making for their children.