The dishwasher job creep trick

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Anonymous wrote:I can see getting upset if the family makes it a habit, but this seems really nitpicky if it doesn't happen often. I'm an employer, and sometimes we forget to run the dishwasher overnight, or we forget to switch the laundry load and so the dryer is running when our nanny arrives. It doesn't happen often (once every couple months, maybe?) and we always apologize and thank our nanny for dealing with it. We pay well and always go out of our way to be a good employer, and our nanny doesn't seem to mind. She knows she has a good gig with laid back employers. In turn, I would be very annoyed if she refused to empty the dishwasher every once in awhile.

Would you be upset if your boss asked you to clean the bathrooms, kitchen, vacuum, or empty the trash cans at work every once in awhile? Your boss says they pay you well and they are laid back. They know you have a good gig and they aren’t asking often. In turn, they would be very annoyed if you didn’t do this when they did ask.

I have, I often have cleaned common areas as I am in a service profession and we have shared offices for meetings. So, yes, I clean them before I meet with someone.

Now go clean the kitchen, fridge, bathrooms, microwave, and dishes that your co workers leave in the sink. Then clean the office space when you aren’t meeting someone. Since you are doing it anyway, your boss thinks you can clean every other area.

I have. Its called making yourself useful for job security. You do absolute minimum and they can replace you with someone who is willing to do more, why keep you?

Well if you’re that worried about your job security maybe you should up your skills. That way you won’t be reduced to cleaning bathrooms, kitchens and dishes after your co workers. I do what's required in my contract, so I can’t relate to whatever your bare minimum might be. Just like I can’t relate to worrying about job security.

[Anonymous]

I find that keep min home running smoothly, I need an empty dishwasher and an empty washer and dryer. But I would be miserable if I had an employee demanding this every day. That’s pressure I don’t need.

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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. <<<<


Errr, this is called *being a parent!* What did you think it was going to be like when you decided to have kids?? It sounds like one of you needs to work part-time. Or, the whole family cleans the house on Saturdays from 8am-12noon.

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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.

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Errr, this is called *being a parent!* What did you think it was going to be like when you decided to have kids?? It sounds like one of you needs to work part-time. Or, the whole family cleans the house on Saturdays from 8am-12noon.


+1. I don’t clean the office where I work. I do clean my own home. I assume our nanny cleans her own home. Nanny’s job is to teach, care for and protect my kid. She happily makes fresh homemade baby food and finger food for him every day; does his laundry and cleans and puts away his toys; she takes my son to classes and storytimes and reads about 20 books a day to him. She doesn’t need to vacuum my house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find that keep min home running smoothly, I need an empty dishwasher and an empty washer and dryer. But I would be miserable if I had an employee demanding this every day. That’s pressure I don’t need.

You consider keeping your house clean "pressure"? Lord, it must be like Trump's description of Baltimore!

You would have a fit if you came in and found your office a holy mess. Well, your house is the Nanny's workplace and YOU are the person responsible for seeing to it that it is clean-- no dirty dishes in sink or elsewhere, none of yours or DH'S dirty or clean clothes in washer or dryer. If you want dishwasher emptied, get up ten minutes earlier or run at night and empty before going to bed.

[Anonymous]

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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.

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Errr, this is called *being a parent!* What did you think it was going to be like when you decided to have kids?? It sounds like one of you needs to work part-time. Or, the whole family cleans the house on Saturdays from 8am-12noon.

+1. I don’t clean the office where I work. I do clean my own home. I assume our nanny cleans her own home. Nanny’s job is to teach, care for and protect my kid. She happily makes fresh homemade baby food and finger food for him every day; does his laundry and cleans and puts away his toys; she takes my son to classes and storytimes and reads about 20 books a day to him. She doesn’t need to vacuum my house.
What do you propose the family do Mon-Fri to keep spotless for nanny? Kids don't understand to wait till Fri to create mess for Sat cleaning.. and in office usually there is no potty training, no kids messes in kitchen and play stuff in common areas to deal with.

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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.

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Errr, this is called *being a parent!* What did you think it was going to be like when you decided to have kids?? It sounds like one of you needs to work part-time. Or, the whole family cleans the house on Saturdays from 8am-12noon.

+1. I don’t clean the office where I work. I do clean my own home. I assume our nanny cleans her own home. Nanny’s job is to teach, care for and protect my kid. She happily makes fresh homemade baby food and finger food for him every day; does his laundry and cleans and puts away his toys; she takes my son to classes and storytimes and reads about 20 books a day to him. She doesn’t need to vacuum my house.

What do you propose the family do Mon-Fri to keep spotless for nanny? Kids don't understand to wait till Fri to create mess for Sat cleaning.. and in office usually there is no potty training, no kids messes in kitchen and play stuff in common areas to deal with.



You empty your own dishwasher and do your own laundry. The nanny will pick up after the children.

This really isn’t difficult to understand. You clean up your mess and the mess the kids make when they are on your watch. The nanny cleans up the mess the kids make when on her watch.