ATTN: Katty (kattymackenzie@hotmail.com): Please be polite
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jsteele
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Katty:
I am sure that you want this website to be useful so that you and others like you can find jobs. However, when you post replies such as this: Adriana I know you need the money but does not mean you have to take this offer, you can find a family with one baby, they will pay you no less the $15 for hour.... Plssss think about it. Don't let anybody take advance of us. It causes posters such as the original poser of the threat to which you replied to get upset and stop using DCUM. When this happens enough, word gets around that DCUM is not a good place to find a nanny. That's bad for DCUM, but it is also bad for you since you won't be able to use DCUM to find a job. If you see an advertisement that doesn't appeal to you, please just skip it. That will be best for everyone. |
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Anonymous
| I agree. And it also makes some nannies think the going rate is much different then it actual is. It all depends on the circumstances and $12 or $13 per hour for 1 child isn't a bad price at all. Esp if you only have little experience and no ECE. |
Anonymous
| Which thread is this in response to? |
Anonymous
| Whoah can we also call out the MB's posting jobs for $10/hr and 3 kids? That's not useful either and nannies will stop using the site to look for jobs. This should work both ways... |
jsteele
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No, you cannot call them out because they are making a perfectly legal job offer. There may well be someone willing to take that job. If the only jobs advertised here are low paying, you are correct that nannies seeking high-paying jobs will go elsewhere. But, advertisements here are for a range of salaries. Nannies who want high-paying positions can -- and should -- ignore the low paying offers. Those willing to work for less can still respond to the lower-paying opportunities. If you gave this a bit more thought, you would realize that getting rid of low-paying job offers would not decrease the number of job seekers willing to work for a lower wage than you. If there were no low-paying offers, everyone would compete for the high-paying offers. Instead of wasting your time reading an ad for a position that pays only $10 per hour, you would waste your time going to an interview and then being told someone willing to work for less has been hired. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Someone with little to no experience would gladly accept $10/hr. Even a college student because they know that it'll be just as hard looking for more money in another profession. As long as its above min wage it's good. And the parents posting $10/hr offers are getting responses. |
Anonymous
| As long as it is at least minimum wage, then it is an ok offer. Not that I would ever consider it, but it is also not one of the ones that I would email a response to the ad asking the parents WTF was going on in their heads (like ones that are asking for $2.43/hr for 2 kids). |