thoughts on this offer?
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Anonymous
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Arlington, inside the beltway.
2 kids -- one preschooler, one infant but preschooler in school 9-5 m=f we'd ask nanny to keep preschooler if sick..she's good sick and sick for one day about once every 2 months. 40 hours a week guaranteed, $15/hour, paid through service. 3 weeks vacation, (last two weeks in Aug and week between Christmas and New Year's...I don't have a choice on this due to working for a small organization) Most federal holidays paid and day after Thanksgiving (a few minor not paid...vet's, columbus, and one other I"m forgetting) Holiday bonus and raise based on performance annually. Responsibilities are childcare, light housekeeping related to kids (pick-up kid mess, make them food, clean up after meals, laundry for both children, and emptying dishwasher mild kitchen and playspace upkeep). We have a weekly cleaning service that we will maintain. Also driving preschooler to/from preschool using our car every day. (1.5 mile drive each way). Thoughts on this? |
Anonymous
| Is this for a live-in nanny? If not how would the nanny only work 40 hours a week but still be working when driving the preschooler to school BEFORE 9am and AFTER 5pm? |
Anonymous
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Very good offer including an extra week of PTO beyond the norm. Most nannies only get 2 weeks, including one week of her choice and one of her employers. While she doesn't get to pick in your situation she gets plenty of notice to plan that she gets 2 weeks in August and 1 week at Christmas. This gives a summer and winter break.
I would suggest knocking out the minor holidays and including 3 PTO/sick days instead. |
Anonymous
| If you can find someone who you want, and she likes your offer/wage, terrific. If you don't, up the wage. |
Anonymous
I'm not the OP but we had the same type of schedule. Preschool isn't like elementary school. 9 am usually means that drop off occurs anytime between 8:45 and 9:15 or even 9:30. Pick up was the same way. It was technically at 3 but car lane pick up started at 2:40. They would always be home by 3pm. |
Anonymous
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Agree about the question regarding hours -- what are the daily hours?
Hate the vacation setup. Sure, three weeks are great, but what if nanny has a family obligation during the year? With no flexibility regarding vacation time, she either has to take the time unpaid or skip the event? |
Anonymous
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Hey guys;
OP here. Yes, hours are 9-5. for preschool, drop off could be at 9:30 and pick up could be 4:30. It's also flexible for nanny. I have no flexibility in vacation time as I work for a very small company (6 employees). I know that's not great. my employer justifies it as day off after Thanksgiving allows for participation in that and there's a summer vacation that corresponds with our work-flow and little is done over the Christmas week here. I also have no flexibility on those federal holidays. All I get off, nanny gets off! I just need to look at the schedule to figure out that third one. I also don't get sick leave. Seriously! I work when I'm sick, either from home or the office. Anyway, I know it sucks but it's a lot of PTO even if there's not a lot of choice. The other upside is that it's set so hypothetically nanny will know in advance when her summer holiday will be and can visit family over holidays or long weekends when a federal holiday abuts a weekend. |
Anonymous
| Sounds fine, but I would clarify one thing - what if the nanny wants/needs to take a day off other than those three weeks? Is that unpaid then? Fine, but make sure it's clear. |
Anonymous
| also, it's a live-out position. |
Anonymous
| 13.12 again. I wasn't talking about family vacations, which can be flexible. Specifically, I was thinking about family events like weddings, funerals, and graduations. |
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OP, if you can offer paid sick days in addition to the days you outlined above, that will make a set (yet inflexible) vacation schedule more attractive.
If that's not possible, and if any and all days outside of what you listed above will be unpaid if nanny needs off, be 101% sure that any candidate understands that during your initial phone interview. That will save you some time that could be wasted interviewing people who believe that they can get you to compromise on PTO. You could say something as simple as, "Due to PTO restrictions in my workplace, you will get X days of PTO in a set schedule of abc. If you have to take off any days other than abc you will need to take them as unpaid leave. This is not negotiable, and I am making sure candidates understand that before proceeding top in-person interviews." |
Anonymous
| Sorry OP, but I wouldn't look twice at your offer. $15/hour is nothing special and while your benefits offer above average time off (kind of) its inflexible and comes with no sick/personal time. I'm sure their are nannies out there who'd consider it, but I think finding them will be a challenge. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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OP I also wouldn't be willing to consider this offer. For zero of my own vacation time (there are even zero sick or personal days?) I'd expect more than $15/hr pre-tax.
All the other details are (varying degrees of) fine, though, so if you post your ad and discover you're having a hard time attracting the candidates you want, that's probably the issue. |
Anonymous
| Agree with some of the other PP's. This is not a position I would be interested in at all. You offer no flexibility with vacation days and as far as PTO/sick days- it's extremely unreasonable to find a qualified nanny who will take a job without any sick day benefits. What happens if your nanny needs to go to the doctor or has the flu? Do you have back up childcare? For $15 an hour, on the books- I wish you luck finding someone. |