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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Slavery-poster, you are correct, nannies are not slaves. So we don't need to bring it up any more, k? We all understand what you're saying, but it is hugely disrespectful to everyone who has endured or is enduring the experience of slavery to suggest that an employer who takes advantage of a naive nanny is the same as a slave owner. Neither is a good person, clearly, but I think we should be able to agree that there is a distinct difference between the two. [/quote]

back to topic - OP, you have a problem because these are all issues you should have negotiated up front. You are now trying to renegotiate on the fly. As an MB I would be really pissed at hiring someone on X terms only to have her keep renegotiating them only a few months in. It shows really bad faith and would make me feel scammed. (FWIW, my nanny does have guaranteed hours - for a specific hr range 5 days a week; vacation, holidays and sick leave paid so I'm not arguing that those benefits aren't good.) I would wait to 6 months and request a formal sit-down. You need to be apologetic for not bringing this stuff up when you negotiated at the get-go, but you can be honest that it is becoming an issue and you need a way to regularize your pay. MB may counter that she needs to pay you a lower rate per hour. That is not unreasonable and you need to be ready to be OK with that if your real priority is guaranteed hours - you are asking for a better compensation package than the one they offered you when they hired you. It does not automaticlaly fall to them to improve it just because you did not raise these issues when you were hired.[/quote]

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