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[quote=Anonymous]You should never work a job where your commute is as long - or maybe longer?! - than the hours you will work. No way. For a 2.5 hour round-trip commute I'd need at least 8 hours of work to justify it.

But EITHER WAY, why are you selling yourself short like this? Your rate is set for your time and your expertise, it doesn't go up and down depending on the time of day you are booked for. If you are worth $15/hr, then that is what you charge. Think if you worked from 5pm-10pm...would you charge $15/hr from 5pm-8pm, then lower your rate from 8pm-10pm bc the kids were asleep? REALLY?

I am getting so frustrated by the nannies who don't seem to understand how this works. Your employers get paid their same salary regardless of whether they have an easy week, or get an afternoon off, or have a ton of work handed to them on Monday morning. You get paid your hourly rate no matter what too! You have NO IDEA what this night will look like - what if the baby is crying the whole time and won't sleep? What if he is asleep when you get there but wakes up sick? You're going to what, tell the mom when she gets home that although you quoted her $10/hr it's actually going to be more because it was such hard work? No way.

Charge $15/hr for your time for babysitting, OP.[/quote]

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