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[quote=Anonymous]It all depends on each individual family. I have worked with some where I got some limited amounts of time to relax, and others where it was non-stop work until they went to sleep. If you are working with a family that has school age children, and not as many duties to do while the kids are in school, then you will get more breaks. But you never know what will happen if you are starting off with younger children. The parents could ask for more house manager type duties once the kids get to that age where they are gone for hours each day, or they might just give you a split schedule and not pay you for hours they are in school. Some families are more relaxed than others, some are constantly doing things and expect you to constantly do things with the kids as well.

There is no real answer like you are looking for. Best thing would be to find out what hours they need you to do what (and what duties), and ask specifically about downtime during the interview.

24 hour schedules are really tough though. I know you would love having the extra time off and say you don't do much any day you work anyways, but you generally are "always on" and doing a 14-15 hour day and THEN being "on call"/babysitting at home for the rest of the night wears you out much faster than you might think. It is very stressful and many people get burnt out very quickly. People in positions like this are generally with wealthy families, and sometimes just the family themselves with a normal position can wear someone out quickly.

I have known a few families that had to hire a new personal assistant for the mom every 1-1.5 years, a new nanny every 1-2 years, and a new housekeeper every couple of years just because they were such a high maintenance family that had very high expectations (that all staff met), but it would just start to get to the person after doing it for so long, and they would have to leave for something else.[/quote]

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