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[quote=Anonymous]I work part-time for a family with a SAHM and two young kids.  I have another part-time job that gives me very regular hours and guaranteed pay.  My SAHM job has had really varying hours in the past, but the kids are starting to settle into a more predictable routine and she has settled on the same 3 days a week as usual.  My problem is twofold:

1) I don't have guaranteed hours with her
2) She doesn't schedule me very far in advance

I have done what I can to make it easy for her (made an outlook calendar to share with her what my personal schedule/ other family schedule looks like), but she still tends to wait until the beginning of the month to actually book time for that month.   Although, to be fair, she does tell me when a big change to the schedule comes up.  The problem that we are running into is that I sometimes take other jobs or make personal plans during what she considers to be "her" time.  I sort of feel that with no guaranteed pay it's my time until she specifically books it.  She also has a history of her needs  changing and no longer needing the hours, or of having something come up and not needing me on a specific day (e .g., I am typically booked by her on Friday mornings when she takes a class, but if her class is on a break for that week, she just doesn't schedule me and doesn't even offer me alternate hours for that week).

I am hesitant to turn down a job from a family who has an impeccable track record of either using me or paying me when they cancel in favor of a family who may or may not need that time.  I am fine to hold hours for her without guaranteed pay but not to hold hours that she hasn't even booked on the assumption that she will need me as usual.

They are otherwise very considerate and generous employers and so I am wondering whether and how to bring this up.  She feels that when I schedule another family during "her" time that I am prioritizing them over her, butthe reality is that I am just trying to make ends meet, and no matter how good our relationship is, it's a bad business decision to hold time for a family that may or may not need me for those hours.[/quote]

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