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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP are you saying you would like to add to her job duties? Or that you feel these are her job duties? If you would like to expand on her duties then I would just let her know you need additional support and offer her a pay increase you feel is appropriate for those tasks. If you feel those tasks were part of your agreement AND you can point to them in the contract then talk to her about why they are not being done.

Finally, look at you overall compensation package. I know my MB pays me above average at $20. Consequently, I feel I should perform above average. Otherwise, she could pay someone $15 for the bare minimum of leaving the house as is. I don't do their laundry all the time or wash their dishes all the time or make any other household duty solely my job. I do however wash the coffee pot out and program it for the next morning, vacuum a couple times per week, wash small dishes left near the sink, write their grocery list and offer to run to the store once a week, throw in the laundry a couple times a month, etc. They don't need to pay me more to do that stuff because I am well paid. If they suggested making their household chore a major responsibility of mine then I would take issue with that.[/quote]

I disagree, PP.  I'm paid $20 an hour and I feel strongly that my added responsibilities and performing "above average" all involve childcare.  My MB recently mentioned that she's like the baby to learn sign language - not a part of our contract - but I immediately purchased books and DVD's on baby sign language (paid out of my pocket) that I will master and teach the baby.  Any free time that I have from my child-related chores, I use to engage and teach my charge.  You move from three naps to one, from solitary playing to needing other children's company (playdates), from shaking a bottle of formula to making baby-food, etc.

Aside form the children's things - I leave the house as I found it.  I wouldn't do general housework regardless of what the raise would be.  [/quote]

I disagree as well - I do my job 110% regardless of what I am being paid - and my job is the care, teaching and well-being of the children.  If I was making $40 an hour, I wouldn't do general housework.  Nanny jobs expand, shrink and change depending on the ages of the kids - but at no age does it involve washing the parents dishes or doing their laundry.  [/quote]

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