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[quote=Anonymous]I work for a family who has 4 kids - 15, 13, 12, 10. Since the kids are older, I'm much more of a homework helper/chauffeur. The parents are going out of the country for a vacation this following week. In total, I will spend 8 days and 7 nights there. 5 of the days the kids will be in school, and 3 will be full day. On the school days, I would say I will be doing things related to the kids for 6.5-8.5 hours of the day (1.5 hours in the morning and then after school until bedtime). The full days I'm guessing will be approximately 12 hours (9am-9pm). When I calculated it out, I will probably be doing kid-related things for about 70.5 hours. However, they are older, so there is not nearly as much demand as with younger children. I get paid $15/hr regularly (and not compensated for gas), and they offered me $1,000 for the week. Does this seem appropriate? I was upset at first and told the mom that I felt I would be being compensated for the hours with the kids but not really for the nights I'm spending at her house, but she told me that $150/day is a better rate than most people offer with the kids being in school most days. I don't know if I'm being crazy right now. From what I know, this would not be fair in a circumstance with younger kids, but is it fair because they are older? Any insight would be greatly appreciated! I'm just looking for honest opinions about this. I feel pretty taken advantage of by this family as is because they like to cut my hours randomly and I drive a lot without being compensated for gas or wear and tear on my vehicle, so I'm not sure if my negative feelings for them is distorting my view on this. [/quote]

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