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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a little confused about getting OT pay for two of your ten hours each day with the other family; since you won't be getting over 40 hours per week I didn't think you were entitled to OT (regardless of working over 8 hours in the day)? Maybe I'm wrong, but you might want to make extra sure that family is planning on paying six hours per week (out of 30 hours total) at an OT rate?

Getting back to your question, you've already been honest, so you should continue to be. Tell them you've enjoying meeting them and are sincerely excited for the opportunity to work with them, but you've also promised to interview with the other family, and you intend to do so, and then, after Saturday, you can make an informed decision which family will be the best fit for you.

If you do tell them that, you should also be prepared for the fact that they might offer the job to someone else. I don't think you should say you need to talk it over with your husband and let them know Sunday, because they KNOW you have another interview Saturday, and they will know you are stalling for that reason, and it might make you seem disingenuous.

The only other option I see is to tell them you accept the offer, and then if you get an offer from the other family you like better, tell the first family you're sorry but you've changed your mind. As long as it still leaves them with a few weeks to find someone else, and you haven't signed a contract yet, that shouldn't be a huge deal.

Another thing you don't seem to have considered is: what if you tell this family "I'll get back to you Sunday," then you meet the other family and they are AMAZING. You might have to wait until Monday or even Tuesday (or later?) before you can reasonably expect the family you meet Saturday to check your references and offer you the position. What will you say to this first family on Sunday if you've already made them wait several days for your response, and you find yourself stalling to wait for an offer from the Saturday interview family? [/quote]

I'm in California and law is anything over 8 hours in a day is paid overtime. The second family already said it would be paid overtime.
I really appreciate your response and thanks for bringing up that point: I was actually thinking the same, that they would know I was just stalling. So thank you for bringing that to my attention again- I'll probably go with what you said. I am really hoping they don't pull the offer, but I know it's possible. I really like them! Also I couldn't accept and then leave for another family! I'd hate that to be done to me, so I really wouldn't do it to anyone else. 
Thanks for your thoughts![/quote]

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