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[quote=Anonymous]Hi I've been with this family for 6 years with 4 kids. I started working full time the first 3 years, 600dollars per week for about 50-55hours. I work in the affluent area of Upper Westchester, NY. 
I switched to part-time about 3 years ago. I've always done the errand, grocery shopping, but only while the kids were in pre-school. Now that the children are older, I feel very undermined, abused, and underpaid/undervalued, especially by the mother and the oldest son. I know started looking for another job because working for 400dollars per week part-time for them isn't enough. I make 16dollars per hour. What bothers me, is this:
yes, I agreed to all the job creep in the beginning, but I was working full-time and got paid for the hours the kids were in pre-school because I did the errands then. Now...
She expects me to work afternoons for about 5 hours, and adds the extra few hours for errands and grocery, which is fine. what is not fine is the amount of work I am suppossed to do while the kids are at home unattended, running screaming through the house. The mother is at home most days, she works from home, but won't do one thing, so it is all up to me. Now that I found a wonderful new job, where I am treated with respect, no drama, I came to realize in what kind of an abusive environment I'm working...and I am getting paid way more for the new part-time job!!! They even offered more days and hours for me. I just wanted to know if I am overreacting...but what would you do if your boss screams at the kids non stop, it's very loud, she texts me all day long (even from her office while working, or on my days off), that she needs me to do personal stuff for her, do this...do that...while 4 kids are at home. the poor kids watch TV all day, so that I can do the housekeeping and personal errands. I also drive the kids around, cook gourmet meals for dinner for the whole family, do laundry for 4 kids, plus sheets for 5 beds and towels, and sometimes I'm expected to fold the dads laundry. she still adds stuff everyday...now she has 300 christmas cards (pictures of kids) that I need to put into envolopes, address stickers, stamps...hundreds of picture frames, she gave me 2 long receipes for cakes and expected me to get the ingredients out. Just sill things NON STOP!!! I'm so drained...I tried speaking to them millions of times, doesn't work. I asked for 22per hour since I'm doing all the personal assistant, cooking, bla bla bla.cleaning up after everybody, making dinner plates for parents.she said it was too much money and she would speak to the husband about a salary. they also took my benefits away, she doesn't want to pay me anymore for days that she cancels on me and stuff. When they go on vacation, I still have to come in take care of the kids clothes, run errands, drive and pick them up from the airport..on days I normally wouldn't work. and I never took any of my paid vacations that I was entitled to. no benefits, no health insurance.
so what do you think? 4 kids, screaming running around the house, watch TV, rude to me, the mom is rude, I keep running around the house sweating trying to get things done... the kids are so bad that the bus drivers are mad at them, they get kicked out of camps.. and the mom just think it's always the other people but not her kids..I just want to get out. I figures by the end of december I should get out and start the new part time job with more hours and just keep looking for another part time job in the evenings. Thank you! [/quote]

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