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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think asking her to cook for you is way outside a nanny's job description.  Emptying the dishwasher is really pushing it.  I don't see anything wrong with accepting packages.[/quote]

Are you a nanny?  Our nanny does our grocery shopping, cooks, and will empty the dishwasher if it gets run while she's there.  That wasn't part of her job when the kids were babies, but became part of it once they got older and started going to preschool (so she was alone for part of the day).  She only cooked for the kids before they went to school, now she'll cook things for all of us.  She does like to cook, and we discussed whether this was something she'd be willing to do, but to say that emptying the dishwasher is outside the scope of things a nanny could do is crazy to me.[/quote]

+1   Everything is negotiable and the hourly rate stated here is very generous, especially for one infant. I doubt many of the nannies who advise against emptying the dishwasher are getting $23 NET (recommend you set the rate at the gross amount because you can't really know what the nanny's taxes will be.).  What's the deal with emptying the dishwasher? It takes me 2 minutes; I've timed it.   I think the important thing is to hire a nanny who is a team player, flexible enough to deal with changes, sans attitude.  Right now, the infant is probably sleeping 8+ during her shift, so not too tough a gig.[/quote]

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