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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will be going to TX for school next month for approximately 6-months and I'm really stressing over trying to get care for my son while I'm gone.  Hubby works swing shift, so he will be able to get our son off to school/camp in the morning.  I'm looking a nanny to pick our son up from school/camp, do his laundry and prepare his dinner Monday-Friday from 6pm to midnight and[b] an occasional Saturday[/b]. I think this would be good for a nanny share.

Do y'all think $200 per week is a fair rate?  Do the hours seem reasonable for the pay rate? Minus the admin fees this is the weekly rate at one of the au pair agencies that I checked in to.

I posted an ad on sittercity as well as this site.  On sittercity, I got a coupla hits from au pairs, but can they legally work for another family?

-- BV[/quote]

So is it an occasional Saturday, or every (or most) Saturdays?   Because in your ad, you state that it is while your DH takes a class and make it sound like it would be every Saturday.   Regardless, I'd think you'd have to pay a premium for these types of hours, not a lower rate.     I don't necessarily think it would be a good arrangement for a college student.   For a couple years, I worked nights in college (as a grocery store clerk, not a nanny).   It sucked.   Especially Friday nights, when everyone else is out having a good time.   I got burned out very quickly and even though I was making good money ($15/hr back in the mid-90's when min. wage was only $5.xx/hr) I quit.   I got another job that only paid min. wage but I never had to work weekends or after 6 pm and was much happier.
I think it could be that you would hire a college student and after several months of never going out on Friday nights, they'd burn out and quit on you.[/quote]

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