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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Housework and guaranteed are handled differently in different shares. OP- you need to learn to take responsibility for negotiating upfront. There is no universal you should be getting X entitlement and you need to think through what is important for you.

There are very few fantasy jobs that involve no housework, high pay, guaranteed hours with families taking off weeks and weeks of vacation, unlimited PTO etc etc. You negotiate, compromise, and come up with a mutually acceptable offer. This doesn't always mean that both sides are thrilled with what they are getting/giving but both sides have agreed in good faith and there are no further expectations of what you should or shouldn't get. [/quote]

PP, this is misleading.

No nanny here has suggested that they feel entitled to unlimited PTO, weeks and weeks of paid vacation, or even high pay (whatever you mean by that). What IS standard are guaranteed hours, child-related housework (trending towards none in a share, to be fair to both parties), and a living wage. An employer who can't be satisfied offering those things has no business employing anyone in their home.[/quote]

If nannies are legally hourly employees then I don't get the guaranteed hours. I don't pay my nanny guaranteed hours. She works, she gets paid. Also, what's a living wage? Many people work for min wage. Is that a living wage? If not then maybe those people (nannies included) should get the education and degrees so they can have a career which pays a better, living wage?[/quote]

You can find the calculations for your city's living wage at: http://livingwage.mit.edu/ (and no, PP, it is not minimum wage)

Nannies are classified as hourly employees by law because they are covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA was designed to protect workers by entitling them to overtime pay from which executive and other such positions are exempt. As others have said, I suppose if you don't want to offer guaranteed hours you'll find a nanny desperate enough to leave you the power to screw around with her weekly income, but should you decide to take a 3 week vacation and not pay your nanny, I suspect she'll have a new job before you get back. The point of offering guaranteed hours is that you are ensuring the nanny's availability when you need her. Obviously.

And as PP has said, education is not just handed out in this country. Even at a state or community college, the money required (tuition, lab fees), the resources (transportation, books) required, and the time required can be prohibitive for people struggling to improve their situations. So...please don't be flippant and suggest people should just go to college and everything would be better and it's their own fault if they don't, because usually it's not.

Finally, I have a college degree. I make more than twice my city's living wage. I'm also a nanny. There is no reason nannies can't earn enough to support themselves and contribute to society, the only actual barrier to that is employers like you who look down on people who earn less than you do. Including, apparently, the woman helping to care for your children? You should be embarrassed to be so small minded.[/quote]

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