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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]Live-in job.  Split schedule (paid for morning routine and afternoon routine, have school hours off).  30 hrs per week; 25 with kids and 5 doing errands and cooking.  Kids laundry, weekly grocery shopping, family dinners 5 nights a week, kid-related housekeeping.  Two kids, both preschool-aged.  Drive using my car with reimbursment of $40 per week (more than I will spend on gas).  Live-in with room, board, and two week vacation (one of their choosing, one of mine) and 5 days sick leave.  Pay is $900 per month.[/quote]

Well, 30 hours/week x 4.3 week per month is 129 hours a month, so you'd be paying her $6.98/hour, which is less than minimum wage.

And I am not getting into the "room and board" mess, because if you actually value it, you wind up with IRS insanity. And being a LI isn't that great of a benefit if you don't earn enough to pay your other bills.

You might find a person who has little to no nanny experience (like a daycare worker looking for a place to live and wanting to work fewer hours) to take this job, but I doubt any knowledgeable and experienced nanny would apply to be a nanny/errand runner/cook for less than minimum wage. $10/hour without messing with room and board calculations, or $15/hour with a 40% R&B deduction might net you better applicants.

If you can up the amount of money you can afford to cover an au pair, you might try that route. If you can't afford that (about 25K/year including placement fees and other costs), you need to be prepared to have a lot of turnover, since the novices you hire will look to move on as soon as they realize they're making so much less than their peers.

Good luck!
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