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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I only work afternoons with this family. My charge gets out at 1:05 and my compensated hours start at 1. I live 15-20 minutes away but sometimes there is traffic and parking is sometimes a problem, so I always leave my house by 12:15. I don't think it's fair to me to leave any earlier without pay. I'm already overly generous as it is because I would rather be 10 minutes early than 2 minutes late when going anywhere. I realize this is my personal issue with needing to be early so I never charged my nanny family for the extra time as I didn't want them to feel taken advantage of because I'm getting paid extra to essentially play on my phone in the car. [/quote]

How far away you live and how early you leave are not your NF's concern. Find me one other person in ANY field who gets to factor fluctuations in commute time into their pay and maybe you'd have a point. You are not being overly generous by showing up to your job early as opposed to late. It is no one's responsibility besides your own to ensure that you are on time to work and, yes, finding legal parking needs to be factored into that. I (and many employees all over the country) show up to my job 30 min early each day to find parking and walk from however far that may be, I would never dream of asking an employer to compensate me for that time. If you bring this issue up, be prepared to find a new job.[/quote]

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