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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been working for four years with the same family and the boy is going to a daycare school 2 days a week from 9-12 and I drop him off and pick him up. (10 minute drive) Then I stay at their home cleaning. BUT there used to be a housecleaner every other Monday. My bosses recently told me that the two days that I stay at their home, I have to clean their house and do their laundry! Their house has four bathrooms, four bedrooms, a basement, etc. Honestly, the hours that I am there cleaning, I am very tired. When I applied for the job, I specifically said that I am a nanny, which includes doing the kids laundry, meals, and doing everything for the KID. not a housecleaner. Should I continue to clean their house with no extra charge? I talked to my boss and she said "I fired the housecleaner because I need the extra money for my sons school." [/quote]

MB here w/ a toddler who goes to schools for the same amount of hours plus an additional day (longer hours) somewhere else.  We also have an infant, so our nanny watches the 2nd child.  Obviously, the infant sleeps a lot more, so if that's the case then the nanny has down time.

It sounds like you would be free from 9:10 to about 11:50 2x a week which is only 5 hours and 20 minutes a week.  If you are ok with is, I would suggest that you just do chores related to the boy.  If you don't do this already, I would offer to empty out their dishwasher, maybe tidy up the basement (is that the play area), clean/tidy up his room (i.e., do you strip his sheets and make his bed every week?), organize his clothes.  I would tell them that you do not do bathrooms.  Maybe offer to cook meals for him or the whole family instead of having to clean.  Or offer to run errands for the family?  Pick up dry cleaning and groceries?

good luck.[/quote]

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