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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m hiring my first nanny in a number of years after having au pairs (had Nannies before). The best thing about au pairs is their flexibility.

I have found a nanny who seems great and is interested in working our schedule - 4 afternoons per week for 3-5 hours per day. Sometimes she will stay later if I need to be out.

With prior babysitters we’ve paid a set weekly amount - for the fixed number of hours - and then pay extra for any additional hours. If their working day is a holiday like Veterans Day or MLK day and I don’t ask them to work then they still get paid but if I need them say 2 extra hours on another night that week I don’t pay extra for those hours. The idea being we are still keeping within the set number of hours, not actually having her work extra.

I spoke with the new candidate about this and she seemed really confused and sort of put off by it, and said she had never encountered this and would expect to be paid for any additional hours she works. Since it isn’t a ton of time I guess I can just do this, but is this an unreasonable request on my part? Is it reasonable for me to ask her to work on those “holidays” (not major holidays or any holidays that are part of her religion, just the minor bank holiday type) since I’m paying her for the time anyway? [/quote]

You are cheap, unreasonable, and insulting.  I hope she runs away from you fast![/quote]

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