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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I do light housekeeping for my employers very happily. I also do it very quickly and efficiently and end up still getting to enjoy a good stretch of downtime during most days. If the toddler naps for 3 hours and I get everything done in 45 minutes, I do enjoy that extra time to rest, call Comcast (which is becoming a weekly event at our house), clean up my inbox, and so on. If the only acceptable alternative for my MB is to add odd jobs to my list or to do my assigned tasks more slowly so no one feels "cheated," I'll move on to a different position. [/quote]

This is fine and NOT what MBs are talking about or what the nap time is my time poster wants. The nap time is my time poster does not want to work quickly. [b]She wants no tasks so she gets the entire nap time  and no work.[/b] There also is the problem of nannies who try to pretend that they are spending 15 hours a week sorting winter/summer seasonal clothes so they can't do laundry or meal prep.

If you can get your light housekeeping tasks (which actually are light housekeeping tasks) done in 45 minutes because you work fast, more power to you! Its the do nothing types that moms avoid not high energy people who work efficiently. [/quote]

[b]Who said this?? I think what myself and most of the nannies posting take issue with is the desire by some MBs to fill any and all down time with something, with no concern for the fact that this was not the original agreement and is not reflected in her rate. I do baby laundry during nap times as well as meal prep. I also have close to 2 hours of down time depending on the day. It is unreasonable to suggest that because there is more than 1 hour of downtime I should start doing things I don't get paid to do, or even agreed to do. If my boss suddenly asked me to do their laundry or cooking or whatever, no rate adjustment, I'd have a big problem with that.[/b] [/quote]

I agree with PP. Plan accordingly when laying out your nanny's work agreement/pay rate (and accept that unless you want to pay full housekeeping rates she WILL have some downtime during the day) and you avoid this issue entirely.[/quote]

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