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[quote=Anonymous]Live-in nanny, salary for whatever hours are required for the week, yes it covers both minimum wage and OT.

When the parents get home, they give me a verbal agenda for the evening, which may include conference calls, dinner out with/out kids, reminder of on call hours, grocery shopping for a dinner the next night that was just set up, etc.  I listen, ask questions when necessary, let the parents know what is left for the kids for the day, and make adjustments to my schedule.  Personally, I run my laundry during my on call hours, that way I'm available, but I'm not working.  Anything for the family is accomplished during work hours, although I sometimes cook and do kids' laundry during on call hours (both are voluntary, and bosses have repeatedly said that it's my time, so it can wait).  Yes, when DB gets home, I almost always continue working, but he is writing, making calls for his non-profit or one-day-a-week WAH job, or planning out the following day, all in his office, and he tries not to be in and out, distracting the kids.  MB works crazy hours, there are days where she leaves before kids are up and gets home after they are asleep, so when she gets off early, I'm usually off.  She's also the one that has a crazy number of on call hours, and DB isn't comfortable cooking and feeding kids by himself, so I work when needed.  Frankly, it works for us.

There have definitely been days where I worked 12+ hours and ran off to my room after handing off a cranky infant/toddler who refused to go down for the night as soon as MB or DB was available.  Neither one has ever questioned why I would need or want to be off, both have always encouraged me to relax more than I normally do.  Oh, and both understand that important calls will be answered as needed, not necessarily when I'm off...[/quote]

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