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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The nannies on here are crazy and so entitled.  OP, what you are looking for is very reasonable and you are being upfront.  You are also offering generous pay and benefits.  If a nanny doesn't want to do these tasks then they won't apply.  Do not scale back what you're asking for and make sure you don't end up with a nanny who takes advantage of your generosity.  We've been there.[/quote]

+1 and I'm a nanny[/quote]

Does your boss ask you to cook dinner? Do you get a break during the day? [/quote]

Not the PP, but... I work a job where I've been hired for my skills in financial analysis, writing reports, giving presentations, etc. But there is a good 15-30 min a day spent on "secretarial" type tasks like making travel arrangements, photocopying documents, doing expense reports, and scheduling meetings which don't exactly require an MBA and fall outside my main job description. We have administrative assistants who do the bulk of such work, but they (a) only work 9-5 and can't always cover last-minute evening requests and (b) don't travel with us on business trips. I think this is somewhat analogous to nanny duties vs. housekeeper or personal assistant duties. Yeah, if it became 20% or more of my job, I'd feel unhappy as it'd be scope creep and not what I was hired for or good at, but under 5%, no other person around to do the task, and it keeps things running smoothly? Then yes of course I do them.

As for breaks, a lot of professionals don't have predictable schedules every day. If they need to be in a lot of meetings or it's a hectic time of year, they may have to skip lunch or eat at 3pm at their desk while working. This happens to me and my coworkers pretty regularly, and it's not because we work for a crappy employer. We do work with other companies frequently as part of our job, and I see this often being the case for employees of those companies as well.[/quote]

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