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Anonymous wrote:Folks, here we have the founder of UrbanSitter so feel free to ask OP any questions you might have.

Ha, ha
OP here
Again I say this is a bitter troll. The CEO of UrbanSitter.com and in Cali. I am just a sitter here in Washington area.
I am not going to go back and forth with you.
Parents and sitters can search the web for themselves.
Is UrbanSitter a bad site or not? I say no, it is great and I have met some very nice families.
Every and I mean every web business site may encounter a problem as they are dealing with thousands of people daily.
What I am saying is in my opinion US has been a great resource for parents and sitters.
It is NOT illegal for a parent to pay a sitter $5 -$8/hr. I would not respond to those jobs. But maybe an 18 year old student needs money for their cell phone bill. They might just take it.
Sitters can respond to bad reviews from parents if they have a membership.
Sorry it didn't work out for you.

It most certainly is illegal to pay less than minimum wage. Hence the word "minimum". Any site that allows parents to post jobs so out of whack of market rates and legal requirements cares nothing about the sitters and nannies through which they make their money. All they care about is making money off of the paying parents. They don't even care about the desperate inexperienced quality parents might hire at a rate of $5/hour.

OP here again

It is not illegal for UrbanSitter to post jobs that are less than the minimum wage. It is a marketplace web site and they are not bound by those regulations.

I get paid at rates of more than $15/hr. If there is a low paying job on the site I scroll past it and go to the next listing.

NEARLY ALL jobs on the site pay at a rate well above the minimum wage.
One more reason I think you are a bitter unemployed babysitter.

You are purposely misleading people when you create a post badmouthing UrbanSitter.

You're talking to more than one poster, genius. No one is misleading anyone. A site that allows parents to post jobs with illegal conditions is an unscrupulous company, that I personally want nothing to do with. They make money on the backs of caregivers, but don't give a shit about them.

You are being misleading. Most readers of dcurbanmoms will be able to see through you.
It is not, it is not, IT IS NOT illegal for a parent to offer a job less than minimum wage.

I am not an employee. I am an independent contractor. I do not get a tax form from UrbanSitter.

If there is a job posted for $7/hour, UrbanSitter can not take it down. As long as the parent meets all other conditions, UrbanSitter can not remove the post from the job board. These low wage postings are few and far between. Most parents offer jobs paying well above minimum wage.

When I see a low wage job on the job board, I scroll past it. All sitters can do the same thing.
Again, I urge any parent or sitter to research reviews of UrbanSitter. Google the hell out of it. You can see for youself. Do not take my word for it. Most importantly, do not take the the word of a salty unemployed babysitter.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks, here we have the founder of UrbanSitter so feel free to ask OP any questions you might have.

Ha, ha
OP here
Again I say this is a bitter troll. The CEO of UrbanSitter.com and in Cali. I am just a sitter here in Washington area.
I am not going to go back and forth with you.
Parents and sitters can search the web for themselves.
Is UrbanSitter a bad site or not? I say no, it is great and I have met some very nice families.
Every and I mean every web business site may encounter a problem as they are dealing with thousands of people daily.
What I am saying is in my opinion US has been a great resource for parents and sitters.
It is NOT illegal for a parent to pay a sitter $5 -$8/hr. I would not respond to those jobs. But maybe an 18 year old student needs money for their cell phone bill. They might just take it.
Sitters can respond to bad reviews from parents if they have a membership.
Sorry it didn't work out for you.

It most certainly is illegal to pay less than minimum wage. Hence the word "minimum". Any site that allows parents to post jobs so out of whack of market rates and legal requirements cares nothing about the sitters and nannies through which they make their money. All they care about is making money off of the paying parents. They don't even care about the desperate inexperienced quality parents might hire at a rate of $5/hour.

OP here again

It is not illegal for UrbanSitter to post jobs that are less than the minimum wage. It is a marketplace web site and they are not bound by those regulations.

I get paid at rates of more than $15/hr. If there is a low paying job on the site I scroll past it and go to the next listing.

NEARLY ALL jobs on the site pay at a rate well above the minimum wage.
One more reason I think you are a bitter unemployed babysitter.

You are purposely misleading people when you create a post badmouthing UrbanSitter.

You're talking to more than one poster, genius. No one is misleading anyone. A site that allows parents to post jobs with illegal conditions is an unscrupulous company, that I personally want nothing to do with. They make money on the backs of caregivers, but don't give a shit about them.

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Anonymous wrote:There are several of us who have issues with urbansitter. My problems are:
1. I don't link my social media to my work life for any reason. So, if the site won't allow me to sign up without it, I can't and won't use it.
2. Hearsay has told me that I wouldn't be interested, due to the prevalence for low rate jobs and dearth of average to high rate jobs.
3. I don't want my NF's friends to contact me to see if I'm available. I won't work for a friend of my MB or DB, there's too much risk of a reference being ruined if the friend doesn't want to pay my rate or we don't agree on something major.[/quote/]

1. Ok, it is your choice not to use the site if their platform does not work for you. It is not a problem for other parents/sitters who choose to use UrbanSitter BECAUSE it is linked to FB and Linkedin
2. You really just started off a sentence with "hearsay has told me"??
Again I say to parents/sitters- do your research- so you won't end up sounding less than intelligent...
3. This has never, ever, ever happened to me. I did not know any of the parents I worked with prior to them contacting me through UrbanSitter. If one of your friends passes along your name to a parent, why would they need to go through UrbanSitter?
No hearsay, parents/sitters -research UrbanSitter yourself.

You didn't read clearly. I said that I don't want to work for a friend of my MB/DB, not a friend of one of my friends. If my reference's friend goes back to them, angry that I'm charging too much (in their opinion), or irritated because I'm not willing to interview with them, I don't want to endanger my references' goodwill, so I refuse to work for a friend of my NF's.