Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I STRONGLY suggest you don't offer her choice of days. I tried this with my first nanny, thinking it would be a perk, and hardly got any applicants. When I chose a set schedule, I got tons of applicants.

I think it seems like something that would appeal to more people, but in reality, it just confuses applicants who are trying to fit a part time job into their lives, and they put your job listing aside and don't respond.

Why are you only using 33 hours? I will tell you that if you start this way, and eventually need to switch to 40 hours, she will not like it. I would suggest that you advertise this as a 40-hour-week, full time (4 day?) job with set hours, and then just don't schedule them.

I think what you meant is that all 3 weeks of vacation are nanny's choice? If so, very nice paid time off benefits. You will need to decide how you will pay for that vacation if she only works 3, 11-hour days, but is paid for 40. What happens if she takes 2 days off one week, and not an entire week? My suggestion is that you calculate her PTO in terms of hours and not "weeks" or "days," so that you are offering 40x3 = 120 hours off per year.

Op here. I will be working 4 days a week. My MiL will be watching our baby 1 day a week. She can either be flexible, or a set day. I said set days if a nanny has another PT job, she can choose the days.

We want to pay 40 hours in order to keep the nanny.

I meant that the nanny can choose one of the weeks vacation.

If she exceeds her 5 sick days or uses her vacation, she will be unpaid if she cancels. Otherwise, we will pay for 40 hours if we cancel, MIl wants an extra day, we go on vacation, etc.

I understand why you are doing this. I did it for a similar reason. It did not work to attract candidates. Instead, people ignored the ad. I listed specific days, and suddenly I was flooded with applicants. It may be that they don't think it's a serious job with flex days, or it may be that it just makes it too complicated. I don't know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I STRONGLY suggest you don't offer her choice of days. I tried this with my first nanny, thinking it would be a perk, and hardly got any applicants. When I chose a set schedule, I got tons of applicants.

I think it seems like something that would appeal to more people, but in reality, it just confuses applicants who are trying to fit a part time job into their lives, and they put your job listing aside and don't respond.

Why are you only using 33 hours? I will tell you that if you start this way, and eventually need to switch to 40 hours, she will not like it. I would suggest that you advertise this as a 40-hour-week, full time (4 day?) job with set hours, and then just don't schedule them.

I think what you meant is that all 3 weeks of vacation are nanny's choice? If so, very nice paid time off benefits. You will need to decide how you will pay for that vacation if she only works 3, 11-hour days, but is paid for 40. What happens if she takes 2 days off one week, and not an entire week? My suggestion is that you calculate her PTO in terms of hours and not "weeks" or "days," so that you are offering 40x3 = 120 hours off per year.

Op here. I will be working 4 days a week. My MiL will be watching our baby 1 day a week. She can either be flexible, or a set day. I said set days if a nanny has another PT job, she can choose the days.

We want to pay 40 hours in order to keep the nanny.

I meant that the nanny can choose one of the weeks vacation.

If she exceeds her 5 sick days or uses her vacation, she will be unpaid if she cancels. Otherwise, we will pay for 40 hours if we cancel, MIl wants an extra day, we go on vacation, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I STRONGLY suggest you don't offer her choice of days. I tried this with my first nanny, thinking it would be a perk, and hardly got any applicants. When I chose a set schedule, I got tons of applicants.

I think it seems like something that would appeal to more people, but in reality, it just confuses applicants who are trying to fit a part time job into their lives, and they put your job listing aside and don't respond.

Why are you only using 33 hours? I will tell you that if you start this way, and eventually need to switch to 40 hours, she will not like it. I would suggest that you advertise this as a 40-hour-week, full time (4 day?) job with set hours, and then just don't schedule them.

I think what you meant is that all 3 weeks of vacation are nanny's choice? If so, very nice paid time off benefits. You will need to decide how you will pay for that vacation if she only works 3, 11-hour days, but is paid for 40. What happens if she takes 2 days off one week, and not an entire week? My suggestion is that you calculate her PTO in terms of hours and not "weeks" or "days," so that you are offering 40x3 = 120 hours off per year.