Anonymous
10/02/2020 19:23
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
People, OP’s last post was five months ago! Stop digging up old posts.
Anonymous
09/25/2020 18:06
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Anonymous wrote:Just to cut ties with parents and their increasingly awful offspring. Parents tell kids they need to improve their behavior; kids straighten up temporarily, no real consequences in terms of removed gadgets or physical toys.
Children have their good moments, but I deal with yelling, stomping (older children), uncooperative attitudes re: tidying and sometimes just overall disorganization in the house. It is wearing on me and every time I leave, it takes me a day to recover from a shift.
Increased my rate in January, but I am ready to quit once their pseduo-school year ends.
Not sure how to do it because the parents lay the "you are like family" molasses on, then go on to get behind on electronic payments, I have to remind parents and to threaten to not return in the past, they say 'oh our bad...'
Really, your bad?
tl;dr: Should I jack up my rates for the mental crap I have to put up with, and just be grateful, esp with COVID-19, that I am working? (And double up on self-care when I head home, while saving and planning for when the job market picks up....in the future).
Anonymous
09/08/2020 12:22
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Anonymous wrote:Perfect time to find a new job and leave these cretins.
cretins? ok, drama queen.
OP, yelling, stomping, and uncooperative attitudes about tidying up...sound like normal kid behavior.
Anonymous
09/08/2020 11:00
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Stop playing games. Just go get a new job, and give your two weeks notice.
Anonymous
09/07/2020 18:04
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Its your time, you need to handle the discipline and make it clear its not ok.
Just quit.
Just quit.
Anonymous
09/07/2020 17:51
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Perfect time to find a new job and leave these cretins.
Anonymous
03/28/2020 17:43
Subject: Re:Tempted to charge outrageous rate
OP here. Thanks, everyone. 
Anonymous
03/26/2020 15:36
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Quit, why the drama.
Anonymous
03/26/2020 13:00
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Don't jack up your rates. Wait until the virus passes, get a new job, and quit, telling them their payments are unreliable.
Double up on self-care now.
Double up on self-care now.
Anonymous
03/26/2020 04:28
Subject: Tempted to charge outrageous rate
Just to cut ties with parents and their increasingly awful offspring. Parents tell kids they need to improve their behavior; kids straighten up temporarily, no real consequences in terms of removed gadgets or physical toys.
Children have their good moments, but I deal with yelling, stomping (older children), uncooperative attitudes re: tidying and sometimes just overall disorganization in the house. It is wearing on me and every time I leave, it takes me a day to recover from a shift.
Increased my rate in January, but I am ready to quit once their pseduo-school year ends.
Not sure how to do it because the parents lay the "you are like family" molasses on, then go on to get behind on electronic payments, I have to remind parents and to threaten to not return in the past, they say 'oh our bad...'
Really, your bad?
tl;dr: Should I jack up my rates for the mental crap I have to put up with, and just be grateful, esp with COVID-19, that I am working? (And double up on self-care when I head home, while saving and planning for when the job market picks up....in the future).
Children have their good moments, but I deal with yelling, stomping (older children), uncooperative attitudes re: tidying and sometimes just overall disorganization in the house. It is wearing on me and every time I leave, it takes me a day to recover from a shift.
Increased my rate in January, but I am ready to quit once their pseduo-school year ends.
Not sure how to do it because the parents lay the "you are like family" molasses on, then go on to get behind on electronic payments, I have to remind parents and to threaten to not return in the past, they say 'oh our bad...'
Really, your bad?
tl;dr: Should I jack up my rates for the mental crap I have to put up with, and just be grateful, esp with COVID-19, that I am working? (And double up on self-care when I head home, while saving and planning for when the job market picks up....in the future).