Anonymous wrote:Wow, I'm surprised at the attacks on Nannydeb. While I'm not always on her side and have no problem telling her when I think she's wrong...this time, she is absolutely on point.
(Well, almost. Loading and unloading a dishwasher doesn't take 20 min.)
She is detailing exactly what a professional nanny does and if you want someone to wash adult laundry, fine. Hire a housekeeper. Stop assuming your nanny is lazy because she isn't a housekeeper.
nannydebsays wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't do their laundry, make their beds, vacuum their entire house, or dust. If an employer were to ask me to take on those tasks, it would cost them about $400 more per week.
I do load/empty the dishwasher, take out kitchen and diaper trash, do all the cooking for my charges, do family groceries and errands, vacuum the main living/play area every other week, do kid laundry, organize toys/outgrown clothes, etc.
I wouldn't hire you because the tasks that you list don't take much time at all. My kids nap for at least 3.5 hours every afternoon. This is 12.5 hours a week on top of a daily one hour break. It takes 10 minutes to unload the dishwasher. Kid laundry is not a daily task and no one needs someone organizing outgrown clothes more than a few times a year. You are just being dishonest trying to claim that any of these things add up to actual work.
I pay our nanny a reasonable rate which may or may not be more than your rate + 400 to actually do something during nap time. Luckily, my nanny has a good work ethic which I think is the real probably with so many nannies on this site. You have no work ethic. You only want to maximize your downtime or expect some extra compensation to get yourself off the couch. You will not go far with this approach.
Yes, you got me. The 8+ hours a week** I spend on the listed tasks are in no way "real work", and I obviously shouldn't expect to make it as a nanny. Darn, and I was almost at the 20 year mark too!
**load/empty dishwasher - 20 mins - daily - 100 min/week
Trash duty - 5 mins - daily - 25/week
Cooking for my charges - 40 mins - daily (sample menu: grilled chicken, risotto, roasted cauliflower, steamed broccoli, clementines) - 200/week
Vacuum - 20 mins -bi-weekly - 10/week
Laundry - 20 mins - twice a week - 8/week
Family groceries - 2 hours - weekly - 120/week
Family Errands - 1 hour - weekly - 60/week
General tidying and picking up toys - 20 mins - daily
Anonymous wrote:I don't do their laundry, make their beds, vacuum their entire house, or dust. If an employer were to ask me to take on those tasks, it would cost them about $400 more per week.
I do load/empty the dishwasher, take out kitchen and diaper trash, do all the cooking for my charges, do family groceries and errands, vacuum the main living/play area every other week, do kid laundry, organize toys/outgrown clothes, etc.
I wouldn't hire you because the tasks that you list don't take much time at all. My kids nap for at least 3.5 hours every afternoon. This is 12.5 hours a week on top of a daily one hour break. It takes 10 minutes to unload the dishwasher. Kid laundry is not a daily task and no one needs someone organizing outgrown clothes more than a few times a year. You are just being dishonest trying to claim that any of these things add up to actual work.
I pay our nanny a reasonable rate which may or may not be more than your rate + 400 to actually do something during nap time. Luckily, my nanny has a good work ethic which I think is the real probably with so many nannies on this site. You have no work ethic. You only want to maximize your downtime or expect some extra compensation to get yourself off the couch. You will not go far with this approach.
Anonymous wrote:on a side note tho, i would feel annoyed if i asked my nanny to switch over my laundry (start a load hamper to washer, or washer to dryer) and they told me they were disgusted by this. i would do it for you if you asked me to!
Anonymous wrote:I don't do their laundry, make their beds, vacuum their entire house, or dust. If an employer were to ask me to take on those tasks, it would cost them about $400 more per week.
I do load/empty the dishwasher, take out kitchen and diaper trash, do all the cooking for my charges, do family groceries and errands, vacuum the main living/play area every other week, do kid laundry, organize toys/outgrown clothes, etc.
I wouldn't hire you because the tasks that you list don't take much time at all. My kids nap for at least 3.5 hours every afternoon. This is 12.5 hours a week on top of a daily one hour break. It takes 10 minutes to unload the dishwasher. Kid laundry is not a daily task and no one needs someone organizing outgrown clothes more than a few times a year. You are just being dishonest trying to claim that any of these things add up to actual work.
I pay our nanny a reasonable rate which may or may not be more than your rate + 400 to actually do something during nap time. Luckily, my nanny has a good work ethic which I think is the real probably with so many nannies on this site. You have no work ethic. You only want to maximize your downtime or expect some extra compensation to get yourself off the couch. You will not go far with this approach.
are you not entitled to 30 minutes to yourself as a nanny? i don't think some of you are being realistic here, exactly how much are you getting accomplished on the weekends during naptime? and who gets 3.5 hours of naptime, my kids have never once napped over 3 hours!
I don't do their laundry, make their beds, vacuum their entire house, or dust. If an employer were to ask me to take on those tasks, it would cost them about $400 more per week.
I do load/empty the dishwasher, take out kitchen and diaper trash, do all the cooking for my charges, do family groceries and errands, vacuum the main living/play area every other week, do kid laundry, organize toys/outgrown clothes, etc.