Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 17:16     Subject: nanny/sitter job extras

Neither family cooking nor family laundry is within the realm of nanny work. Of course she can agree to do anything she wants, as long as you compensate her accordingly. However, at some point she becomes more of your nanny, rather than your child's nanny. Do you seriously think she wants that?



Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 17:03     Subject: nanny/sitter job extras
Anonymous wrote:What extras do you have your nanny do? I started working for a family and each day a new task gets added, along with taking care of 3 kids and 2 dogs, laundry, dishes and cooking (normal stuff), they are having me groom and bathe dogs, train them, clean all carpet and stairs with a rented carpet cleaner, wash their cars regularly, garden, hang shelves and fix doors and windows that are broken, organize their closets and home offices..I feel overwhelmed and taken advantage of. Is this normal?? Some days I am doing so many chores I don't have time to help kids with homework or test studying (what I was originally hired for). Does everyone have their nanny/sitter do these things or is this an unusual situation? Thanks so much in advance.


Normal:
laundry -- if clarified ahead of time whether it's kids only or full family
dishes
cooking -- if clarified ahead of time
organize closets/offices -- if clarified ahead of time

Not normal:
Groom and bathe dogs
train dogs
clean up after dogs
wash cars regularly (so they're home, and you're washing their cars..? Are you live in?)
garden
hang shelves/fix doors/fix windows

You know this isn't normal, or you wouldn't be asking. Why on earth are you their pet groomer/handyman/car washer?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 13:49     Subject: nanny/sitter job extras
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP
Sounds like the kids are all school age right ? How many hours do you work that the kids are not there?

This is way more than normal but it is less common to have a FT nanny for school age kids so it is hard to answer you without knowing more about your hours and kid ages.

What makes you think all three kids are in school?


I'm not the PP you quoted but OP said she was originally hired to help the children with homework and studying for tests, that would imply they are in school but I guess it's possible there is a younger one who isn't.

There you go. That's exactly right.