Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it sucks.
However, the bigger issue is: you don't have enough in savings to last you 5 weeks?! Let this be an expensive lesson to you. Save your money. Live within your means. You should have enough savings where you could survive for at least 6 months if necessary.

You're a clueless moron. Most lower income people are just surviving, and are literally not able to save save save. Especially a young, presumably unattached person who's trying to get through school too. I don't know, nor care whether you're a holier than thou nanny or an MB who hasn't had to go hungry before, but the reality is most people live paycheck to paycheck. That's why most families have both parents working. If most families need two incomes to get by then doesn't stand to reason that the average single income nanny household would have most of her income eaten by housing, transportation and food? Get out of lala land and join us here in the real world.

OP, look for another summer job, and if it means leaving your current job sooner than a month, then so be it. If you aren't able to secure anything, then post an ad on craigslist offering ad hoc and last minute services. Be proactive, starting RIGHT NOW.

If you're financially responsible, it's very possible. I'm a nanny -- no, not one of the $35/hr nannies -- I have student loans and bills like many others. I still manage to put away money every single month. But sure, make excuses. OP made the decision to accept such a low paying job in a high COL area. After her latest reply I have zero sympathy.