Thank you for all your input from BOTH sides. I really appreciate it as I am trying to be fair and look at things from both sides. She is guaranteed the 30 hours if she choses to work them. If she is paid for fewer hours it is because she has arrived late or ASKED to leave early. Also though I am physically in the house early, I am often trying to complete paperwork for the day. I try to get dinner in the oven or started and finish my paperwork while it is cooking. Thanks again.
Really? This is a topic on the budget board???
Wanted to chime in here and say it is VERY regional. I am in WI and sitters/day care here run between $2-$3.50 per hour per child. A "sitter" would be at the low end, and an actual day care would be at the higher end. Blows my mind when I see people paying so much more.
It generally costs 3x's the $ to have a sitter come to you, rather than drop the child off.I live in Mexico, and we have plenty of maids. Since our Nacional economy is not very good, I pay mine around 800 dollars a month, and let me tell you, here is a LOT of money. In fact all my friends tell me that i will spolid her with that kind of money. She lives in, and she makes everything, from cooking to cleaning the dogs, cats and ferrets. She works 6 days a week, and she is entitle to a week of vacation for every year that she has work with you. For christmas we have to give them a 15 day salarie and is called aguinaldo. So when they leave for the US, to get more money, and they come back for vacations, they tell to all their family that they have a car, and house and so on, so the other members of the family get excited and want to go to the US, but sometimes they come back to stay, and they look for A job here, and i have met a few that when they come and ask for job, they tell you, a dont do laundry, i dont clean the bathrooms and so on, and we just laugh,and then ,they cant find a job because if they dont do that, we dont need them, we need them to CLEAN ,period, if a wanted to do something else, we will have a Secretary. So, if you have a mexican inmigrant, they know EXACTLY that they have to do what is necesary in your house, is our culture, in anyways I am trying to tell you that they dont deserve less,is just the way it is, so if you talk to them clearly, they will understand,and they will feel that you are speaking the true to them. I know that they are working in the US now, so it is very different, and you have different laws, and the prices are different to, so they need more money to survive, in my opinion you should tell them, that they need to do everything, that you need them to do, dont be afraid, because when they return, they face the thing that here, they have to work for less money, and harder, and belive me, they will be back to their families. Mexicans are warm people, and they tend to love the family they are working with, they are great with children and loyal. About upairs
I dont know a thing, but usually you get paid for the education that you had, since they speak al least two languages, are more prepared, I supose they earn more, is like you have a degree, well if you have a PHD, then you shoud be making more money. Wel l,my intentions are not to hurt anybodys feelings, Iam just telling you, how does it works around here. Hope that you and your nanny will get to an agreement.
Sara
Really? This is a topic on the budget board???
, thank goodness their children were adorable. If there isn't a level of "comfort" with these two women sharing the same space, I could see why the nanny would be bailing as soon as she can each day. Since there is a bit of contention over hours, I'm sure there is a bit of unease on the nanny's part. Not saying the OP is making the nanny uncomfortable, but if she's not got a good rappor with the nanny, I think she should get a new one. A nanny job isn't like any other, you either get treated like a part of the family, or they treat you like hired help. It's always best to be treated like a part of the family . I used to work for a woman who sort of/sometimes worked from home (her biggest job was decorating her new home). She would be in one part of the house and her twin babies and I would be in another, when she was in the room with us it was like a big elephant was sitting there (can you say, awkward!). She didn't know how to act around me (she was not a baby person either, so it was weird watching her interact with her girls), and at lunch time she'd be at one end of the kitchen and I'd be at the other and she wouldn't even try to have a conversation with me, it was like I was invisible. So strange, and horrible. I lasted 5 months before I quit. I really think it sounds like you should find a different person to do this job for you. You are offering good pay, try and find someone who appreciates it and is a better fit for you.
Seriously! That's exactly what I thought when I first saw this.
I'm confused that people are confused why nanny advice is on the budget board. The woman is paying her nanny $450/week for THREE kids' childcare. How many of you are paying around that same amount for daycare costs? I'd wager that most people with three kids pay that amount or more, at least in metropolitan areas.
So it must be the word "nanny" that's tripping everyone's alarms. But if you do the math, most people quickly realize that when you have more than a couple of young kids, the breakeven point tips in favor of a nanny over three in full time daycare.
Lots of my friends have/had nannies once they had their second or third child. For most of us, it was CHEAPER to have the nanny than pay $280/wk for a newborn + $240/wk for a 3 y/o + $220/wk for a 4 y/o.
Hope that helps dispel the myth that those who employ a nanny are loaded or spoiled. We're not, we just did the math and it came out cheaper and so much nicer on family life for the kids and the adults.
