Nanny Shares 29 Posts From Entitled Parents Who Would Ask Nannies To Pay Them If They Could
Interview With ExpertSometimes parents forget that having a nanny is a luxury. As a result, the internet gets flooded with job ads that try bargaining with people working in childcare. Not only that, but parents also often expect them to endure long and exhausting hours while simultaneously trying to achieve the long list of chores they’re assigned.
Tired of being mistreated, professional nanny Sophia Pagliuca started sharing and exposing such offers on her TikTok account. They attracted many people’s attention, making her go viral. Scroll down to find the most absurd nanny job ads that might leave you in disbelief, and don’t forget to let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with an award-winning nanny, lead educator at Global Nanny Training, and parenting author Michelle LaRowe.
Tired of being mistreated by parents, nanny Sophia started exposing their ridiculous offers online

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The absolute, unmitigated GALL of these..."parents" - WTAUF?
Load More Replies...Hummm. How about Community Service hours? That's the same as volunteer hours, right? Will you sign off on some of those? Asking for a friend
This can't be real. I struggle to believe people would be actively looking fur inexperienced care giver for their children
These peeps want a stranger to look after their kids - like a SAHM, so yes, I can believe this. There is a magazine in the UK called 'The Lady', and it's chock-a-block full of jobs like this.
Load More Replies...No, I won't get a degree so it's not counting as an "education" in childcare!
Round here 35 hours is a full work week. How do they expect that person to live? Transportation not included i suppose?
So... pay the attorney and psychologist for the privilege of doing all the work for their kids. Greedy disgusting trash to even post that, they should be ashamed.
The children are largely self-sufficient, but they need help to make sure the kids don't burn down the house?
And why do they only reside there part-time? Some kind of custody agreement? So many questions!!
Load More Replies...Correction: They are looking for someone to pay them for being a slave. 🙄
Load More Replies...Apparently they're not as educated as they think they are if they think ANYONE is going to accept these conditions!
So, in fact house-slave willing to pay for you? Tell me where you are, because I wouldn't like to be more than 100 meters closer to some short of fckud up entitled and dellusional Karens. But giving the dollar sign as PAYMENT to growing up your brats, I'm safe in Europe.
100 dollars a week? This is 2024, not the 1990’s. Also in mentions “full time” so you’ll be getting like 14 bucks for 8 hours a day. No thanks!😆
I was a nanny in the 1990’s. My lowest rate was1400 a month, not 400.
Load More Replies...That's a whole $400 a month to live on! I make 3x that on full disability, and I contribute nothing to society!
No, you're funny, kind, and have offered support and encouragement in your comments. Those things are huge, and often overlooked, contributions to society!
Load More Replies...I'm going to assume 9 hours per day X 5. Parent works 8 and probably ends up being another 30 minutes each way in commute. That works out to $2.22 / hour. For comparison, in 1972 I was making $1/hr babysitting. And even then a pro probably made more. I was a tween making a few bucks around my neighborhood.
If you can't afford to pay for a babysitter for your child then you should not have a child.
Oh but wait.. did anyone notice the rest of that last sentence? You know, the end part that says: “we can drop off up to 15 min away from us”? That sounds like they want to drop their kid off at the nanny’s house instead of the nanny coming to them. So not only are they only offering a paltry $100 per week, they’re expecting the nanny to feed the kid too? I have no words.
In an interview with People, 22-year-old professional nanny Sophia said that the reason she started sharing such informational videos was because she was receiving multiple messages a day from other nannies being blatantly taken advantage of.
“I knew people would not only be able to relate to the texts but I was hopeful it would help others in the industry feel less alone when facing mistreatment!” she added.
Bachelors degree to watch your neglected children you had to carry on your name for $6 an hour but must prove to be working non stop and never sit down... right.
Not just that, but you also have to pay for yourself when you take the kids to activities. Absolutely delusional.
Load More Replies..."Trying one last time" maybe try harder. This time with an intelligent, respectful and fair post. Just saying. Oh and a 0 after that 6 for what you're asking.
$6 / hrs for a bachelor's degree (presumably in childcare?)!! This person is completely bat-s**t crazy!
Don't want them on their phone but offering free wifi and streaming services, SMDH.
Sorry, even McDonalds paying better for the same amount of shít as seems your life is.
And the "children" are on the other side of the counter.
Load More Replies...For $6 an hour you'd be lucky to get a homeless crack addict to watch them
If those were the same working conditions, I would have been on my phone all day too looking for another place
Load More Replies...So you most likely don't work more than 40 hours a week but expect your slave to work 53.
Am I reading this right? 7 hours/day, 7 days/week = 49 hours/week. At $115/week, that's $2.35/per hour for three very young kids plus laundry and "organization." Oh, and you need a college degree. That's not deluded, that's a full-on mental illness.
Society calls it being rich. You don't get there by paying fair wages.
Load More Replies...Everything else aside, in what universe is laundry and organizing NOT "housework"??
Plus, housework is a housekeeper's job, not a Nanny's. They are thinking of Mother's Helps, who don't need qualifications (and even they don't expect to do the housework; just cater to the children's needs), or au pairs - who are often treated like s**t, btw.
Load More Replies...Gee, I wonder why the other person quit with no notice? Could it possibly be the horrible schedule and pay?!
Ma'am, that hourly rate was teenage babysitting rates few decades ago. You want professionals with a degree, you better pay up.
Actually, I did babysit a few decades ago (late 80s to early 90s) and I got paid a lot more than that. I had zero experience & wasn't even old enough to drive 😆 🤣 😂
Load More Replies...Holy moly! They're like power body builders wringing out a cloth.
Take the monitor with you :O:O:O leave a 4 month old alone to walk the fringing dog?!?
Yeah. Unless that "walk" is in the backyard, that ain't happening. Although, with the hours, low pay, and other requirements outside of nanny duties, nobody is is running to work for these people.
Load More Replies..."Culinary experience"? So they expect nanny to cook meals for THEM? Because a 4-month-old is still nursing/on formula, AFAIK....
"Very demanding jobs" but dont respect the person with your kids to pay them appropriately? F**k off.
And wipe their butt's, plus sevice the husband because they wife is exhausted from being a mother
Load More Replies...Ok. So the hours listed are 72 but they are paying for 50-55 hours at less than $8 per hour and the lucky winner gets to clean their house, do their laundry, cook their meals AND abandon their 4 month old baby to walk their dogs? I wouldn’t be replying to this ad, I’d be sending it to CPS.
After her videos reached a wider audience, she reports having received some negative reactions and responses. “There are people upset I'm advocating for nannies to be paid a living wage because it means they can no longer get away with paying their nanny minimum wage—or even below. It genuinely baffles me why anyone would want to pay the person caring for their child $2/hr!”
"Expectations are high, and as such you will be compensated highly".... up to $10 hr...wtf?
Sounds about right from.someone who would post that. Bet they would love it if their boss told thme $10 per hour is high pay
Load More Replies...So we only pay for part time, but you need to be available 50 hours per week. The math ain't mathing.
On the books needs at least minimum wage, health insurance, unemployment and the like!
Wait…isn’t minimum wage in the USA above $10/hr? How could it be “on the books” if it’s below minimum wage???
I guess, even in the USA, McDonalds paying much or the roughly the same per hour, without any responsability for an infant's life.
It really works out to $5 an hour because although you're being paid for 25 hours you are expected to be on call/available 50 hours a week.
"We will not tolerate any of the above"...which includes "not complaining", so if they will not tolerate not complaining that means they expect you to complain? And you know that kind of incoherent expression is the tip of the iceberg working with these socio-economic-paths.
7 hrs / day X (presumably) 5 days a week = 35 hr. So $300 would be 8.57 / hr. I wonder what she IS willing to pay. Presumably even more comical.
But she's a single mom! (Insert fake tears here.) And I'm not degrading anyone being a single mom, just this idiot.
Load More Replies...At for 4 years not potty-trained? WTF you are? A part-time mom? Ever heard of condoms?
There can be legitimate reasons that he doesn't poop in the toilet yet. He may have some special needs, may have an issue where his body doesn't tell him he has to poop, or he's regularly constipated and associates the toilet with the pain of trying to poop. On the other hand, maybe mom just doesn't have the time to work with him regarding pooping in the toilet because she's too busy trying to con babysitters.
Load More Replies...I can’t get over these people who use their financial situation as an excuse, then try to out someone in a worse one. You can’t live on this rate, why would you think I can??
If she's truly not earning enough money to survive (and pay someone appropriately for watching her son), she should apply for daycare assistance, if she's in the US. She should also get her custody/child support order modified so that her son's father pays half of the childcare cost, which obviously will only happen if he works. Regardless, no one else should take a financial hit for a stranger.
Load More Replies...This one just really highlights the need for better childcare resources.
All that plus a kid who won't poop in the toilet. At four years old. No thanks.
Exactly. They aren't reporting it to the IRS, so are pretty much demanding whoever they hire to do the same. That's not an issue for your random teenage babysitter. But for anyone working full time, it is.
Load More Replies...pretty damn bold to put your illegal pay plan right out there for everyone to see it
When I worked for the IRS, we loved ads like these. Soliciting to commit tax fraud and they have it put in the newspaper!
Remember when Walmart told its employees to apply for food stamps and public assistance because it didn't want to pay liveable wages? I can see these parents handing their new nanny a social services application on Day One.
Load More Replies...Don't have a baby, when you live in a country with no to zero child socialsafety net, and you can't afford to pay profis. The Bible was lying to you: You don't have to propcreate!
At least 40 hours a week and they're paying $150? S**t that's less than a day's pay for people
My word, pay is not even $5/hr....and that's at only 40 a week, not including the "occasional" OT the parents might work daily. Like, seriously, would like to know if THEY would take this job if offered.
Despite having to deal with ridiculous offers and requests from parents, she continues to enjoy her nanny career, mainly because she’s able to form such a precious bond with kids. “The industry is so special because as a nanny you are allowed the privilege of stepping into other people's lives and going alongside parents to help them raise their children,” she said to People.
Even better if you're trying to fly to that destination
Load More Replies...I don't know. Most people prefer to eat regularly. Unless they're nannies, of course.
Sorry folks. But when you require someone travel away from home, meals should be included in the travel expenses.
They should be paying and providing EVERYTHING, including basic necessities like bathroom linens and food. Gee, I wonder why that one girl had an overweight bag when she had to bring her own towels and washcloths?!
Load More Replies...So basically a free vacation where you get stuck with the kids? Most ppl force this on younger relatives. You read it on here all the time.
This MIGHT be something I'd do depending on the hours required. If it was either a couple of full-time days per week or a couple (~3) hours per day, then I'd take an essentially paid 3-week vacation. This would be good if I had a permanent job with paid vacation time that I could claim during this 3-week period. But realistically these people will work this nanny like a dog and they won't have time to even look out the windows, much less sightsee. Also, how is June 2 - July 2 only 3 weeks?
Agreed, this one is a little more reasonable. I would have a few more questions though
Load More Replies...The nanny will be WORKING, it's not a vacation for her. She deserves being paid for, ya know, WORKING. Not even being provided with room and board, makes it SHE paying you for caring for your kids. Ridiculous!
This is why a decent federal minimum wage is so important
Load More Replies...I've been going from the bottom-up so it's probably going to get worse from here but FIVE DOLLARS an hour?
$5 an hour is obscene. For that, you get kids in front of the TV and microwaved TV dinners while the "sitter" - that's no nanny position - rage-scrolls through their phone/laptop non-stop.
But it's under the table and, if you're super lucky, we'll take you on a free vacation when we go camping in Vermont for a long weekend. You'll just need to bring your own tent, sleeping bag, food, bear spray, fire wood. We'll provide transportation and snacks for the road trip, but you'll chip in on gas and tolls. Great opportunity for anyone, but only if you have a PhD, at least 26 years of childcare experience, culinary training at the CIA, Wiggles-level experience entertaining children, and no one that you'd text while in our phenomenal indentured servitude offer. /s
Load More Replies...Where I live, 40 hours a week is full time, anything more is over-time.
I don't know what's 1099 is, but being a slave for daily 82 dollars paying your insurances and every other "grown-up" stuff, is sure not a good idea. Not even with the "generous" offer of having yearly 4 days off paid ....
1099 is an independent contractor. Which means no benefits and you have to pay your taxes yourself
Load More Replies...Wow - to all of it! A UK Nanny: 5.6 weeks of paid annual leave per year.
"welcome to eat here, but not daily".... You're working 6/7 days a week though, so guess you gotta starve on alternate days
Parents have plenty of money clearly, bet they wouldn't work those days for that pay.
1099 I think is self-employed status. You have to pay all federal and state taxes yourself from that 30k salary.
1099 says you're an independent worker. You would be responsible for paying income tax on earnings, no social security or Medicare taxes taken out, which won'tbe reported to SSA for retirement or disabilityif needed. You would have to report income as business and that has its own issues, because you now have to paid for health taxes on your income as well. So your 30k is about 20k+ As a tax preparer, keep track of all expenses YOU pay out to decrease tax liabilities and keep more of your money OR...just say no.
She continued, “It comes with massive responsibility but also is such an incredible honor to be valued and trusted with the most important thing in the life of a parent. Being able to assist in the growth, development and nurturing of children is an unparalleled opportunity and I'm so thankful for all the families who have given me that privilege over the years!”
Probably for the dad as well, considering he didn't "man up" and watch HIS OWN children!
Load More Replies...The ones who say they don't pay when the kids asleep really kill me. "OH..so I can leave when the kids sleeping?". "No". "OK so you pay me for the time I have to be in a particular place regardless if they're awake or not. If I have to be at my job then I'm getting paid" And that's not even the worst thing about all of these!
It's like telling a security guard that they only get paid if someone breaks into the building.
Load More Replies...Dad does not work and appropriate dress is required. Bring your pepper spray.
This one specifically says you should be doing the chores while the baby sleeps, but somehow doesn’t count “baby sleeping hours” in their bs “hourly” rate.
Load More Replies...Dad needs to step up and be the Father of his child. Not a layabout. Why are you not being paid to do those chores while babies asleep?
A 3 month old that sleeps 6 hours? I'd want to know what their putting in the bottle besides formula, that is not normal!
How about dad actually taking care of the baby? Since mom works at home!! Grow up morons!!! Love you don't pay when baby is sleeping.
i like how they specify the baby sleeping for 6 hours, TWICE, as if that helps justify the reduced pay
Charter school... yep says it all right there. Same trash who votes for people who gut schools and keep child care unaffordable Im sure.
Again, housework like that isn't a Nannies' job. After 3 years (UK, not sure in the USA?) to get their qualifications, they def won't be doing that s**t, even with a proper hourly rate. I am hoping that the parents in this thread never got peeps for the jobs, but sadly, that prob isn't the case.
So, instead of being with the kid, she should do laundry, sweeping, dusting, etc.
Ppl can get better jobs than this offer for more pay. Also just because you're related to someone doesn't mean you're obligated to be a built-in babysitter. Other ppl have their own lives too. I can't stand these entitled relatives who get angry when they hear the word NO. Then turn the flying monkeys/ other relatives loose on the person. They then pull the " but family " guilt trip cards and expect the person to change their mind and drop everything. It's utter nerve! One tried to just make a person cancel their flight. Another just dumped the kids and ran away. One left the kids despite the person not being there and lost custody because the person would come home. NO is a full sentence.
Only undocumented immigrants would do this job (which is still human trafficking). But wait, Trump exported them all so there’s no one left to do this slave labor. 🤷♀️
We can afford private school and Starbucks for our kids, but only if we pay YOU starvation wages.
So, $40 a day to work a split shift with rotating weeks and buy your own car seats?
I guess you could use the car seats for your cats or dogs too, lol!!
Load More Replies...Imagine thinking someone should be paid less during the hours they watch over your defenseless, sleeping child.
Asking for a bit much. Honestly, when was this great job opportunity posted, cuz $10, then $5, sounds like a steal...ugh
To get an even deeper insight into the nanny industry, Bored Panda reached out to award-winning nanny, lead educator at Global Nanny Training, and parenting author Michelle LaRowe.
Based on more than 25-year-experience she tells us that some of the worst job offers she has seen include asking nannies to take on inappropriate tasks like cleaning patio furniture, diapering the family dog, offering a place to stay for childcare, and requiring availability 24/7. “What the worst job offers share in common are unrealistic expectations regarding fair and legal pay, nanny duties and responsibilities, and professional boundaries,” she explained.
This woman is off on her morals. And that poor girl doesn't know her worth
I was a college student baby sitting to pay for books in 1976 and got paid $10/hr for that kind of work and received extra for OT and a tip for 'date night' sits.
I pay $20/hr. to our regular sitters who do help here and there with housework, but it is kept minimal or I schedule Help time outside of babysitting hours. $19/hr. to the one 19 y.o. w/ less experience and I wish I could afford to pay them all more. And of course they have full access to anything in the house, car seat provided, and bonuses whenever I can manage it.
A date night babysitter does all of that? We used to play boardgames with the children, color, fix & clean up an easy dinner and watch a show before putting them to bed.
You think so little of your kids, that they are only worth 10 dollars per hour?
Go take advantage of your college freshman and leave the grown ups with grown up rates alone.
How do they think people can do all that and pay them for rent on top of that it's bizzarre
I've never seen before in these postings for nannies the unmitigated GALL these people have who think the nannie is going to PAY THEM for work!
Load More Replies...Well, I think this one's not quite as bad as the others. Look at it this way-----You're renting a 1000 sq ft MIL unit for $1300 a month, which includes utilities. They're also asking for up to 10 hrs a week of childcare, payment for which will be deducted from the rent. The big question here is - how much per hr? They don't address that at all.
Come rent our shed for a seemingly good price and we will dump our kids on you when we want to. Say anything and we will evict you. Great deal!
stand -up shower, sink and toilet. A full bath adds a tub.. A 1/2 bath is just a toilet and sink.
Load More Replies...This one lacks too much context, as where I live getting a place as described for $1300/month would be a STEAL. For only 10 hours a week I'd do it here for just that rent without pay on top (which they give for the 10 hours). So...how good or bad a deal this is really depends a lot on what they pay for those 10 hours a week and where this is.
Exactly what I was thinking. 1000 sq foot rental with a washer/dryer would be easily 2k a month for a basic rental, over 3k if it was a nicer place where I live. If they knock off an adequate amount for 10 hrs per week of work that's not a bad deal.
Load More Replies...So 50 hours a week for $150, or $3.00/hr, compensation. I think I'd rather starve, because I would be anyway on that crappy pay!
10x5=50 so 150/50=$3.00 per hour. What are these people thinking, they don't make enough to have a nanny!!!
Oh, but they call it babysitting, whole other ballgame 🙄
Load More Replies...$3/hr? Are you serious? A kid at a fast food place makes more than that.lol
Are your children of that little worth you to? Why not hire a 8-year-old?
When asked why so many parents mistreat professional nannies in such a way, Michelle mentioned two main reasons. “One, because they've found someone to do the job before at the wage rate they've offered, and two, because they are simply ignorant of the responsibilities of being a fair, legal, and compliant household employer.
First-time nanny employers often have no understanding of what they are getting into when considering nanny care. Not only are they unaware of the legalities and compliance responsibilities for household employers, but they are also unaware of the scope of nanny practice and realistic expectations surrounding in-home childcare.”
While I am reading many of these I kept thinking to myself, WHY do these people have children? They are GONE 6-7 days out of the week?! Is that normal in the States? Just asking, no judgment!
I'm sorry, but when do these people see their own kids?! If the nanny is always there taking care of the kids, when are the parents parenting? And what the fùck is unschool?
"Unschool" is the new term for "we don't like that public schools teach facts like evolution and that slavery existed and that the Holocaust was real, so we pretend to homeschool them when in fact we don't do any actual teaching!" I've seen some deluded nutbags who say they are "unschooling" their kids and say "I let them choose what they want to learn!" - one woman had a 7-year-old who COULDN'T EVEN WRITE. He wasn't a special-needs or neurodivergent child, he was completely normal - but Mom decided that kiddo didn't need to learn how to write or spell unless he WANTED to.
Load More Replies...If they can't afford properly paid childcare (and a separate housekeeper) why have kids? That's a LOT of kids to care for, and then be expected to clean the house (for all of them) for s**t money (possible max approx $8.50 ph?), and also, will the nanny be expected to use their own car/gas? So much laziness & entitlement.
Sorry, what? You have extracurricular activities but unschool? Good luck finding a slave.
We want a nanny AND a housekeeper but we don't want to pay a fair wage for even one of them.
Use those for free as in... You get a password to take home? Yeah, I doubt it too.
They thought the streaming would entice someone? C**p you can get those same services for yourself. You don't need all of them anyway. Cut off more of them and pay the nanny more. Your kids should be more important.
4 days a week, 12 hours a day for $150? lmao, clown. You are about to lose your job for real.
this one depends on the details. If its really just be there and watch when the kids are there for a few hours 50$ isn't bad, provided we are talking less 3 hrs of actual child watching
and no additional chores. but they should offer mlre
Load More Replies...Something she proposes that could help the situation is finally moving nanny care from an occupation to a profession. “This starts with continued professional development,” Michelle says. “Nannies should align with others through membership in organizations like the International Nanny Association and the US Nanny Association. They should enroll in high-quality and accredited training, like those offered through our organization at GlobalNannyTraining.com.”
Oh no! That’s terrible. I’m sure the babysitter would rather stay home than have the “experience” of going to the family’s choice of destination and having to watch the kids for free. If they’re being this cheap, it’s likely the babysitter would get stuck sharing a hotel room with the kids too.
Sooo.... you are on vacation but need a nanny? Did you have children for the photos?
What do "other mamas" do? They realize that, once you have children, you can't just scarper off on vacations as if you have zero responsibilities to the helpless lives depending on you for their entire lives/care. So - you either still go on vacation and take care of your own kids while on vacation (so no barhopping/getting drunk), or you do take a child-minder with you and, you know, PAY THEM appropriately. Or - here's a shocking thought - you don't go on selfish vacations if you can't/won't pay your child-minder appropriately.
Wow, she is that f*****g lazy and entitled that she can't even be bothered to take care of her own kids on vacation.
I have lived in resort areas all of my adult life and witness lazy, entitled parents ALL OF THE TIME, especially around water.😥 If you hear, "Just because you're on vacation doesn't allow a vacation from parenting", it's me.
Load More Replies...sometimes you want a date night, this lady at least is thinking about what would be a good deal. She's far better then most on here. Especially if she listens to advice and.pays the babysitter for watching hours and cover all expenses. That's.. not a bad deal depending how much
She's not talking about a date night, she's asking if you need to pay someone to follow you your vacation destination where, instead of at least being able to go home at night, they have to stay there 24-7. She's asking if it's enough to pay that person's travel and accommodation, and if the fact that it's a vacation destination is sufficient compensation for being stuck in a strange place away from home, alone.
Load More Replies...If you choose to go on a vacation, and want the nanny to go with you, YOU have to pay for the expenses, on top of her usual salary. If working hours increase, or difficulty "level" increases (like being beside a pool or on the beach), pay must increase accordingly. THAT is how you do it respectfully.
Traveled with a family to Hawaii. I worked 10-12 hours every other day and then had time to myself (they even let me use their rental car on a day off). They provided all of my meals, even inviting me to things like a luau and moonlight dinner cruise. They were great people (I was in grad school at the time and it was a summer trip). Under these conditions, I was OK not being paid (8 day trip and I worked around 40 hours (at the pool, etc.), and kids were 4 & 6). This was 1996.
yes cause I am sure that their rent and bills can be paid by the experience of going on a working vacation
I thought to myself "$50 a day is more reasonable than these OTHER posts" until I read that the nanny/babysitter would be expected to work OVER twelve hours. (So - approx. $4/hr)
It’s not that bad in your own house. These ones that are like just once or twice cause they’re stuck I think are more reasonable…other than the weirdness of being ok with your kids sleeping at a strangers house for 2 nights.
Load More Replies...Pick-up and drop-off? Is the nanny supposed to take the kid to her own home? That's not baby-sitting, that's more like day-care. Then you ought to pay for her to supply toys and other equipment, and for wear and tear in her home, at least another $50 per day.
Well, 6 of those hours, kid should be asleep, so not that bad. Pay would still be really low though per hour.
The child ought to be asleep at that time of night! Put him to bed at 8pm to be woken up at midnight to be driven home and then expected to sleep straight away in his own bed...
How does she expect to find someone at that pay? Is she out of her skull?
My sister has my mom watch her 2 kids close to this same schedule. She pays my mom a whooping $30 a month.
Load More Replies...So only summer. And even teens want $10-20/hr babysitting now.
Load More Replies...Did something like this for $1.50 and hour, but it was in the 1980 and I was 14.
She additionally mentions that being more educated on the business side of things can also benefit them greatly. This includes understanding their tax responsibilities, the importance of having a work agreement and creating and maintaining professional boundaries. “Utilize resources created specifically for nannies, like Nanny Magazine and reputable nanny referral agencies, and only accept positions that offer fair and legal pay and have realistic nanny duties and responsibilities,” she advises.
Reply should just be laughing emojis and a link to math for kindergarteners.
That’s quite a bait and switch. Advertise for 30/hr, (900/wk for 30 hrs) then offer the low ball 200/wk. smh
They require work 6 days a week, over 60 working hours. That's less than $4.5 per hour. I count the availability hours as work too, since she cannot use them for anything else.
Load More Replies...Why is it advertised at "under $200 a week" like they're trying to rent out the kid....
They advertised looking for someone to do childcare who charges less than $200/week, and also 20 minutes from their house.
Load More Replies...If it is truly a FEW hours then this might be one of the better paid gigs in this thread on an hourly basis.
I always get a bad vibe when peeps say "for a few hours". My daughter says this and then ALWAYS goes way above it (often for a whole day). I get annoyed when she does it - and she's family, lol. These peeps should always show the exact amount of hours they're willing to pay for, from the beginning. Edit:, I don't charge my kids, btw, lol. Just realised that it sounds like that, when I got a notification & reread, oops.
Load More Replies..."In your home" makes my heart hurt for the children. So off to a strange environment you go. Ugh.
Depending on the hours, it might not be too bad. Babysitting is usually a short term gig, like for a date night. If it's only two nights a week for a couple hours, that's not bad. Or maybe I'm being a naive optimist..
You’re being a naive optimist. If they’re quoting the pay per week, they’re expecting a weeks work.
Load More Replies...What a caring parent, to promise to provide all that is needed for the childs´s care. I mean who else should do that?
Its sad that $6.60 an hour is on the higher end for what some of these trash expect. And they all still vote for the people that keep child care out of reach.
I'll be willing to ask themselves what I do this kind of work for this kind of hay and I guarantee their answers would be no
Load More Replies...This one doesn't sound so bad, actually.. then again, I barely make $1200 a month at my job.
$1k a month is barely enough to rent a not-so-nice apartment. that's not even including other things like food and gas. or the taxes that will be taken out. but sadly better than a lot of the other people on here
People in the comments were in disbelief
Reminds me of a conversation I had with my mom. She just turned 90. She said the helper we hired enjoyed taking my mom to museums and the botanical gardens so maybe we should pay less for day trips. My mom is disabled and needs help getting to the toilet, getting in and out of cars, getting food, needs a wheelchair on trips. I said, would you prefer your helper be miserable on the day trips that you request? It’s work. Period. Whether she enjoys it or not. So we continue to pay for helper’s time, admission, gas and food. Because it’s work.
I work w disabled individuals. I love going on outings but it’s still work and I expect fair compensation. Just cause you like your job doesn’t mean you should get paid less.😂
Load More Replies...All I can think is people are having children because they're supposed to but don't actually want to raise them. And every expense related to them seems like a burden
I work with a lot of this type. The OMG, it’s the school holidays and I have to either pay someone to look after my children or actually do it myself! I have to bite my lip not to ask, So, when you decided to have children, who did you think would be caring for them?
Load More Replies...The thing so many of these nutcases fail to grasp is that even if children are sleeping, and even if you “only” have to care for them for x amount of hours, they’re asking you to be available. That means you are UNavailable for other employment. Y’know, the employment you would actually need to live because there’s not a single rate on this list that approaches a livable wage.
Even corporations have failed to grasp this fairly recently (and maybe still do, I don't know). I remember a few years ago walmart used to require people working part time to be available all day every day, so they could be scheduled last minute.
Load More Replies...Almost all of these are basically asking for a full on stay at home parent, without the (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) benefits (although that might eventually be asked of them). A nanny and the random teenage babysitter are NOT the same thing, but these people are expecting both nanny and maid duties for the price of the teenage babysitter. I had many babysitting jobs as a teenager. Most were just a night here and there. But I had a few regular ones, but not one included housework (meals for the child were usually either premade, or minimal, such as sandwiches).
People posting these should be sent off to a discount vet to get desexed. Poor kids, parents do not even care they exist.
Was at the kids museum with my youngest. Got to talking with a woman who was there with a wobbler around the same age as my kiddo while they played. She seemed a little young and gave new mom vibes but what's it to me? If she wants to crouch by her kid with her hands cupped protectively around his head while hes in a tight spot, that's up to her. But it wasn't. She was the nanny. I couldn't fathom being so overprotective, overbearing, yet absent all at once. Poor nanny, poor kid.
I made $100.00 per week babysitting two kids M-F for the summer back in 1987!!
Reminds me of a conversation I had with my mom. She just turned 90. She said the helper we hired enjoyed taking my mom to museums and the botanical gardens so maybe we should pay less for day trips. My mom is disabled and needs help getting to the toilet, getting in and out of cars, getting food, needs a wheelchair on trips. I said, would you prefer your helper be miserable on the day trips that you request? It’s work. Period. Whether she enjoys it or not. So we continue to pay for helper’s time, admission, gas and food. Because it’s work.
I work w disabled individuals. I love going on outings but it’s still work and I expect fair compensation. Just cause you like your job doesn’t mean you should get paid less.😂
Load More Replies...All I can think is people are having children because they're supposed to but don't actually want to raise them. And every expense related to them seems like a burden
I work with a lot of this type. The OMG, it’s the school holidays and I have to either pay someone to look after my children or actually do it myself! I have to bite my lip not to ask, So, when you decided to have children, who did you think would be caring for them?
Load More Replies...The thing so many of these nutcases fail to grasp is that even if children are sleeping, and even if you “only” have to care for them for x amount of hours, they’re asking you to be available. That means you are UNavailable for other employment. Y’know, the employment you would actually need to live because there’s not a single rate on this list that approaches a livable wage.
Even corporations have failed to grasp this fairly recently (and maybe still do, I don't know). I remember a few years ago walmart used to require people working part time to be available all day every day, so they could be scheduled last minute.
Load More Replies...Almost all of these are basically asking for a full on stay at home parent, without the (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) benefits (although that might eventually be asked of them). A nanny and the random teenage babysitter are NOT the same thing, but these people are expecting both nanny and maid duties for the price of the teenage babysitter. I had many babysitting jobs as a teenager. Most were just a night here and there. But I had a few regular ones, but not one included housework (meals for the child were usually either premade, or minimal, such as sandwiches).
People posting these should be sent off to a discount vet to get desexed. Poor kids, parents do not even care they exist.
Was at the kids museum with my youngest. Got to talking with a woman who was there with a wobbler around the same age as my kiddo while they played. She seemed a little young and gave new mom vibes but what's it to me? If she wants to crouch by her kid with her hands cupped protectively around his head while hes in a tight spot, that's up to her. But it wasn't. She was the nanny. I couldn't fathom being so overprotective, overbearing, yet absent all at once. Poor nanny, poor kid.
I made $100.00 per week babysitting two kids M-F for the summer back in 1987!!









