tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post4522402991852046404..comments2024-03-19T03:27:24.068-04:00Comments on I SAW YOUR NANNY: Last winter she somehow convinced me to buy her a pair of snowboots..Leigh Raymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210572527823459842noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-22181681502977024152007-11-18T23:01:00.000-05:002007-11-18T23:01:00.000-05:00That's why 1:14 is so pissed. She seems to need an...That's why 1:14 is so pissed. She seems to need an attitude adjustment ... and a course in writing skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-73137236715486031962007-11-18T15:28:00.000-05:002007-11-18T15:28:00.000-05:00Eric's mom, yes, if my husband is laid off for a w...Eric's mom, yes, if my husband is laid off for a week by his FT employer, he can apply for unemployment. Vancouver nanny, he doesn't just wander door to door seking out odd jobs. He is employed on the books as a FT employee for a contractor, and if weather delays a job, it is out of anyone's control.<BR/><BR/>Chick and others, if you accept an hourly paid job, you know what you're getting into. Employers in any industry know the benefits to them of paying salary instead of hourly, because they can avoid paying OT. If you work for salary, this whole discussion is moot to you. If you are salaried and your employer screws you out of the terms of your contract, you take the necessary action or you bitch about it on a message board, your choice. Every industry has a$$hole employers sometimes and undesirable terms of employment. You learn to work your way around them, accept them, or switch industries. You work off the book without a contract, oh well. Good luck.<BR/><BR/>1:14, if you could improve your english literacy skills a bit, you might find you have more and better-paying career choices available to you. Sorry the nannying gigs aren't working out so well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-85911190092180963592007-11-18T13:14:00.000-05:002007-11-18T13:14:00.000-05:00thanks vancouver nanny for setting calimother stra...thanks vancouver nanny for setting calimother straight.<BR/>This job is totally different from construction, and true to the other posters. If you leave without paying me, I will find another job...are you kidding. <BR/>Parents would love to have it that good.<BR/>I thought slavery was over???<BR/>You parents really floor me everytime with your comments.<BR/><BR/>I guarantee if nanny said (like yu said) that they will not e coming in a few days, the water cooler conversation would be boiling- when thta parent is through telling every dick jane and sue 'the nerve of her' and one would not be surprised if one does not have a job after coming from a long weekend...what is this double standard!!!! hells to the no.<BR/><BR/>You parents are going to learn a lesson one day, oh that day is coming- when you will no longer dictate the rules! can't wait.<BR/><BR/>Lets see which nannnies will get on board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-9452670591283939462007-11-16T15:35:00.000-05:002007-11-16T15:35:00.000-05:00Cali mom,As far as nannies being paid hourly are c...Cali mom,<BR/><BR/>As far as nannies being paid hourly are concerned, most are actually working for a weekly salary. Why? Because if you pay hourly you also have to pay ***OVERTIME***, and nannies who know this have asked for OT often enough, and loudly enough, that parents who know what they are doing usually set up a weekly salary. <BR/><BR/>For example: $600 for up to 50 hour of work, and $12 per hour AFTER that 50 hour max is reached.<BR/><BR/>The employer here saves $60 in regular work hour OT, plus $6 per hour if they exceed 50 hours in a week.<BR/><BR/>This arrangement means nannies are paid full salary 52 weeks per year regardless of the employers vacation time (2 weeks, 10 weeks, it's all paid time off), and parents have the ability to avoid paying 10 hours of OT every week. <BR/><BR/>Of course, if nanny is supposed to always travel with her employers, then paid time off should be her choice, not given IF they feel they don't need her to come on a trip.<BR/><BR/>If you "lay off" your nanny when you don't need her to work, you generally have to then hire a new nanny. Because old nanny will be working at a new and better job that pays 52 week per year when you want her back.chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036917167478045508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-46221726548293144412007-11-16T14:07:00.000-05:002007-11-16T14:07:00.000-05:00Cali mom: You are right but that is the nature of ...Cali mom: You are right but that is the nature of that type of work. Construction workers move from job to job and can pick up extra work where they want. I sign a contract for a year and stick to it. I wouldn't lump nannies and construction workers in one category. There are lots of general labour workers available that are moving around the industry all the time for the reasons you are talking about exactly. If you don't want your nanny doing this...if you want a good professional university educated nanny you need to treat them the same way you expect to be treated in order to stay with you for their full committment. I can not simply pick up extra work the way my friends that work in labour jobs can and I am expected to be able to be available for my scheduled 55 hours a week unlike them where their company can survive if they do not come in one day. What would my family do if I said "oh I've decided I'm not coming thursday and friday because I want a long weekend"? It would be unacceptable of me to do it and it is unacceptable of the family to do it to me without paying me and still expect me to stick around. These are the types of jobs that give this profession a bad name. No wonder so few women consider this a profession and instead families are forced to hire young girls with little experience or foreign workers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-28642855215972698182007-11-15T22:55:00.000-05:002007-11-15T22:55:00.000-05:00CaliIf your husband loses work for the week or two...Cali<BR/><BR/>If your husband loses work for the week or two, can't he collect unemployment? <BR/><BR/>And the same for nannies if a family loses their job and your out of work, can't you collect?<BR/>As long as you are claiming your income?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-2675473442112028262007-11-15T01:30:00.000-05:002007-11-15T01:30:00.000-05:00" This is my full time permanent employment, I can..." This is my full time permanent employment, I can not just loose pay because they decide to go away. How would you feel if you were constantly told at your job "oh don't come in this week" and you had no choice about the loss of income?"<BR/><BR/>Vancouvernanny, this happens all the time. In construction, the whole crew can get rained out, and they are ALWAYS paid hourly. No work, no pay. This applies to any hourly job. Companies often shut down completely between Christmas and new year and ALL hourly employees lose pay if they don't get it back in the form of a holiday bonus or opt to use their vacation pay to cover it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-67804887331874978862007-11-15T00:54:00.000-05:002007-11-15T00:54:00.000-05:00Okay there have been tons of replies and I admit I...Okay there have been tons of replies and I admit I did not read them all but I thought I'd reply anyway :o)<BR/><BR/>I am a professional nanny and my employers paid for my initial cpr course. If they had asked me to get it on my own I would have but they just booked me in for a time and gave me the date.<BR/><BR/>I would not ask them to buy me boots unless it was a very cold climate where I would have to spend at least $100 on them...in which case though I'd imagine I would already own some! ;)<BR/><BR/>As for vacation if I was asked to go on vacation it would be all expenses paid as well as paid work time. That is standard. And yes, I get paid when my family is not around...it is their choice to leave for short vacations. This is my full time permanent employment, I can not just loose pay because they decide to go away. How would you feel if you were constantly told at your job "oh don't come in this week" and you had no choice about the loss of income? Similiarly when they want to go out for lunch they pay for me.<BR/><BR/>Now let me add I have a fantastic relationship with my employers and I am a mature responsible person. When my cpr comes up for renewal I will do it myself. However there was nothing in my work agreement with them about them paying in the first place so who knows maybe they will offer again without me asking.<BR/><BR/>I think in most cases what she is requesting is legitimate IF it is agreed upon and in the original work agreement/contract. HOWEVER in this particular case I would say she is in the wrong because it is not in the agreement. <BR/><BR/>Also if you, as the employer, feel so poorly about her attitude and work ethic I think you should replace her, plain and simple. This is not just an employee, this is a 3rd parent to your children, you should be best friends with her as you are with your husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-74879491028123860332007-11-12T22:29:00.000-05:002007-11-12T22:29:00.000-05:008:37lol ... I thought the same thing when I saw it...8:37<BR/>lol ... I thought the same thing when I saw it. (TMZ)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-20152182228006774592007-11-12T20:37:00.000-05:002007-11-12T20:37:00.000-05:003:00. did you really put "first?" Please go back t...3:00. did you really put "first?" Please go back to Perez Hilton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-46193670397719674032007-11-12T13:20:00.000-05:002007-11-12T13:20:00.000-05:00Your nanny should be fired.Your nanny should be fired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-83296131647655440862007-11-12T13:09:00.000-05:002007-11-12T13:09:00.000-05:0012:30Maybe she's just a tough bitch?12:30<BR/>Maybe she's just a tough bitch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-32927306123071580452007-11-12T12:30:00.000-05:002007-11-12T12:30:00.000-05:003:03 If you are a woman taking the subway home thr...3:03 <BR/>If you are a woman taking the subway home through Brooklyn or the South Bronx alone at night, you are either stupid, or can't afford a taxi, in which case I am sorry, and hope you have some mace. Good Luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-79201800089928520412007-11-12T12:22:00.000-05:002007-11-12T12:22:00.000-05:00$3,000 a week for 24/7 is about $18 an hour. Not ...$3,000 a week for 24/7 is about $18 an hour. Not a lot in NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-90129911657111483632007-11-12T11:09:00.000-05:002007-11-12T11:09:00.000-05:00Quite possible, although I fear that it was more a...Quite possible, although I fear that it was more a reflection of her general behavior in all of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-84889589473875345682007-11-12T03:14:00.000-05:002007-11-12T03:14:00.000-05:006.26 -Maybe your friend had postpartum depression?...6.26 -Maybe your friend had postpartum depression?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-85264315796113964772007-11-11T23:52:00.000-05:002007-11-11T23:52:00.000-05:00I am a nanny although not in New York, and while I...I am a nanny although not in New York, and while I would love to make what this nanny is making I make no where near it. I do belive that the family should pay for any certifications and shots that they are requiring, unless they provide health insurance that will cover it. I have been to NY and the ride home after 10ish I can understand, before that it should be up to the nanny. I use my own leased car for all travel to, from, and for the kids and always have in my 8+ years. The boots were also something that I cannot see the family needing to pay for unless they did not like the nanny wearing Payless or Target boots that you can get for $24.<BR/>If the vacation was something that was agreed apon at the beginning and you gave enough notice then she should have went. If it was last minute or she has other obligations then it would be understandable that she did not go, but didn't receive pay. One thing that I do find that families that employ nannies all over this country do not seem to realize though is that nannies are people that have lives after work too (and this unfortunately includes the family I currently work for) All in all you sound like a pretty fair employer that to some extent is getting taken advantage of. I would sit down with her an redefine the rules and have her sign a new contract. <BR/><BR/>For everyone else who are rude: It really isn't needed. ALso please remember that while there are a lot of bad nannies out there that are only out there for a pay check, there are also a lot of bad parents out there that take COMPLETE advantage of the people that they have taking care of their familes and lives. Remember your nanny, housekeeper, etc is a person and has they same feelings, hopes, and dreams that you do, and are not just dust beneath your feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-57140519719728015112007-11-11T21:40:00.000-05:002007-11-11T21:40:00.000-05:00Is it true baby nurses make up to $3,000 a week? ...Is it true baby nurses make up to $3,000 a week? Sounds pretty high.<BR/>I am assuming its 24/7 7 days a week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-56213587261595123922007-11-11T20:58:00.000-05:002007-11-11T20:58:00.000-05:00marypoppins @2:13, I couldn't agree with you more!...marypoppins @2:13, I couldn't agree with you more!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-40242320680030152852007-11-11T20:03:00.000-05:002007-11-11T20:03:00.000-05:006:11No one called Harumph a liberal, they were poi...6:11<BR/>No one called Harumph a liberal, they were pointing out that she/he misspelled it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-55132128527374574862007-11-11T18:26:00.000-05:002007-11-11T18:26:00.000-05:00I can't help wondering what all of these people do...I can't help wondering what all of these people do for a living that can afford to pay $20.00+ per hour for childcare, plus medical insurance and perks. By the time these same people pay for a work wardrobe, transportation, lunch out every day and taxes, how many make enough to make this worth being away from their children every day? If they are so wealthy that this is all no problem financially, I am thinking maybe they have the ability to be home raising their own children and have no job at all? <BR/><BR/>And $3,000 a week for a baby nurse? Newborn babies sleep, eat and poop. Occasionally you bathe them, which takes 15 minutes. Aside from the sleep deprivation, it's not all that hard. Can people not even take care of their own babies for the first couple of months without passing them off to a stranger to raise? When does the bonding take place, I wonder? What do such people want with children in the first place?<BR/><BR/>I have a friend who is a stay at home mom. She has a house manager, housekeepers and a nanny. She has to do literally nothing in her home. Two years ago I sat at her home with her, watching all of these people scurrying around doing everything for her as she cried real tears over how hard it was to take care of her baby, who did almost nothing but sleep. I had no words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-6814654306259824312007-11-11T18:11:00.000-05:002007-11-11T18:11:00.000-05:00harumph...I LOVE your name! Too, too clever!And to...harumph...I LOVE your name! Too, too clever!<BR/>And to whoever called harumph a liberal:<BR/>I believe it is the typical liberal stance to feel entitled to share in the wealth of the wealthy by any means possible. She is saying the opposite. While you may feel that calling someone a liberal is a fine insult, it is more effective if you use it on actual liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-52624200495873437462007-11-11T17:42:00.000-05:002007-11-11T17:42:00.000-05:00My only comments are in reference to the snowboots...My only comments are in reference to the snowboots. When I was a nanny I traveled extensively with my family. I never asked for snowboots or any wardrobe attire, however I was given anything and everything I needed to travel. En route to Maine where we would be staying mid winter we stopped at LL Bean, THEY bought me, snow/mud boots, fleece pullovers, and a down coat. I would NEVER wear mud boots in Cleveland and therefore why would I need to spend 100 bucks on them? My husbands job provides his shatter proof prescription glasses, and kevlar saftey gloves....If a employer needs you to have something in particular for a trip then they need to provide it. Same goes for when we traveled to London, she wouldn't be caught dead with me at the ritz in my payless shoes so she bought me coach loafers...If its job specific then they need to buy....My thought only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-79098461977832127182007-11-11T15:15:00.000-05:002007-11-11T15:15:00.000-05:00And as a parent wouldn't you feel bad. Knowing yo...And as a parent wouldn't you feel bad. Knowing you came home from a great late night out, and your sending your nanny on a subway?<BR/>I don't have a babysitter, but I would be worried if they are traveling alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916951.post-6990770476684895392007-11-11T15:13:00.000-05:002007-11-11T15:13:00.000-05:00Well if I was working after midnight I wouldn't wa...Well if I was working after midnight I wouldn't want to take the subway alone. Its good that you don't mind and have balls. But I wouldn't want to take a chance and end up in an alley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com