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Subject: Re: confused about my nanny job. advice please.

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Kari Ladonya

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Date Posted: 20:12:14 08/21/03 Thu
In reply to: gia 's message, "confused about my nanny job. advice please." on 18:56:39 08/17/03 Sun

gia,
i have been with the same family for 3 years. there is only one child (they have an older daughter that just graduated from law school and lives out of state). the girl is 14 years old, when i started she was 11 going into the sixth grade. now she is started highschool and i am continuing to work for them this year. like your situation, the job has changed quite a bit. no longer does she want to hang out with me, she comes home gets on the phone with her friends and has her own life. all i do is sit there so she isn't alone and drive her to her many activities.

when i first started i received 150/week for about 15/hrs a week. i would work from 3:30-6:30 m-f. her parents are both doctors with very busy schedules so when i work past 6:30 i got 10/hr for every hour over. also there are occasional saturday mornings and weekday mornings that i got the 10/hr. after the first year i got 180/week for same hours, after the second year i got 200/week for same hours. i still get the 10/hr for extra hours. i don't know what raise she will give me this year yet. it should be next week because that will be my 3 years. she hasn't said anything and i will ask if she doesn't because i am kind of expecting it. in the summer when i was with her all day i get 300/week flat rate. some days she hung out with friends or i drop them off at mall ect... she goes to camp for four weeks which i get paid for one week. christmas and other holidays i get paid, whenever they take family vacations i get paid.

i say all of this because i think you should have definitely been getting a raise all of these years, i think there should be a set schedule with time after that compensated. my family pays me well and it makes me feel that the really appreciate me. she is always giving me extra money and leaving thank you notes if it has been a particularly long week. she even started giving me $10 extra when gas prices when up. even though my charge is older that doesn't mean i am any less committed to her. i think your family needs to show you more appreciation.

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