job offer !! , I need your advice!** UPDATE ** pg 3

[Ol'FashionHen]

.... I'm really re-thinking the $250. I was calling some of the local child care centers in are area and some were as cheap as $150 a week for both children and the highest was $255. I'm almost scared to even do it. If I were to watch them at $300 a week and Grandma finds out DIL is paying me $300 and her only $200 then after she finds out it's a little harder to find a "real job" (that's what her DH told her) she may want to start watching them again.

But .. I am going to the library today to talk to Bea and tell her that "yes I am interested". However, I am not going to say "yes" until I have met mom, dad, and both children and spent time with them all to learn the childrens tempermants and to see how well the children may take to me etc..

.... and I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[Ol'FashionHen]

I talked with Bea last night and had her daughter call me to find out all the specs for the job. Daughter ( Lilly

) was very nice and everything sounds just fine, she asked me if I had talked to her mother about the pay and I told her that Bea said she was paying mil $200 a week to keep the children. And Lilly said they actually paid her $100 a week, but they were willing to pay me $200 a week

. I am going over for a visit on Tuesday and I told her we could discuss the charge then. She knows that daycares on average in our area is $220-$230 a week , but they provide the food for the children. And I'm thinking Yeah and I will be providing the $30-$40 a week for gas to come to her house, which is about a 20 mile trip one way.

I don't know we will see. She really does not want to put the children in daycare, but if she is not willing to pay a fair price ( which in all honesty $300 is a fair price for someone to come to your home), it really will not be worth it, even if it is less stress.

 

[annanicole18]

stick to what you think your time is worth. remember you are going to be caring for someones elses kid who may...ok will get on your nerves at some point and refuse to listen. you are doing them a service by going to them and are providing one to a few care not one to 15 or more. and with the price of gas constantly on the rise you have to keep in consideration. be strong on what you think is right if they really want their daughter at their house and not in a daycare they will be willing to pay for your time

 

[Whispering Winds]

If she wants to truly keep her children out of day care, then she will negotiate that price with you, providing food or not. She isn't providing the clean up time YOU will be providing, nor fixing everything for the kids, and if you are doing laundry and light housekeeping, come on, tht is worth another $40 a week on top of the $200 . . .infant care here in our rural area is well over $100 a week now, and toddlers run about $90-$110 depending upon which daycare they use, so $200 a week is a bargain . . . I would ask her for at least $240 to cover your gas, as well as have them reimburse you for any extra trips, unless they have a family van they would let you use. . .which would be ideal, as less wear and tear on your car. . .good luck!!!

 

[Thomas423]

Maybe offer to include light housework for the $300/week. You'll be doing it anyway. Also, there are special tax laws for in home workers. Have you looked into them? Has she?