Which of these tasks would you consider to be LIGHT housekeeping?

Question

I am a NANNY and agreed to do LIGHT housekeeping. Just curious if I am being taken advantage of.
doing dishes?
laundry?
vacumming?
sweeping and mopping?
dusting?
cleaning sinks and counters?
cleaning toilets and bathtubs?

They have 3 children plus I have an infant who comes with me. I work 45 jours a week for $300.00

they have a 6 bedroom 4 bathroom...4000sq ft home

Answer 1

I work as a Nanny too and it all depends on the time I have free. I usually load and unload the dishwasher and dust. If I have time I will clean the kitchen sink and the counter. The rest is asking too much unless they are paying you more. House cleaners get $15 to $20 an hour and Nannies don't. I get extra for everything else I clean above my Nanny wages. Make a deal to get paid more if you do more than light housework. I also get paid more if I have to take the kids further than a few blocks from home. Their Grandmother lives on the other side of the bridge and it can take me up to an 1hr. to get to her house. I don't think it is asking much to pay for my gas and wear & tear on my car.

Brin

Answer 2

You are definaltey being taken advantage of, why shuld you do the laundry, sinks and bathtubs are out of the question too.

Dishes that were used while you were there and a few from easrlier in the day but not last night supper dishes etc. Vacumming, sweeping, mopping where they played.... yes but cleaning the toilets and bathtubs, unless you live there, is out the question. You may suggest that they increase your pay to include the housekeeper duties, i guess though that they will not be interested in that.

Light housekeeping usually refers to cleaning up after the kids when playtime is over.

Answer 3

Cleaning sinks toilets and bathtubs is not. Sweeping and vacuuming either. You should cleanup after the kids or if they are old enough enlist their help. Clean up after yourself, do your OWN laundry and dishes. Then renegotiate and find out what they consider light housekeeping and let them know your version of it. Your main job is to care for the kids. If they need someone to clean house then they should hire a housekeeper. Tell them if you are willing, that you will take on housekeeping duties but it will cost them more.

Answer 4

toilets and bathtubs are not light housekeeping!!! unless it is that spray that you just spray in the shower once a day, that would be ok.

anything that requires rubber gloves and/or bleach is straight out. Also anything involving a bucket. Bucket, gloves and bleach are heavy cleaning tools.

I'd say dishes, laundry, light dusting (no bucket of soapy water - just pledge and a paper towel), light vaccuuming or sweeping (by light here, I mean that you do not move furniture, lift up rugs, etc.)

I would also windex the windows if it was so desired.

also depends on the kids you are nannying for. if you have kids that need a lot of supervision, they should understand that this inhibits your ability to double up as a maid.

Answer 5

dusting and MAYBE vacuuming are all the light housekeeping I see! I'm thinking your being taken advantage of. Did you by chance sign a contract that stated just what LIGHT housekeeping was? Maybe you can broach the subject with your employers and tell them that either you need more money or for some of these things to be dropped from you job description.

Answer 6

A Nanny should be focused on the children ..not the housework..That should be left up to the housekeeper..If I had a Nanny to care for my kids she would not be doing anything else other than caring for them...Seems to me if your a Nanny and your having to do all those other tasks..then yes Dear..your being taken advantage of...I would explain to the Boss how your not fully attentive to the children when you do other tasks...Who would your Boss blame if one of the Children were seriously hurt? You of course..Because you were not keeping an eye on them while you were cleaning the toilets...

Answer 7

Are you sure you are the nanny and not the maid service as well,the children and their needs should be your concern maybe you should have not offered some light housekeeping sounds like you may have put the mop in your own hands.

Answer 8

re: your last PS - your duties, hours, and pay sound great compared to what a full-time Mom has to deal with. Ahhh, the luxury of getting to actually leave at the end of the day and go home and not have to constantly watch the kids, clean the house, and worry about it all. I can't even imagine.
You might tell your employer(s) that you will gladly clean up behind yourself, but that they are responsible for any messes they or the kids make when you are not there.

Answer 9

A nanny shouldn't do any type of housekeeping. If you were hired to watch the kids, then that's what you should do. Doing housework distracts you from doing so. If one gets hurt while you're doing housework, you'll get blamed for it. If Nannys did housework, there would be no need for housekeepers. It sounds like you're doing two jobs for the price of one. "THINK ABOUT IT"!!

Answer 10

doing dishes?---yea
laundry?---depends on the amount
vacumming?--yea
sweeping and mopping?--yea
dusting?--yea
cleaning sinks and counters?--yea to me thats all apart of doing the dishes
cleaning toilets and bathtubs?---yea

thats pretty much all light housekeeping...its not like your being asked to steamclean everyday, wash the oven evryday, wash walls, etc!..u know u got it pretty easy...but i would ask for a little raise because of the # of kids you ave to care for, and your duties... i would ask atleast 350-400$ weekly!... thats just me im just an expensive one tho.