Over the summer I worked from 7-4 babysitting two little kids, for 40 dollars a day. I ve talked to alot of other people, and correct me if I am wrong but this pay absoulutley stinks! They want me to come back next summer, and I ve somewhat commited to it, but that was because they put me in a corner sort of when they asked, should I tell them I can t work for them this summer, and how do I go about doing saying this? They live across the street from me and we re kinda family friends. Another reason I want to quit is I feel like I need a better job going into my senior year in highschool. Something I can but on a resume.
I have two solutions if you d like to keep the job:1.Ask if maybe it could be fair if they paid you by the hour, instead of a set time. What you re doing now is nine hours everyday. If you were paid by the hour, you d get more money, and it d be more fair.If you charged 7$ an hour, then 7x9 = $63, that s $23 extra a day than before. What they were paying you before is $4.40 an hour, which I think is too little if you re taking care of two kids. Play around with the prices; You seem mature enough that they should be paying you something between $5 - $10 per hour :)2.Ask if they could pay for both of the children. It isn t fair to have to charge 4.40 an hour for *both* kids. Two kids is a lot of work for nine hours, especially if you only get $20 per kid! Take it from me, I |had| to watch 4 or so kids every Saturday for about two hours usually by myself FOR FREE, which I thought wasn t fair, but it was a religious thing, so I couldn t be like, Can you pay me? So, at least ask them to pay more. $2.20 per kid for 9 hours is terrible for someone your age-- they pay 13 year olds at least 3.50 for babysitting! If you ask them to |at least| double the prices, that s $80 a day.In all, you just have to |talk| to the parent/s about it. Give them facts and options; maybe tell them that it s not fair to a person about to go into 12th grade to be paid $2.20/hr/kid, etc.I hope you get everything worked out! Good luck! Hope I ve helped!
That pay isn t bad for babysitting; it s about average. Plus you have to look at the benefits; it s right across the street from you, no long commute, you don t have to deal with the general public, you don t have to pay taxes, etc...You ll have plenty of time to get something better to put on your resume; I d stick with the easy babysitting gig for now. That is unless the kids are the spawn of Satan, then yeah I d probably go get a job at the mall.
Tell them that you feel that you need some sort of experience with retail, sales, fast food, etc, (whatever it is you d like to do). OR tell them you got a really good job offer. OR apply for some jobs and if you get a good one, let them know that you got a great job offer. It would also suck if you quit that job, and couldn t find another job.
Just tell them (now not before it s too late for them) what you said here. That you are going in your senior year and want a job that you can use for a resume, car loan and build up for the future with. And try to get one soon so you can tell them you are already committed. Also it might be nice to help them find a replacement.
Unless you re a professional babysitter with qualifications, $40/day is NOT a ripoff on your part. How old are these kids? Unless they are infants, you have it made. You re a senior in high school. There is NOT going to be an easier or better job out there for you. I don t really think you have room to be picky - $40/day is $40/day. That means NO taxes on it too. Personally, I wouldn t quit. You can put babysitting or childcare on a resume any day.
Sounds like me. I was in a similar situation. Make sure you have another job first before you just up and leave them, you want to make plans before you tell them no because then you don t have a reason to back it up. Also, talk to your parents about it and see what they think, because I know my parents helped me when I was in the same place.
is that cash under the table ? If so, you will probably have a bigger net by keeping your babysitting job. Figure that you are a dependent of your parents and have no write offs, you will be taxed to death. Not to mention the money you save on transportation. If they are going to write it off on taxes(I doubt they will) then yes it is a crummy job. Just tell them you want to do something else this summer.
Be honest, because YOU have a right to decide whether or not you want to work for them. Frankly, I dont even think you need a reason to quit, If you want to then it s up to you. I suggest you tell them that you can no longer be of assistance and if they ask why? Say you will be occupied and you are currently looking for new experience and new job opportunities.
Let s see, you did babysitting for 9 hours a day for $40. That s less than $5 an hour, so they weren t even paying you minimum wage. (Let me guess, they didn t issue you a W-2 either.) This should be a no-brainer. Tell them you need to talk to them. You have talked your parents and reconsidered, but you cannot provide babysitting next summer. Tell them you wanted to tell them in time to make other arrangements.
Just let them know that this summer your unable to be there sitter due to getting another better paying job and let them know its no offense and that you just want better opportunities and able to meet other friends and become more independent in working in a work place environment. Tell them your telling them now this way they have time to seek for another sitter and this way it looks better on you.
As long as you are sure you want to quit the job, then tell them asap so they have a chance to replace you with someone else. If you get a minimum wage job, then you will make $40.00 in only 7 or so hours per day instead of 9 hours a day. So the pay is not so good working for them. Taxes and other deductions will eat up some of the pay from the new job, so consider that as well. Good Luck to you.
Just tell them you need to take a break for a while, and if they are okay with that, then that s great! But if hey NEED a babysitter, you should do it. Do the right thing.If they are okay with that, you can get a summer job, then if they ask you again, you ll have a job!!!Hope this helped!!!
Tell them exactly that. tell them that you need to get a job that will help you in the future. Let them know that it s not them, and that you loved working with them. Don t mention the fact that you didn t like how they paid you, that may offend them. :) good luck
Just straight out tell them that you can t work for them because you re searching for a higher paying job. If they want to keep you, they may give you a few more dollars an hour. If not, then they ll let you go find that better job.
tell them if they dont pay you more you quitplus you work about 10 hours a day and 8 times 5 is 40 so your making less then 5 bucks and hour when the minimum wage is 7 bucks. you can get a better job
maybe you could simply say you will have too much homework or something. Or that you plan having some projects over the summer and think you may not be able to fit babysitting in the schedule. Just a few ideas.
Tell them that you re very busy with school work and think they should get somebody who will be 100% reliable and able to babysit because you don t think you can commit to it anymore
You can always fake your death.
Tell them you ve chosen to pursue other career options.
just tell them that you are looking for another job because it is your senior year!
40 dollars a day ??? here in the uk is ��30 an hour they are asking too low
say I quit.
$40 per day is good pay when babysitting. Most adults who run childcare businesses only get $20-$25/day (per child that is - and there s discounts to more than one child in a family). That s $200/week that you were earning. Do you have any qualifications that should earn you higher pay? For example, a degree in early childhood education or ten years of experience as a nanny? If you don t want this job next summer, just let the mother know that you ll be unable to accept the babysitting job for next summer. Be advised that you may not be able to find a real job though, and then you re income will be gone. You may let the family know that you would still be interested in babysitting some evenings or weekends if they need your services (keep the options open). Another question would be to ask if you re paying taxes on the $200/week you received from this lady. If not, then you need to realize that when you work a real job the taxes will automatically be taken out of your pay each week. You ll have to work at least 40 hours per week (at a minimum wage job) to clear $200 each week. Good luck to you... just think this decision through before you make your choice.
