How Much For 15 Minutes??

[quailsgarden]

I would also charge additional $5/day.

[itlw8]

I would not do it for less than $5 a child and my rates are FAR lower than yours After hour care is at a premium price.

[littlemissmuffet]

if your rate is about $40/day how much would you charge to extend it just 15 minutes for a family??? Someone else is still here that 15 min. so I will do it, but I had hoped to get my closing time down the half hour eventually and now that won't happen. Actually, one of the reasons I took the family was because of the slightly earlier pick up time. It is for true work reasons if that matters.

JUST 15 minutes a day ends up being an hour and 15 minutes a week; over 5 hours a month and 60 hours a year!!
I charge $1 for every minute a parent picks up late outside of their contracted hours (and I don't accept any changes in hours passed 5pm). So this family would be looking at paying an additional $330 per month; finding a new daycare or trying to find another solution.

[jojosmommy]

If you are willing to do it I would say no less than $5 per day.

They already have extra 15 min, now they want 15 more. If their boss asked them to stay 15 min late they would get 1/4 of an hour of pay. If it was overtime they would be getting 1/4 of time and a half pay. If it was after certain hours they would be getting shift diff too. Think of it that way.

If they don't want to pay the $5 per day they will make the necessary accomodations. Otherwise next you'll be working until 6 or 6:30 for no extra cash.

I charge extra for the families who want extra and then when I am working that extra day or hour I am smiling because I just made XX extra. Instead of being annoyed I got used again.

[Mommy2One]

If their boss asked them to stay 15 min late they would get 1/4 of an hour of pay. If it was overtime they would be getting 1/4 of time and a half pay. If it was after certain hours they would be getting shift diff too.

Not if they're salaried. I don't know what these particular parents do, or what may have changed that they need an extra 15 minutes each day but there's a strong possibility they're not making any extra money themselves. I'm not saying that's your problem or that you should work extra for free just because they are but I don't think you can assume they're benefiting financially from this.

[Abigail]

Without knowing what you charge for a day or any going rate in your area it's hard to help figure out what would make it worth it. I have four families currently enrolled and I don't have a set so-many hours per day limit. I figure that out when I do interviews on the phone to see what hours they need. I think mine are all here between 8 and 9.5 hours and I'm open 10 so I suppose if someone was here open-close I might add more than my typical rate.

I have all kids here by 8 am. Then they leave at 3:30, 4:15, 4:40 and last is 5:15. But it seems lately like 2 days a week the last departures ask to pickup at 5:30 which makes for a REALLY long day. If I enroll more kids I hope they're done by 5 pm because it really makes the day go better! The old daycare I use to work at before opening my own was open until 5:30 and from 5-5:30 the day dragged on forever!

[momma2girls]

Hmm - give them an inch and they'll take a mile. Next thing it will be half an hour either way. Careful!

I would take into consideration how much THEY are making for that extra half hour a day and cut it in half. Then figure from there. I'm betting you're going to be closer to that $5.00. At least double what you are currently making for any exception.

I know that something that burned my butt when I was watching a Teacher's child. She needed some extra time that day to Tutor but she paid me my regular rate when I know she was making at least $35.00 per hour for the extra time. It was a win-win - for HER.

I agree with this post. YOu give them 15 min. and the am, then they want 15 min. in the pm. What will they want next????

[jojosmommy]

Not if they're salaried. I don't know what these particular parents do, or what may have changed that they need an extra 15 minutes each day but there's a strong possibility they're not making any extra money themselves. I'm not saying that's your problem or that you should work extra for free just because they are but I don't think you can assume they're benefiting financially from this.

Precisely why I own my own business and I get to make the rules and pay rates. happyface

You also can't even assume they are at work those 15 minutes. I can't tell you the number of times I had parents late- 5 min past close and when I helped their kids into the car or checked my mailbox I saw milk and bread from the gas station in their car. Took an extra 5 min to get milk on my time.

I don't get paid salary. I dont work for free.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

We stay open from 5:00-6:00 for an additional $1.50 per 15 minutes. This means $6.00 per child for the extra hour. Some weeks we have several children that stay that extra hour and the extra income is really nice. Other weeks, we have nobody that extra hour and that free time is really nice.

[JenNJ]

I would charge $5 extra PER DAY for the 15 minutes. If you really want an earlier closing time, you need to make staying late unappealing.

[cheeseheadmama]

For 15 minutes after crossing time and you don't really want to do it, eventhough someone else Is stIll here, I would charge $5/day.

That is what I would do as well. My PHB clearly states that overtime care is available at the rate of $5 for each hour or portion there of. So if they extend for 15 min it is the same charge as for an hour.