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a job as an "assistant" in a group daycare!
I closed my own group daycare 12/31 and have been selling my daycare items. I have had lots of providers call and come by to buy items at it as been nice that all of them know of me (even though I don't know them) based on word of mouth, website, etc and they all say they loved our program.
This provider raved about how good our program was, asked why I closed and what I was going to do now. I told her nursing and she says "I tell you what- you'll NEVER make as much in the outside world as you do in daycare"
I told her we ran w/ low ratios so we could offer all the great things we did so we really didn't make that much and I can def make more in the outside world. 
She then goes on to say she lost her assistant and since her yearly inspection is due anytime she really needs to get back into ratio so she has been looking high and low for an assistant. I start to think maybe it would be worth it since she says daycare pays so well... Then she tells me the hours will be 9-4 M-F (mostly, w/ some late/early hours and maybe weekends) salaried at 10,000 a year :
: Oh! And I would be self employed, she can't afford to pay that rate if she has to pay employer taxes too...
I guess her idea of how much you can make in the "outside world" and mine are much different- her rate comes out to be less than minimum wage, even if I only worked her min hours...
Just had to share!
I closed my own group daycare 12/31 and have been selling my daycare items. I have had lots of providers call and come by to buy items at it as been nice that all of them know of me (even though I don't know them) based on word of mouth, website, etc and they all say they loved our program.
This provider raved about how good our program was, asked why I closed and what I was going to do now. I told her nursing and she says "I tell you what- you'll NEVER make as much in the outside world as you do in daycare"
I told her we ran w/ low ratios so we could offer all the great things we did so we really didn't make that much and I can def make more in the outside world. She then goes on to say she lost her assistant and since her yearly inspection is due anytime she really needs to get back into ratio
so she has been looking high and low for an assistant. I start to think maybe it would be worth it since she says daycare pays so well... Then she tells me the hours will be 9-4 M-F (mostly, w/ some late/early hours and maybe weekends) salaried at 10,000 a year :: Oh! And I would be self employed, she can't afford to pay that rate if she has to pay employer taxes too...I guess her idea of how much you can make in the "outside world" and mine are much different- her rate comes out to be less than minimum wage, even if I only worked her min hours...
Just had to share!
I am going to work as a CNA for a little while and get my CMA this spring/summer while I finish my classes for my RN. I have gotten quite a few leads on CNA positions in a hospital, dr's office, etc. I REALLY don't want to work in a nursing home, my back can't handle it and I have changed enough diapers for a while
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