How Do You Handle Variable Hrs?

[legomom922]

My goal was to get $350 wk from either 2 FT famlies, or several PT famlies. Before, I had a FT which I had to terminate In Nov and my 2 PT famlies. All was well but when I termed my FT family, it opened up a slot, and now is how I realize what a mess this is. I cant tell someone else well you can come m, t, th & fri this month, but next month you have to change your hrs at work...I know this will not work..

I was thinking of telling her she must go to FT rate of $175/wk or the other option is she will have pick 3 days that she will come to me and if she needs me on one or 2 of the other days, it will be available to her only based on my availibility, or she can get a 2nd sitter to do the other 2 days as needed, but in any event, sh ewill still need to pay me for 3 days even if she has to come to me for 2 days and her other sitter for one day. The other thought was to contract her for 3 days will the most common time like 630-1230, and if she needs to stay later like until 2 like some of her days are, there will be a charge of $5/hr and if she needs to drop off later like those days that she only needs me 1-4, she will have to pay her normal rate of 35/day plus the $5/hr charge, so it would be like $50/day for her that those days...I just dont know what else to do at this point. Then if she wants to leave, she can leave, but I just cant live with a schedule like this without extra money for it.

[momofsix]

If you like having the Fridays off, why not contract her for Monday to Thursday at a set rate for a specific number of hours/day (anything above would be overtime), and then offer a higher drop-in rate if/when she does need you on a Friday?

This sounds like a great way to do it to me. She would pay whatever rate you establish for the 4 days...that would be a regular amount of $ to count on weekly ($140 if you stuck to your $35/day,) and you could schedule your appointments for Fridays.

[legomom922]

so would I let her come any hrs she needed on mon-thurs? like either the 630-1230, 9-2, 1-4, 630-4 etc?

And what would be a good drop in amount on fridays?

My husband is telling me to just term her..says its way too complicated to worry about it and he just got a $500/mon raise and I shouldnt even do it anymore..He wants me to focus more on him and our kids especially with summer coming..he says I wont be able to go anywhere with our kids all summer with her wacky schedule..

Before I did daycare, I did all the laundry, ironed all his clothes, made his lunches, picked up all the kids from school, did all the errends, made fabulous meals, and he feels I dont do all this stuff anymore because I dont have the time or the energy..

Now I'm even more confused...

[momofsix]

[QUOTE=legomom922;67177]so would I let her come any hrs she needed on mon-thurs? like either the 630-1230, 9-2, 1-4, 630-4 etc? [/CODE] Yes, up to a certain number of hours, whatever you decide that is.
And what would be a good drop in amount on fridays? whatever would make it worth it for YOU to give up your day off
My husband is telling me to just term her..says its way too complicated to worry about it and he just got a $500/mon raise and I shouldnt even do it anymore..He wants me to focus more on him and our kids especially with summer coming..he says I wont be able to go anywhere with our kids all summer with her wacky schedule..

Before I did daycare, I did all the laundry, ironed all his clothes, made his lunches, picked up all the kids from school, did all the errends, made fabulous meals, and he feels I dont do all this stuff anymore because I dont have the time or the energy..

Now I'm even more confused... [B]Wow...with a raise like that it gives you a lot more freedom, if you both decide it's better for you to quit, that would be awesome if that's what you want to do! QUOTE]

[legomom922]

so would I let her come any hrs she needed on mon-thurs? like either the 630-1230, 9-2, 1-4, 630-4 etc? [/CODE] Yes, up to a certain number of hours, whatever you decide that is.

How do I tell her how many hrs a FT rate would cover when she knows I'm open from 630-430? And she knows my daily rate is for everyone..I'm a little confused on that one..And what would be a good price on fridays? whatever would make it worth it for YOU to give up your day off

[B]Its only a day off for me because she wouldnt be using fridays in January, LOL and in my contract it says drop in rate is $20 for up to 3 hrs and $5 for every hr over 3, so if she used me on a fri for 3 hrs, I would shoot myself in the foot and only get $20..and if she needed me for 6 hrs, it would still be my normal daily rate...
[B]Wow...with a raise like that it gives you a lot more freedom, if you both decide it's better for you to quit, that would be awesome if that's what you want to do! QUOTE]

I suppose I could tell her she will have to pay FT rate of $175 or I quit..

[Blackcat31]

I suppose I could tell her she will have to pay FT rate of $175 or I quit..

That's what I would do!! Seems like if she takes you up on that then it is worth it but if she doesn't .....bye-bye....not worth the hassle since you shouldn't have to worry about such a screwy schedule...it's HER schedule NOT yours to stress over. Awesome that you have such a wonderfully supportive husband too! Sometimes they make alot of sense......

[legomom922]

I wrote up a letter and just put it on the main board. Tell me how it sounds or help me tweek it so it sounds right. I dont want to sound harsh, because they are really good people!!