$40 an hour?!

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I'm looking at babysitter profiles on Care.com.

There's an 18 year old woman who lives in my neighborhood looking for babysitting jobs and her hourly rate is $40-$50 an hour!

Everyone else I've looked at has been $5-$10 or $10-$15.

[speckledfrog]

Maybe she hit the 4 instead of the 1. Or she's a nut.

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Aug 14, 2012 10:49:57 GMT -5 @smace said:

Does she actually get any work?

It doesn't really say. But she has open availability, is available on short notice and has no references. So I'm thinking...no.

[cleo29]

is she Mary Poppins with a magic carpet bag?

I used to charge $10 and that was watching multiple kids.

[lightbulbsun]

Maybe she meant $40-$50/night?

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I think when they fill out their profiles it has the options listed. So you can choose $5-$10, $10-$15, etc, up until at least $40-$50 an hour I guess.

I don't think they actually type in the number. They just choose an option.

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I say that because I once listed job on the site, and that is how I had to do it.

[Deleted]

I'm totally in the wrong business. Fuck this finance work, ima go babysit!

[underwaterrhymes]

LOLOLOL. That is fantastic. I would probably fuck with her a bit.

[Deleted]

Ha! Oh, I didn't see this before. She has a note in her profile. "My rate is non-negotiable."

Hmm. I think she's been questioned on this before.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

That's crazy. That's how much we paid our babysitter for a full day last week.

[ECB]

Aug 14, 2012 11:10:12 GMT -5 @schmancy said:

Ha! Oh, I didn't see this before. She has a note in her profile. "My rate is non-negotiable."

Hmm. I think she's been questioned on this before.

LOL. I'd be tempted to ask her "so, what exactly do you provide above and beyond the other sitters for $40/ hour?"

[iamgrace]

I would message her and ask exactly what my 40 per hour will get. Like will I come home to a spotless home and a newly university educated child?

[julez]

Aug 14, 2012 11:35:11 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

I would message her and ask exactly what my 40 per hour will get. Like will I come home to a spotless home and a newly university educated child?

I think the emphasis here is on what, ahem, SERVICES are included in this rate. And for which parent.

[pinkplasticdoll]

3 hours of babysitting and that is a 16 week class at a kummunity kollege.

Please screw with her a little bit please!

[loveday]

*snort* really?

I just hired my first sitter off Care.com for $12 an hour today.