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To ask how much you’d expect a babysitter to cost on NYE

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ThatMauveRaven · 30/12/2024 18:15

20yo DD has been asked (last minute) to babysit her manager’s two young children tomorrow night. They’ve offered her £60 in cash to be there from 8pm-1am. The two kids will most likely be asleep in bed, so she won’t exactly have to do much work but I still think that this is quite stingey considering it’s New Years Eve!

Thoughts?

YABU - £60 is enough
YANBU - I’d expect to pay more

OP posts:
Loopytiles · 30/12/2024 18:29

That’s poor wages & not professional of the manager.

Ironthrone · 30/12/2024 18:25

I’d expect £80 at least and for them to get a takeaway pizza and some drinks in for her.
Not booze, just some cans of pop for her.

BellaVita · 30/12/2024 18:25

At least £100

AmusedMaker · 30/12/2024 18:24

£100 is what I’d expect to pay for those hours on NYE.

Original poster
ThatMauveRaven · 30/12/2024 18:24

Oreosareawful · 30/12/2024 18:22

Wow, I was thinking about £50, seeing as we usually pay £20 for a babysitter for the evening

£20 for the evening doesn’t even equate to minimum wage! I’d feel ashamed to offer a potential babysitter that.

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TallNeckedGiraffe · 30/12/2024 18:23

@Oreosareawful
How many hours do you get for £20??

TwirlyPineapple · 30/12/2024 18:23

£12 an hour is what I pay our babysitter for just a regular Saturday night where we'll be home by 11. It's definitely a cheapskate offer for New Year's Eve and getting home after 1am! I'd expect at least £15 an hour, if not more.

Seashor · 30/12/2024 18:23

That’s £12.00 an hour!!!!!
Absolutely NOT enough. Taking the piss, I’d laugh at them .

Oreosareawful · 30/12/2024 18:22

Wow, I was thinking about £50, seeing as we usually pay £20 for a babysitter for the evening

FuckMeUpFlorida · 30/12/2024 18:22

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 30/12/2024 18:21

£100 minimum for New Year's Eve.

Absolutely this!

Germanjio · 30/12/2024 18:21

Christ no, at least double. That's absolutely taking the piss, which is a horrid thing for a manager to do.

WhyArePiratesCalledPiratessss · 30/12/2024 18:21

60 quid is fine.
Its watching tv and doing faff all.
If she has plans, or doesn't want to, just say no.
NYE (like weddings) has become an exercise is gouging money out of people.
60 is fine.

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 30/12/2024 18:21

£100 minimum for New Year's Eve.

LittleRedRidingHoody · 30/12/2024 18:21

I mean if she wants to, that's fine. I reckon the manager thinks they're both getting a good deal (cheap babysitter for them, money for very little for her) and if she didn't have plans, it makes sense.

Round here for a babysitter it's circa £30 an hour for NYE - but that's someone DBSd/referenced/well-known in the area.

Paperthin · 30/12/2024 18:20

I think £60 is not a lot for NYE to be honest.£100 more like it.

TickingAlongNicely · 30/12/2024 18:20

I'd say at £15 per hour at least since its prime time. So for 5 hours that would be £75

lovelysunshine22 · 30/12/2024 18:20

They are taking the piss! £100 should be the bare minimum!

mbosnz · 30/12/2024 18:19

I'd say £100.

CeciliaMars · 30/12/2024 18:18

I think that's reasonable for a 20-year old. She can say no if she's not happy with it!

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