How much is one day nanny expected to do on the chores side?

[FlusteredFairy1]

I have been working part time for a family for over a year it started off as 2 days. It has now gone down to 1 day. Still paid same date £10phg. I keep kitchen and playroom clean and tidy as a matter if course. I arrange play dates, do crafts and cooking with the children. Son is at school in day. We play games together go scooterring and cycling after school. We go out to places in my car, mileage paid.

Mum wants me to generally clean through? do ironing(childrens) change beds(children), empty dishwasher, batch cook when LO at play group for 2 hours. Do I not get a 1 hour break?
AIBU

I think for nannies who don't want to take on a housekeeping role then working in families where they have at least one child under full-time school age is the solution.

If you have at least one child at home for most of the day there is enough to do with childcare and nursery duties to keep you busy without becoming a cleaner/maid/general dogsbody.

Putting the odd thing in the dishwasher is fine, coming in every morning to last nights dinner things would be unacceptable to me, and I think to most nannies.

I never expected my nannies to clean up after me, only after my kid. I employed them to look after my child, and any tidying-up or anything else was a bonus.

If a child is out of the house and nanny isn't in charge/had time off and goes shopping/gym/coffee with friends and child needs picking up as been sick/fell over banged head etc / if not being paid she is not likely to stop what she is doing and go and collect child

Could you suddenly leave work to collect?

This is why nannies still get paid do they are on call

Nannies look after children. Yes I'm happy to hang out a load of dirty washing if mb put it in and unpack dishwasher etc

But I am not there to clean up after the parents - that's a cleaner or nanny/hk role and not going to wash their dirty dishes

Hang out clean washing lol

Outrageous 'hanging out dirty washing' - made me chuckle. I know you meant to write clean washing.

My mistake now, it was ' Blondeshavemorefun' Oops.

I hope so Flustered. Everyone who does anything for me (cleaner, nursery staff, builders etc) is treated with respect and paid fairly. My mother was v clear on it when I was growing up. One of my proudest moment as a parent was when my 3 year old unprompted asked our cleaner to join us for dinner. People stay with me along time- our cleaner at least 8 years now. I can understand how intelligent people can't manage to be fair and reasonable.

if you'd prefer to go home for those 2 hours then you need to suggest that?

but to be honest, as a working mum, having a flexible nanny who was prepared to do some chores each day really helped. She did all the sorts of things you are mentioning except the bed changing. And as kids started going to playschool and then school, she increased what she did in the home without being asked.

It worked really well for all of us and meant that we could afford to keep her on as the kids got older.

If chores are really not for you then maybe it's even time to move on to another family ?

Our nanny often has a morning free one or two days a week while lo at school. She will go shopping for me but the rest of the time she has free (paid). On a daily basis she does the childrens' laundry and tidies up children's mess and washes up for the children only. She does zero cleaning apart from wiping down surfaces and hoovers the children's playroom at the end of the day.

I would never expect her to clean or wash dishes for us or do any of our laundry.

I think your boss needs a cleaner as well as you!