Am I being taken advantage of
I’ve been debating making a post about this but it’s starting to really frustrate me. I’m currently a live in nanny for the summer before I go back to college in the fall, and I’m in a really nice city that I’ve always wanted to visit. When I first interviewed with the family I was told I’d only be taking care of the son 9-3 to basically just help with his online classes. He’s 5 years old, and their 3 year old daughter I wouldn’t really be with since the mom doesn’t work she was going to be with her while I do schooling with the son. Now my pay is $16 an hour which is lower than I’d go for but since I was really excited to be in this area I just agreed anyway! Don’t get me wrong the family is super kind, but I’m starting to feel a bit taken advantage of. Firstly my agreed hours were 9-3, but after I was supposed to get my first paycheck, the mom said let’s just set my weekly pay as 9-5 5 days a week even if I do less hours that’s my set pay. Which was great because I figured I was gonna have plenty of time in the late afternoons to myself. But after the kid finished school work and lunch it’s around 3-4 then they go to activities and come back at around 6 and I’m expected to feed them dinner. And then I clean the entirety of the downstairs including all the dishes for the day and mopping the whole downstairs including . And so the first month I wasn’t “ finishing” work till around 9 PM sometimes even 10. Also I forgot to mention, originally for the first two weeks I was only with the son, but now I take care of both kids. I feed them both, I watch them, I’m expected to also help the daughter start learning as well. So I started to just make time for myself and let them know I’d be going out some days at 6 or whatever and there was no issue, and the days I stay at home, again I’m still expected to watch and feed them past 5 pm. And this was never a big issue until it bled into my weekends. I have Saturday and Sundays off, but I can count on both hands the weekends I’ve worked, without being payed for it mind you. One Saturday I had plans with a friend but the parents let me know they would be going house shopping so I stayed with the kids for 7 hours on my Saturday. Which I wasn’t payed for. And then recently on a Friday night I had plans to see a movie with my friend when the mom told me last minute she was leaving for a spa, and I had to put them to bed and stay with them in the bed because the kids were sick, so I had to stay with them in bed and check their temperature every 20 minutes until the mom got home which wasn’t till 12 am. So I was with the kids genuinely from the second I woke up to 12 in the morning, and I didn’t get paid for those hours either! And recently we went to a wedding for the weekends and I was there to watch the kids both days and give them water feed them etc, again wasn’t paid! And many many more instances I don’t care to write them all , but then now my breaking point as I’m writing this it’s a Sunday and I had a workout class booked for 11am, and as I’m getting ready the mom lets me know she’s going to the city to do back to school shopping, and that she will be back later in the evening?!?! And that they’re gonna stay with me, and again of course I’m not gonna be paid for this. But it’s just genuinely so frustrating. And don’t get me wrong it’s hard writing this because I really like this family, they make me feel apart of the family so I hate complaining, but I feel like I’m bending backwards for them all the time but I never get the same courtesy. Also I’m supposed to be paid weekly but they missed 3 weeks of my pay which i just got. And it’s just super frustrating. And idk what to do. I really like this town and i even made friends and i was so excited to be able to explore it, but i feel like my entire week is just with the kids from morning to night. So what’s even the point?! :/