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Mantas Kačerauskas

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Nanny asked to work 20 hours overnight gets offered pay for only 8 - Caught on Camera

If you’re an aunt or uncle, you might love spending time with your niblings. You can spend the entire day building spectacular Lego creations, eating ice cream and running around the playground pretending to be a monkey. But it’s no secret that hanging out with kids is exhausting. And unless you’ve volunteered to babysit free of charge, it’s certainly a job that deserves compensation.

One sitter reached out to Reddit for advice after being asked to work an overnight shift while only getting paid for the hours when the child was awake. Below, you’ll find all of the details, as well as some of the replies invested readers shared.

Babysitting may be fun, but it’s still a job that deserves proper compensation

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