Yes, but also there is a similar issue for live in nannies, where a professional live in nannies will not charge that much less hourly even when room and board are provided by the family. (They will charge slightly less) This is because it is not actually fun or nice to live with your bosses, and having a live-in is considered more a perk for the FAMILY than the nanny.
Meanwhile many well-meaning but uninformed bosses think their room is worth a lot of money to the nanny because it is expensive to the family.
For example, I live in the Bay and I would RATHER pay $1000/mo to rent a room in grouphouse than stay in my bosses’ extremely expensive fancy house for free, even though my bosses’ mortgage for that room is very expensive to them.
Similarly, a boss spending $5000 to take you to Costa Rica is not giving you $5000 of value. You aren’t choosing where you are going or what the money is spent on. Maybe they really value beachfront property, but if you were in charge of expenses you’d rather choose a less expensive Airbnb but put more towards experiences or whatnot. Your bosses want to go to the theater but you don’t really like the theater. They pay $100 on a ticket for you, but you wouldn’t have paid anything to go.
So even if you have an employee who really loves that they get to travel for work, the vast majority of money you spend getting them to come along doesn’t… Transfer very well.
This is on top of issues like all your roommate disputes being with people who have absolute authority to win. You don’t like the house temperature? Too bad. You don’t like their loud death metal workout music? Too bad.
You also better not have a partner, or want to sleep around, or ever stay out late partying, or use substances, etc. It seems like the NL folks were laid back on this, but often families think your professional demeanor is your actual whole personality. (Think how many parents get upset when teachers post pictures on the beach in a nonsexy swimming suit)
The exception to this is generally immigrants who have come to the country specifically to work and send money home. They are generally happy to have a free place to stay.
Also children and sometimes bosses do not understand that sometimes you are off the clock and not working. So children will want your attention and engagement if you are around even when you’re “off”, and bosses might not respect your time off and ask you to do little tasks or last minute jobs when you aren’t working.
If you were away at your own house, then your time off is completely yours, but if you’re a live in then they might pull stuff like “Hey could you watch the kids for half an hour so I can run pick up some milk?” and next thing you know they consider your “time off” to be just a suggestion.
Agreed. If you’re calculating equivalent compensation, you need to apply a steep discount to work-provided perks to adjust for the restrictions. That said, it also makes sense to take into account the benefits of networking/career capital in order to figure out whether the whole deal offered is fair. I’ll leave that for others to debate, was just trying to get clarification on your specific point.
Disclaimer: Previously interned remotely at Non-Linear
Yes, but also there is a similar issue for live in nannies, where a professional live in nannies will not charge that much less hourly even when room and board are provided by the family. (They will charge slightly less) This is because it is not actually fun or nice to live with your bosses, and having a live-in is considered more a perk for the FAMILY than the nanny.
Meanwhile many well-meaning but uninformed bosses think their room is worth a lot of money to the nanny because it is expensive to the family.
For example, I live in the Bay and I would RATHER pay $1000/mo to rent a room in grouphouse than stay in my bosses’ extremely expensive fancy house for free, even though my bosses’ mortgage for that room is very expensive to them.
Similarly, a boss spending $5000 to take you to Costa Rica is not giving you $5000 of value. You aren’t choosing where you are going or what the money is spent on. Maybe they really value beachfront property, but if you were in charge of expenses you’d rather choose a less expensive Airbnb but put more towards experiences or whatnot. Your bosses want to go to the theater but you don’t really like the theater. They pay $100 on a ticket for you, but you wouldn’t have paid anything to go.
So even if you have an employee who really loves that they get to travel for work, the vast majority of money you spend getting them to come along doesn’t… Transfer very well.
This is on top of issues like all your roommate disputes being with people who have absolute authority to win. You don’t like the house temperature? Too bad. You don’t like their loud death metal workout music? Too bad.
You also better not have a partner, or want to sleep around, or ever stay out late partying, or use substances, etc. It seems like the NL folks were laid back on this, but often families think your professional demeanor is your actual whole personality. (Think how many parents get upset when teachers post pictures on the beach in a nonsexy swimming suit)
The exception to this is generally immigrants who have come to the country specifically to work and send money home. They are generally happy to have a free place to stay.
Also children and sometimes bosses do not understand that sometimes you are off the clock and not working. So children will want your attention and engagement if you are around even when you’re “off”, and bosses might not respect your time off and ask you to do little tasks or last minute jobs when you aren’t working.
If you were away at your own house, then your time off is completely yours, but if you’re a live in then they might pull stuff like “Hey could you watch the kids for half an hour so I can run pick up some milk?” and next thing you know they consider your “time off” to be just a suggestion.
Agreed. If you’re calculating equivalent compensation, you need to apply a steep discount to work-provided perks to adjust for the restrictions. That said, it also makes sense to take into account the benefits of networking/career capital in order to figure out whether the whole deal offered is fair. I’ll leave that for others to debate, was just trying to get clarification on your specific point.
Disclaimer: Previously interned remotely at Non-Linear