An easy way to pick up extra work with a lot of downsides - Anonymous employee SeekingSitters Employee Review

-Pay is lower than local rates. -Jobs are often last minute and you're often scheduled outside of your availability time. - Many of the families are not considerate. Parents coming home over an hour late with no notification and then not tip, leaving you with very sick kids, etc. I had another family that invited 3 neighbor kids to come "hang out" (there was no additional pay for this) which left me caring for 7 kids and a puppy that hadn't been potty trained, yet.