"I am looking for a PT nanny / mothers helper who may also want to rent a room in our house at a reduced rate in exchange for help around the house with cleaning, laundry, & meals. We live in a safe, quiet neighborhood close to [redacted]"

I've asked a question on this post that hasn't yet been answered. I asked how many hours she was expecting someone to work. From there, I was gonna dissect every point as to why this is exploitive, not to mention illegal. But I want numbers first to show the ridiculousness of this whole proposed arrangement.

Let's say she "expects" 25 hours worth of work. We all know laundry and meals especially are neverending tasks. We also all know that live in situations especially can be bad with "job creep" and expectations.

So, illegality aside,, 1st point will be: let's say full room rent would be $700/month which is the going rate in this area (I know several people renting rooms). Now let's say they will charge this person $300. So, in essence they're "paying" this person $400/month (through reduced rent) for work that generally is paid $25 - $40/hour. This person will essentially be paying this family to be their domestic servant.

2nd point: in order to pay the reduced rent, this person will have to have another job. Chances are, the person will also have a cell phone bill, a car and expenses associated with that, and food. At the very least. We don't know if they have student loans or other bills. Will they expect the worker to do their job between the hours of 9 - 3? Will they expect things to be done on demand? Will they expect only 2 or 3 days a week of actual work? Being a live in, my assumption is that they will likely expect work every day. This person will need to work another job, likely full time, to pay this family for the luxury of renting a room at a reduced rate and doing all their domestic work.

This person would be better off working full time and paying full price room rent somewhere than taking this arrangement. The unbelievable thing is, people are actually responding to this as if it's acceptable

Maybe the karma will be, if they find someone and the person realizes they're being taken advantage of when they can't pay their bills, and decide not to do housework in exchange for reduced rent, the family won't be able to easily evict them with the laws in our state.

I was gonna throw in "human trafficking" for good measure. Cuz, well, this is a subset of human trafficking.