How much would you charge for this?

[Anonymous]

Usually the minimum for any sitter is 3 hrs. No one in their right mind will go through this trouble for under 2 hrs a day. It is not after care, it is a private nanny fpr aftercare and shpuld be paid accordingly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t touch that with a 10ft pole. If they want an after school nanny, they should get one. Or create a formal nanny share.

As it stands now, you are graciously allowing the other family to use your nanny. What happens when the kids have a fight or the other parents aren’t happy with some aspect of this. What about when your family goes on vacation? Who takes care of the other kid if there’s no school? I’m in MCPS so maybe DC is different. But here our afterschool providers also provide 1/2 day after care, schools out care, and snow day care.

Afterschool care for $100 a week is great. They should keep sending their kid there.

How does the nanny feel about this as a permanent arrange? They need to pay the nanny an extra $100/week, not OP! This is the absolute worst form of job creep. Nanny will quit within 3 months.if not before.

[Anonymous]

OP, this will never work. And your nanny will feel used br a use you and the other family are using her. Two extra kids and your are magnanimously giving her an extra $1 per kid?! She gets the same for the extra kids , per kid, as she is paid for your kid.

Why do people spend so much time figuring out how to cheat a nanny?

[Anonymous]

OP here. I think my first post was unclear. This is NOT something we sprung upon the nanny. This was the job from jump, as described to her in the interview process. Let me try saying this a different way:

Our nanny's job is to care for one toddler from 9-3. Then pick up two preschoolers (one of whom is the toddler's big sister), and watch all three kids from 3:30-5pm.

For this job, she will be paid $1,120 per week, on the books. With taxes and insurance, that means the total cost of having this nanny is approximately $5600 a month. She is happy with the job description and the salary.

How much of the nanny's salary should the unrelated preschooler's parents pay?

[Anonymous]

$25 a day. You have two kids, she has one. V

[Anonymous]

this arrangement and op's questions look weird. If she has nanny pay all figured out, she should have the other part figured out as well. Also, she should line up her next nanny as this arrangement cannot last. Not fair to the nanny.

[Anonymous]

Aftercares are always the worst, in my experience. Charge them $200 a week guaranteed.

[Anonymous]

30 per hour is more reasonable

[Anonymous]

Def doable. OP I understand your question. I would actually have the other family treat this as a formal childcare service. Whatever you are paying for your nanny - is it $28/hr? Have them pay same. Nanny with 2 kids makes more and that more is exactly what they get for your one kid. You are doing a favor really for them in that they are near by and go to your place. They would have to pay anyway for childcare so make this a true share.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We, and our neighbor, are both not thrilled with the experience our PK kids had in aftercare last year. It's fine, but not great.

Our new nanny, who will be watching our younger son, is willing to pick up both PK kids (ours and the neighbors) in the afternoon (it's a short walk) and bring them back to our house, watching all three kids for the last hour and a half of the day. Our son would be home napping during the pickup window, my husband and I both work from home so we're there in case of emergency. The nanny would be making $28 per hour for this arrangement, working, 9-5, M-F, so with taxes, insurance, the payroll company, and everything, we pay $5600 a month total.

(Notably, we live in the same condo building as the neighbors, on the same floor, so their pickup would drop to essentially nothing).

Two questions: 1) how much should the neighbors pay toward the nanny? 2) how would you handle the money? We use a payroll service and handle taxes, so I'm tempted to just pay full freight for the nanny and have the neighbors just pay us via Venmo or Apple Pay or check or something. Seems simplest, though I'm sure it's not technically above board.

1. Did you ask the nanny what her rate will be for the share hours? If your rate is $28/hour, expect that the share hours will likely be $20/hour for you (two kids, doesn't matter if one is sleeping) and $10/hour for the other one.
2. You need a contract with the nanny and both families for the share hours. Your neighbor also needs to be prepared to be a legal employer, with all that entails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I think my first post was unclear. This is NOT something we sprung upon the nanny. This was the job from jump, as described to her in the interview process. Let me try saying this a different way:

Our nanny's job is to care for one toddler from 9-3. Then pick up two preschoolers (one of whom is the toddler's big sister), and watch all three kids from 3:30-5pm.

For this job, she will be paid $1,120 per week, on the books. With taxes and insurance, that means the total cost of having this nanny is approximately $5600 a month. She is happy with the job description and the salary.

How much of the nanny's salary should the unrelated preschooler's parents pay?

Ok, let's backtrack and figure this out.

Individual rate is usually 85-90% of the share rate. You don't state your hourly rate anywhere, and that's a humungous red flag.

9-3 is 6 hours at individual rate. 3-5 is 2 hours at share rate. You have two kids, they have one, so you pay 2/3, they pay 1/3. Let's work out the two rates first before tackling how much each family pays.

(6 hours per day*individual rate + 2 hours*share rate)*5 days=1120
6I+ 2S=224
If individual is 90% of share, then I=.9S
6*.9S+2S=224
5.4S+2S=224
7.4S=224
S=30.27
I=27.24

You need to write a contract with your individual rate as $27.24/hour and the total share rate of $30.27. Your family's share rate is $20.18, and the other family's rate is $10.09. They pay their 10 hours guaranteed every week

[Anonymous]

share rate is time and a half of individual rate everywhere else except in PP's mind

[Anonymous]

I’d have them pay $125/150 a week. It’s a sweet deal for them and aftercare sucks