What I'm seeing in the nanny search forums...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh! Yes, it is real! Like any occupation, there are those with experience, education, special skills and talents that command more money.

As I have posted before, our nanny makes $28 an hour for one child. We wanted an educated (she has a masters degree in ECD), experiences (10 plus years), former preschool teacher who speaks impeccable English and rudimentary French. She is also an amazing, loving, devoted nanny.

My best friend pays $22 an hour for a wonderful, loving and hardworking nanny who speaks broken English and fluent Spanish. She works off the books which is not an option for us.

+1. Different families have different expectations, too. We explored the possibility of a nanny share with our old neighbors, and came to an agreement on a target rate of $18-$20/hour, on the books. For that rate, I expected strong English skills and willingness to walk DC to local parks/activities during "our" hours. Neighbors' additional expectations included school pick-up (driving), cooking dinner, and doing light housework while watching their 2 kids. There's a reason we never found any mutually agreeable candidates.

[Anonymous]

Typical DC nanny makes 11-13 an hour.

The rest is fake hope

[Anonymous]

We paid our nanny $20 an hour, and over forty hours followed standard overtime pay.

That said, I think because the forums are separate from the rest of the dcum forums, they are mostly unhappy and/or unemployed caregivers who troll those forums and profusely post unrealistic scenarios

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Native fluency in English isn't a requirement to have a good nanny. Shame on you OP for sharing those posts and linking the worth of the nanny with the quality of their English.

Perfect English and a good vocabulary IS a requirement for us.

If you don’t care about that - fine.

Agree. We hired a non English speaking nanny thinking immersion would be wonderful. We are still trying to reverse the damage. Never again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Native fluency in English isn't a requirement to have a good nanny. Shame on you OP for sharing those posts and linking the worth of the nanny with the quality of their English.

Perfect English and a good vocabulary IS a requirement for us.

If you don’t care about that - fine.

Agree. We hired a non English speaking nanny thinking immersion would be wonderful. We are still trying to reverse the damage. Never again.

Completely sincere question: how much damage could there be? The child lives with you, who speaks English, correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Typical DC nanny makes 11-13 an hour.

The rest is fake hope

Maybe in Ohio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm having a hard time believing most nannies make 20-30/hr for one kid. Is this for real or are people replying as a joke to these nanny search ads?

Hello dear
I am interested but how I can contact you so please
e-mail me
A lot experience love kids
Good reference
Take care
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Hi, how I can contact you
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Hello my name is A I love by nanny for
You children I have everything you need
Call me at thank I hope you
Call me
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Hi my name is A I like work for you
I have good experiences in all kinds
New born to big kids and excellent reference
Please call me at tanks
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Hi . My name is C. I am interesting in your position. I have a experience with babies and toddlers.

Why? Bc you can not afford to pay that? No one is forcing anyone to pay more than they can afford. Yes, some nannies make $20-$30/hr for one kid. Some nannies make $18-$20 and others make $15/hr. The responses you posted lead me to believe those nannies are desperate and English isn’t their first language. They are more inclined to take what they can get. Nannies making $20-$30 are usually able to be more selective and have more offers.

Someone's angry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typical DC nanny makes 11-13 an hour.

The rest is fake hope

Maybe in Ohio.

Not even in Alabama.

But try to find a nanny or even a warm body for $13 an hour and come back and tell us about him/her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm having a hard time believing most nannies make 20-30/hr for one kid. Is this for real or are people replying as a joke to these nanny search ads?

Hello dear
I am interested but how I can contact you so please
e-mail me
A lot experience love kids
Good reference
Take care
--------------------------------
Hi, how I can contact you
--------------------------------
Hello my name is A I love by nanny for
You children I have everything you need
Call me at thank I hope you
Call me
--------------------------------
Hi my name is A I like work for you
I have good experiences in all kinds
New born to big kids and excellent reference
Please call me at tanks
--------------------------------
Hi . My name is C. I am interesting in your position. I have a experience with babies and toddlers.

Why? Bc you can not afford to pay that? No one is forcing anyone to pay more than they can afford. Yes, some nannies make $20-$30/hr for one kid. Some nannies make $18-$20 and others make $15/hr. The responses you posted lead me to believe those nannies are desperate and English isn’t their first language. They are more inclined to take what they can get. Nannies making $20-$30 are usually able to be more selective and have more offers.

Someone's angry.

How do you figure? Bc the truth hurts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Typical DC nanny makes 11-13 an hour.

The rest is fake hope

Nice try troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Native fluency in English isn't a requirement to have a good nanny. Shame on you OP for sharing those posts and linking the worth of the nanny with the quality of their English.

No, but fluency in English is generally required to make a higher salary. Being fluent additional languages will also up your salary. That is one qualification that earns a higher salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When we hired our nanny seven years ago, we paid $15 an hour. Fully bilingual and no nanny experience. We've given a $1 per year raise, and also gave a $1 raise when we had a second child.

Wow, an extra dollar for a newborn.

That sounds like highway robbery to me!!

Only an extra dollar per hour?
Newborns are a TON of work!!

How insulting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Native fluency in English isn't a requirement to have a good nanny. Shame on you OP for sharing those posts and linking the worth of the nanny with the quality of their English.

Perfect English and a good vocabulary IS a requirement for us.

If you don’t care about that - fine.

Why? Because your kids are "pure" Americans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm having a hard time believing most nannies make 20-30/hr for one kid. Is this for real or are people replying as a joke to these nanny search ads?

Hello dear
I am interested but how I can contact you so please
e-mail me
A lot experience love kids
Good reference
Take care
--------------------------------
Hi, how I can contact you
--------------------------------
Hello my name is A I love by nanny for
You children I have everything you need
Call me at thank I hope you
Call me
--------------------------------
Hi my name is A I like work for you
I have good experiences in all kinds
New born to big kids and excellent reference
Please call me at tanks
--------------------------------
Hi . My name is C. I am interesting in your position. I have a experience with babies and toddlers.

Why? Bc you can not afford to pay that? No one is forcing anyone to pay more than they can afford. Yes, some nannies make $20-$30/hr for one kid. Some nannies make $18-$20 and others make $15/hr. The responses you posted lead me to believe those nannies are desperate and English isn’t their first language. They are more inclined to take what they can get. Nannies making $20-$30 are usually able to be more selective and have more offers.

Someone's angry.

How do you figure? Bc the truth hurts?

It's not the truth because I can afford that. You are so angry over a forum post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm having a hard time believing most nannies make 20-30/hr for one kid. Is this for real or are people replying as a joke to these nanny search ads?

Hello dear
I am interested but how I can contact you so please
e-mail me
A lot experience love kids
Good reference
Take care
--------------------------------
Hi, how I can contact you
--------------------------------
Hello my name is A I love by nanny for
You children I have everything you need
Call me at thank I hope you
Call me
--------------------------------
Hi my name is A I like work for you
I have good experiences in all kinds
New born to big kids and excellent reference
Please call me at tanks
--------------------------------
Hi . My name is C. I am interesting in your position. I have a experience with babies and toddlers.

Why? Bc you can not afford to pay that? No one is forcing anyone to pay more than they can afford. Yes, some nannies make $20-$30/hr for one kid. Some nannies make $18-$20 and others make $15/hr. The responses you posted lead me to believe those nannies are desperate and English isn’t their first language. They are more inclined to take what they can get. Nannies making $20-$30 are usually able to be more selective and have more offers.

Someone's angry.

How do you figure? Bc the truth hurts?

It's not the truth because I can afford that. You are so angry over a forum post.

If you can afford that then you wouldn’t be getting defensive and calling someone angry. If you can afford that then you wouldn’t have a hard time believing some nannies make that. You cannot tell tone through the post but here you are projecting. I don’t get angry from the post but someone who is angry and bitter themselves might.