Nanny Holiday Bonus - Ordinary and Customary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny again- I won’t cut back on anything extra I’m doing for the kids (I’m also doing alllll the distance learning) but I will cut back on the things I do just for the parents. If I’m not getting paid extra or given a bonus, I’m done folding your underpants!

You shouldn’t be doing this at all...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks pay for a great nanny. If you give her a one week bonus she’ll think she did not perform well.

Our great nanny is very happy with the one week bonus we have given her the past two years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here-

I’ll be super sad and disappointed if I don’t receive a good bonus this year. I’ve been working all through the pandemic and took on A LOT of extra work now that the housekeeper doesn’t come anymore. Now I’m a chef for the parents and the kids, do all the laundry, clean kitchen dishes constantly etc. I work really hard and spend hours researching recipes now that apparently it’s my job to feed the parents. If I don’t get a bonus, then I’ll be making tacos and pasta from now on. I’m not spending hours chopping onions and marinating and making sauces if my effort isn’t recognized. I took on a lot of extra unpaid work and I won’t continue doing it if I don’t receive a bonus.

How did you go from making simple meals and snacka for the kids to being a chef for the family AND doing all the laundry? Did you offer or did the parents specifically tell you to add on duties?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nanny again- I won’t cut back on anything extra I’m doing for the kids (I’m also doing alllll the distance learning) but I will cut back on the things I do just for the parents. If I’m not getting paid extra or given a bonus, I’m done folding your underpants!

You shouldn’t be doing this at all...

+1. That’s crazy.

[Anonymous]

I’m doing all the dishes, especially this week, since the dishwasher went out. I don’t cook for the parents, because mb likes to cook, but I wash the dishes and pans the following morning.

I also do all of the laundry. The parents were told that I would dump clothes into the washer, but if they want them straightened out or put into laundry bags, they need to do that prior. I don’t handle adults’ dirty laundry. I’m happy to fold them, as the schedule allows, but kids and their things come first. Unlike the adults, the kids bring me their clothes (I don’t have to retrieve the hamper), and they make sure that everything is ready to wash. They also split up putting away the linens as well as putting away their own clothes.

Other than cleaning up the table and helping with laundry, I don’t ask the kids to do much. They still do more than the parents, and the rest is... interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks pay for a great nanny. If you give her a one week bonus she’ll think she did not perform well.

Our great nanny is very happy with the one week bonus we have given her the past two years.[i][u]

Uh huh... keep telling yourself that PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks pay for a great nanny. If you give her a one week bonus she’ll think she did not perform well.

Our great nanny is very happy with the one week bonus we have given her the past two years.[i][u]

Uh huh... keep telling yourself that PP.

I don’t have to...she’s written us lovely thank you notes telling us. 😊

[Anonymous]

Nanny here and have to be honest-if I had gotten paid for one month or more without working due to Covid I would not expect a large bonus that year. Just my two cents. FWIW, I worked during Covid but I know a lot of nannies were off paid. Not holding that against anyone but I think we are all going to have to make some adjustments to our expectations given what a crazy year this has been.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here-

I’ll be super sad and disappointed if I don’t receive a good bonus this year. I’ve been working all through the pandemic and took on A LOT of extra work now that the housekeeper doesn’t come anymore. Now I’m a chef for the parents and the kids, do all the laundry, clean kitchen dishes constantly etc. I work really hard and spend hours researching recipes now that apparently it’s my job to feed the parents. If I don’t get a bonus, then I’ll be making tacos and pasta from now on. I’m not spending hours chopping onions and marinating and making sauces if my effort isn’t recognized. I took on a lot of extra unpaid work and I won’t continue doing it if I don’t receive a bonus.

How do you watch the kids and do all of this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks pay for a great nanny. If you give her a one week bonus she’ll think she did not perform well.

Our great nanny is very happy with the one week bonus we have given her the past two years.[i][u]

Uh huh... keep telling yourself that PP.

I don’t have to...she’s written us lovely thank you notes telling us. 😊

These responses anyways crack me up. No one is going to tell you your gift sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks pay for a great nanny. If you give her a one week bonus she’ll think she did not perform well.

Our great nanny is very happy with the one week bonus we have given her the past two years.[i][u]

Uh huh... keep telling yourself that PP.

I don’t have to...she’s written us lovely thank you notes telling us. 😊

These responses anyways crack me up. No one is going to tell you your gift sucks.

Gifts, dear. She also gets personal gifts on top of bonus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here and have to be honest-if I had gotten paid for one month or more without working due to Covid I would not expect a large bonus that year. Just my two cents. FWIW, I worked during Covid but I know a lot of nannies were off paid. Not holding that against anyone but I think we are all going to have to make some adjustments to our expectations given what a crazy year this has been.

You are a reasonable person, pp.

[Anonymous]

We did 3 weeks last year. But this year we had a new nanny start in September. If you’ve only had a nanny for part of the year what is the protocol there? Still 1-2 weeks? Or is 1 week ok if they’ve only been working a few months?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here and have to be honest-if I had gotten paid for one month or more without working due to Covid I would not expect a large bonus that year. Just my two cents. FWIW, I worked during Covid but I know a lot of nannies were off paid. Not holding that against anyone but I think we are all going to have to make some adjustments to our expectations given what a crazy year this has been.

I think a lot would depend on whether my pay was adjusted after coming back. If I was doing more work for the same or less pay, I’d certainly expect a decent bonus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did 3 weeks last year. But this year we had a new nanny start in September. If you’ve only had a nanny for part of the year what is the protocol there? Still 1-2 weeks? Or is 1 week ok if they’ve only been working a few months?

Depends on what they’ve been doing since September.