nanny salary discussions

Anonymous
Jeff,

I don't know if this is realistic, but I wonder if people should really be discussing what is an appropriate salary to offer a nanny. I think it's one thing for people to say "here is what I am paying for a nanny with 5 years experience to watch 2 kids" but when people start saying "that salary is too high to pay to that nanny" I get uncomfortable. Of course there's a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing on the site, but I don't think the site should be a forum for people to try and keep down nanny salaries. I am not an antitrust lawyer, but I think there may be legal issues if that starts happening.
jsteele
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Ironically, there have been previous threads suggesting that DCUM is responsible for keeping nanny salaries high because the nannies encourage each other to seek more money. I don't think there's anything we can do to prevent posters from offering their opinions about salaries. If someone makes an offer that's too low, or seeks a wage that's too high, based on advice received on DCUM, they probably will learn that free advice is often worth exactly that.


Anonymous
jsteele wrote:Ironically, there have been previous threads suggesting that DCUM is responsible for keeping nanny salaries high because the nannies encourage each other to seek more money. I don't think there's anything we can do to prevent posters from offering their opinions about salaries. If someone makes an offer that's too low, or seeks a wage that's too high, based on advice received on DCUM, they probably will learn that free advice is often worth exactly that.


The argument could also be made that there are a lot of people encouraging parents to bargain when hiring a nanny to get the lowest price possible-I like Jeff's quote about free advice. However the subject is going to come up on a website such as this just like things about how often people are having sex.
Anonymous
Who's to say what is and is not appropriate on an anonymous chat website where such a great number of subjects are discussed?
Anonymous
I think, unlike discussions about how many times a year people are having sex, it's actually against the law for employers to discuss salaries in an effort to keep wages down, so *if* you thought discussions on DCUM were actually affecting the market for nanny salaries it could theoretically cause people to be subject to legal liability.
Anonymous
PP, that is not correct. Like you said in your original post, you are not an antitrust lawyer.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I think, unlike discussions about how many times a year people are having sex, it's actually against the law for employers to discuss salaries in an effort to keep wages down, so *if* you thought discussions on DCUM were actually affecting the market for nanny salaries it could theoretically cause people to be subject to legal liability.
How would these posters be identified?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Jeff,

I don't know if this is realistic, but I wonder if people should really be discussing what is an appropriate salary to offer a nanny. I think it's one thing for people to say "here is what I am paying for a nanny with 5 years experience to watch 2 kids" but when people start saying "that salary is too high to pay to that nanny" I get uncomfortable. Of course there's a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing on the site, but I don't think the site should be a forum for people to try and keep down nanny salaries. I am not an antitrust lawyer, but I think there may be legal issues if that starts happening.


Don't worry because salaries will not go down because of what other parents sugest someone else to offer a nanny.
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