
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. |
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.
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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. |
Who's to say what is and is not appropriate on an anonymous chat website where such a great number of subjects are discussed? |
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. |
PP, that is not correct. Like you said in your original post, you are not an antitrust lawyer. |
How would these posters be identified? |
Don't worry because salaries will not go down because of what other parents sugest someone else to offer a nanny. |