Annoyed at Nanny Asking for Raise

[Anonymous]

I do not think so, pp. We pay her top of what our range was and yearly raise is not in the contract, she seems happy, and we gave her week pay bonus on Christmas so I do not think she will feel resentful. She won't get more anywhere else for one child, and I know she does not want to work with more than one.

[Anonymous]

Have you seen what agencies are offering lately? If i was your Nanny I’d leave! If you can’t afford a nanny and get annoyed by her asking you by fair raise something is wrong with you.

https://adventurenannies.com/job-search/educationally-minded-toddler-savvy-nanny-needed-for-welcoming-dc-family/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen what agencies are offering lately? If i was your Nanny I’d leave! If you can’t afford a nanny and get annoyed by her asking you by fair raise something is wrong with you.

https://adventurenannies.com/job-search/educationally-minded-toddler-savvy-nanny-needed-for-welcoming-dc-family/

Sounds like that nanny will have responsibility for two children when the baby is older. Parents work out of the home and expect her to live-in during the summer in the Hamptons. Different job entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny makes $26/hr in Bethesda for one child. After one year she asked me for a raise ($2/hr plus a few hundred a month to her health insurance). Her justification was, inflation and the fact she had been with us for one year. I would never ask my boss for more pay with that justification. Not even when I worked an hourly rate in retail would that request have gotten me more money. Is this just the way it is in the nanny world? Raises expected annually for no reason other than retention?

Counter with $1/hr. She will accept but will be looking for another job. She will find one paying $30/hr. You will be furious at your own stupidity and cheapness.

[Anonymous]

Find a good daycare instead.
How old is your child?

[Anonymous]

OP, your problem is that she is already on the high side. 26$/1 child is a bit above average. But it is what it is. The request for a raise is a reasonable one. I'd counter with 1$ per hour. She would have to find a wealthy family who pays $28 or more for 1 child out of the gate. The insurance request is a different matter. As someone pointed out, between $2 raise and insurance it can total ~700$/month raise. That's neither reasonable nor customary. I would decline to pay for insurance. Maybe a good counter would be 1$/hr and a limited amt towards insurance, like $150. So the total raise would be more like ~300, which is still generious, but not 700$. You can also have an open conversation with her to let her know that you value her, but your costs and bills are also up, and you haven't had a windfall in your financial situation that would allow you to pay extra $700 per month.

[Anonymous]

I’m perplexed by the insurance portion of The request. What insurance has she had so far that she now needs “a few hundred dollars” more per month for? I would need more information before saying what makes sense for this but if health care was never part of her contract I don’t think it should suddenly be now.

If her performance has been excellent I’d give a $2.00 raise. If it has been satisfactory I would give a $1.00 raise. Annual increases are standard for Nannie’s you wish to retain unless you’re explicit that there is a performance-based bonus instead (which is what we did, works out less expensively for us but our nanny liked having a large sum of money at once).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen what agencies are offering lately? If i was your Nanny I’d leave! If you can’t afford a nanny and get annoyed by her asking you by fair raise something is wrong with you.

https://adventurenannies.com/job-search/educationally-minded-toddler-savvy-nanny-needed-for-welcoming-dc-family/

Sounds like that nanny will have responsibility for two children when the baby is older. Parents work out of the home and expect her to live-in during the summer in the Hamptons. Different job entirely.

Nannies that care for just 1 child are being offered $30-$35 in good neighborhoods; if parents can’t pay the nanny or give her a raise then consider Daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not think so, pp. We pay her top of what our range was and yearly raise is not in the contract, she seems happy, and we gave her week pay bonus on Christmas so I do not think she will feel resentful. She won't get more anywhere else for one child, and I know she does not want to work with more than one.

Only you’d think that she’s getting top pay….she can definitely get more somewhere else, don’t be surprise when she gives you notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen what agencies are offering lately? If i was your Nanny I’d leave! If you can’t afford a nanny and get annoyed by her asking you by fair raise something is wrong with you.

https://adventurenannies.com/job-search/educationally-minded-toddler-savvy-nanny-needed-for-welcoming-dc-family/

Sounds like that nanny will have responsibility for two children when the baby is older. Parents work out of the home and expect her to live-in during the summer in the Hamptons. Different job entirely.

Nannies that care for just 1 child are being offered $30-$35 in good neighborhoods; if parents can’t pay the nanny or give her a raise then consider Daycare.

BS we have a nanny in North Arlington that is 18/hour for 2 kids and pays taxes

[Anonymous]

I would counter with a $1 raise. I would definitely not raise her $2 in her first year, esp. if you are paying for insurance too.
Tell her that her current rate is alrwady above market.

[Anonymous]

I mean is there really an expectation that a nanny’s pay goes up by $2/year? Seems insane. By the time your kid is in kindergarten she’s gotten $8/hour in raises, which for a 40h/week nanny amounts to over $16 k/yr increase not including the nanny taxes.

The people on here telling you that that is reasonable are probably nannies themselves. They always post outrageously inflated hourly pay on here.

[Anonymous]

Always give a raise by percent, never focus on dollar

[Anonymous]

3% raise is plenty

[Anonymous]

My sister is a nanny and gets 25$ per hour for 2 kids. At that low-ish rate she insists on cash and a guaranteed 45 hours/ week including the days the family is on vacation. They are all happy in the arrangement and it has been nearly 2 years.