Nanny share question

[Anonymous]

If you are starting a share and you need the nanny from 8:30-6:00, but a second family only needs 8:30-5:00, how does that work? Would you keep looking for another family who needs the exact same hours? Or just pay the full extra hour on your own at time and a half? Or is the other family expected to pay half of the nanny’s hours if they join a share with hours already established?

I’m new to nanny sharing, so am clueless about how this works. Thanks for any tips!

[Anonymous]

Who’s hosting?

If the nanny is taking care of the babies at your hour house it’s common to get a small discount from the other family. Since you need the nanny longer it would make sense to split the cost in half that way.

[Anonymous]

In our case, where we need the longer hours we pay the full rate for that period. I don't really think of it as having to do anything with the other family, I guess. But, having the right family to share with is important so if that'd be difficult for you financially (nannies are expensive, I know!) I'd say yes, look for another family that needs the same hours.

[Anonymous]

When I was in a share the other family needed more hours than we did. I just picked up my son at the end of 8 hours and paid her for the hours she took care of my kid. This worked well because they hosted and worked out of the house. I work from home so hosting would have been a bigger issue for me. The other family lived two blocks from me so it worked well.

[Anonymous]

We’re talking an hour a day. If you have a family that you think will work well with yours I wouldn’t give that up over an hour. I think you would pay share hours until 5pm split with other family, then you pay a single family rate for the extra 5 hours a week.

[Anonymous]

About 3 weeks into care the other family will start showing up for pick-up at 5:58 anyhow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About 3 weeks into care the other family will start showing up for pick-up at 5:58 anyhow.

It never fails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 3 weeks into care the other family will start showing up for pick-up at 5:58 anyhow.

It never fails.

And since it is at your house you may start feeling resentment that they are not paying and staying longer.

[Anonymous]

1. You host, due to longer hours.
2. Single family rate is usually 85-95% of the share rate. You pay 5 hours at 1.5 times single family rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 3 weeks into care the other family will start showing up for pick-up at 5:58 anyhow.

It never fails.

And since it is at your house you may start feeling resentment that they are not paying and staying longer.

OP here. I didn’t even think about this, but of course that’s how it goes....

Thanks for pointing that out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. You host, due to longer hours.
2. Single family rate is usually 85-95% of the share rate. You pay 5 hours at 1.5 times single family rate.

This is OP.

Thanks for the input from everyone. Good points. This response seems like it will work for us. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 3 weeks into care the other family will start showing up for pick-up at 5:58 anyhow.

It never fails.

And since it is at your house you may start feeling resentment that they are not paying and staying longer.

OP here. I didn’t even think about this, but of course that’s how it goes....

Thanks for pointing that out.

Well, to be more accurate it is what happens with 96% of the families I have worked with over the past 18 years. Then of course will be the ones who say 5pm, but will end up being 6:15ish.