Questions for people who used nannies before?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

My husband and I are new the nanny search process and have a few questions for anyone who used a nanny before:

-Pay: How did you determine what to pay your nanny?
-Background check: Did you conduct a background check? If yes, which company did you use?
-Financial Program: Did you use a financial program to pay the nanny? or did you pay her or him directly via cash, check, or card?
-Health Insurance: Did you cover the nanny's insurance? If yes, which company did you use?
-Leave/PTO: Did you provide paid or unpaid leave?

Thanks in advance for answering my questions!

[Anonymous]

I think you should start off by saying hired or employed rather than “used nannies”!!

The nanny sets her rate based on education, experience, and special skills.

You generally run a background check, preferably a finger print background check yourself.

You can use a payroll service but it’s not hard to do yourself.

Most nannies get two weeks paid vacation, all federal holidays, and five days PTO.

We pay our nannies healthcare insurance but most don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you should start off by saying hired or employed rather than “used nannies”!!

The nanny sets her rate based on education, experience, and special skills.

You generally run a background check, preferably a finger print background check yourself.

You can use a payroll service but it’s not hard to do yourself.

Most nannies get two weeks paid vacation, all federal holidays, and five days PTO.

We pay our nannies healthcare insurance but most don’t.

And never offer unpaid leave! If an emergency occurs after a couple years employment - fine but never offer that upfront!!

[Anonymous]

$22.50/hr with taxes and unemployment
Homepay by Breedlove for payroll
Background check by care.com
We did not do paid leave but she worked part time and we gave her unpaid leave whenever needed

[Anonymous]

30$ per hour (2 kids)
GTM payroll (but I do not recommend them, they always pay taxes late).
Background check by care.com
2 weeks paid vacation plus federal holidays. 4 personal/sick days.
Stipend for health insurance (this is pre-tax, but she provides proof of insurance at the end of the year for it to be non-taxable).

[Anonymous]

You can set your budget but the nannies with each have their own rate.

[Anonymous]

-Pay: How did you determine what to pay your nanny? $25/hr
-Background check: Did you conduct a background check? If yes, which company did you use? NO. It is very hard to get a useful search done. We did check references.
-Financial Program: Did you use a financial program to pay the nanny? or did you pay her or him directly via cash, check, or card? Breedlove/Homepay
-Health Insurance: Did you cover the nanny's insurance? If yes, which company did you use? We pay extra to her and she pays for it.
-Leave/PTO: Did you provide paid or unpaid leave? 3 weeks PTO

[Anonymous]

For PTO we did "one week we pick, one week you pick" of paid leave, but inevitably we took more than one week of vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello,

My husband and I are new the nanny search process and have a few questions for anyone who used a nanny before:

-Pay: How did you determine what to pay your nanny?
Asked around what other parents were paying for their particular situation, also checked online like DCUM. We had the same nanny for many years, so we wanted to set a salary that was competitive but that we could keep giving her raises annually without bankrupting ourselves.
-Background check: Did you conduct a background check? If yes, which company did you use?
No, but I hired someone with good references from a friend of a friend.
-Financial Program: Did you use a financial program to pay the nanny? or did you pay her or him directly via cash, check, or card?
Yes, MyHomePay/Breedlove, which we used because it handled all the nanny taxes.
-Health Insurance: Did you cover the nanny's insurance? If yes, which company did you use?
No.
-Leave/PTO: Did you provide paid or unpaid leave?
Paid. 2 weeks (1 of their choice and 1 of our choice to start, accrued roughly 1.2 days per month, i.e. they couldn't use all 14 days within 1 month of starting).
Typically we took more than 14 days off per year, so she got more.
Thanks in advance for answering my questions!

[Anonymous]

I use poppinspayroll, it’s great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you should start off by saying hired or employed rather than “used nannies”!!

The nanny sets her rate based on education, experience, and special skills.

You generally run a background check, preferably a finger print background check yourself.

You can use a payroll service but it’s not hard to do yourself.

Most nannies get two weeks paid vacation, all federal holidays, and five days PTO.

We pay our nannies healthcare insurance but most don’t.

Not you again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you should start off by saying hired or employed rather than “used nannies”!!

The nanny sets her rate based on education, experience, and special skills.

You generally run a background check, preferably a finger print background check yourself.

You can use a payroll service but it’s not hard to do yourself.

Most nannies get two weeks paid vacation, all federal holidays, and five days PTO.

We pay our nannies healthcare insurance but most don’t.

Not you again.

Yeah but she’s right. You use services not people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you should start off by saying hired or employed rather than “used nannies”!!

The nanny sets her rate based on education, experience, and special skills.

You generally run a background check, preferably a finger print background check yourself.

You can use a payroll service but it’s not hard to do yourself.

Most nannies get two weeks paid vacation, all federal holidays, and five days PTO.

We pay our nannies healthcare insurance but most don’t.

Not you again.

Yeah but she’s right. You use services not people.

You must be young or not raised in this country.