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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our nanny is coming up on her 4 year anniversary with us and each year has received a $2/hr raise. Last fall my youngest went to Kindergarten but we wanted and needed to keep our nanny full time since DH and I both leave for work before the kids go to school and work long hours, and we need someone reliable like she is. And we still feel the same with our kids going into 1st and 4th now. That said, we pay her for 40 hours per week regardless of how much she works, as well as overtime if she stays late past 6 which usually happens once per week. The challenge is that most weeks we only needed her around 30 hours per week for a majority of the year, and then still paid overtime when she works late, so trying to figure out how to approach a raise when we are paying her for much more time that we actually use. The best option seems to be to not give her a raise but still guarantee 40 hours plus overtime so she doesn’t make less money. If we bring her down to 30-35 hours and keep her weekly pay flat that would mean a pretty big, like $5+ per hour, raise and I don’t know if that makes sense either. We don’t want to lose her but we also don’t just have endless amounts of money to keep paying more for less indefinitely. Any creative ideas on how to approach this?[/quote] You pay for her convenience. She has performed her job to your satisfaction and for your convenience. Don't give her a raise and you are creating resentment and she will find a new job. [/quote]
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