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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that you need to find people you already know or at least have one degree of separation with. I have never had a sitter flake. I pay $15-20/hr for 3 kids in a medium COLA. The $20/hr would be for their preschool teacher. The $15/hr is for neighborhood teens - we have three teen girls on our street who like to babysit. I agree that you are paying enough. We have had a similar issue of prospective nannies flaking (and in that case we were offering a LOT more than the prevailing local wage), but they were all random internet strangers from Care.com. They would either flake before the interview or before the scheduled first day. Most of our friends had similar experiences and ended up at daycare, except for one whose friends were moving and already had a great nanny. [/quote]
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