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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our nanny is returning to work for us after having a baby and staying home for six months.

When she left, she made it pretty clear she was leaving, which I didn’t entirely understand since I would have given her paid leave and guaranteed her job. I would have even entertained her bringing her baby to work. She seemed adamant she was just leaving.m and I accepted it.

She recently let me know she’s available to work in the fall and wants to earn a certain amount a week. There was some confusion over the hours I need and she’s suggesting that we pay her a flat rate, which ends up being $34 an hour off the books. I live in a MCOL city and $34 is well above market for two kids.

Since I didn’t know she was returning to work, I signed both my kids up for FT daycare and aftercare. So I’ll have this expense plus her additional hours.

I am willing to pay what we were paying six months ago - $28.

We do very much value her and my kids love her. She’s been a great nanny outside of the strangeness around leaving.

I hate getting into practically an argument around her pay, and also feel cheap not just forking over the extra $60 a week. But I also feel like she might be taking advantage of me as I’m sure I seem very wealthy to her.

Thoughts? [/quote]

$34 an hour is a lot, especially if she's bringing the baby.  $28 is still very high.  [b]I would decline telling her you didn't think that she was planning to work per previous discussion and now kids are in a day care and budget wise, its not going to work for you. [/b] Tell her you'd be happy to recommend her and post on facebook to help her find a new family.[/quote]

The challenge is that I already agreed to having her return. We agreed on a weekly amount that is $28 an hour. I went back to my texts to make sure I wasn’t mistaken.

She then recently followed up asking about the hours/start date, and made it clear that [b]some of the hours would need to be paid outside of the weekly amount. [/b]This change results in the hourly rate being $34 an hour.

She said she will accept $28, but she really needs the $34 to make ends meet and pay bills.

Also before she left she was on the books and now she is off the books.

I appreciate the responses because I can now see we need to cut ties. My emotions got involved because she was a wonderful nanny.

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OP, I don't understand the bolded. [/quote]

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