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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our nanny makes $26/hr in Bethesda for one child. After one year she asked me for a raise ($2/hr plus a few hundred a month to her health insurance). Her justification was, inflation and the fact she had been with us for one year. I would never ask my boss for more pay with that justification. Not even when I worked an hourly rate in retail would that request have gotten me more money. Is this just the way it is in the nanny world? Raises expected annually for no reason other than retention?[/quote]
Did you get a raise this year?
Did the nanny exceed expectations? 
Has market rate for nannies changed in your area?
What is it worth to you to keep this nanny for the next year? 
Just because the nanny did not articulate her justification the same way you would have does not mean it is not reasonable.
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OP here. I got a 2% raise this year, not the 11% raise my nanny is asking for. I would say she “meets expectations”. Seems like the nanny market gets flooded in summer as families let nannies go as their kids start school. So I am just not convinced the market justified the raise.[/quote]

OP, why is it reasonable for you to get an annual raise yet offensive if you nanny requests one? You may quibble about the exact amount, but it is a valid request. [/quote]

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