Pleading Agencies & Job Posters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$90,000 a year is insane, and I'm an experienced, college educated nanny. This is a field that requires no licensure, testing, continuing education...basically no "real" requirements at all, anyone can try to do it. That being said, not everyone CAN do it, and those of us who are worth anything have experience and some kind of ECE or childhood development education and still aren't paid anything close to that. I just don't see how you could expect to make that kind of money in a field that is regulated by nothing/no one and requires no proof of your ability to actually do your job, seriously a teachers with PhD's don't even make that much. Our job is valuable, yes, but we are helping to raise children, not cure cancer. The inflated wages nannies are asking for are flooding the market with under-qualified candidates who think they can make an easy buck.

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[Anonymous]

I earn 85k as a nanny in a big city, BUT... I also work 50-60hrs a week, do all the errands, light house keeping and don't have an 'end time', which means my days end when the parents get home. Some days 7pm, some days midnight. I also speak several languages and have two degrees. I basically have no live m-f except work, but I'm okay with that.

[Anonymous]

*life

That was a typo for the spelling police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I earn 85k as a nanny in a big city, BUT... I also work 50-60hrs a week, do all the errands, light house keeping and don't have an 'end time', which means my days end when the parents get home. Some days 7pm, some days midnight. I also speak several languages and have two degrees. I basically have no live m-f except work, but I'm okay with that.

I'm an MB. I understand that kind of salary for those kinds of hours/availability and household management. Not sure why a nanny would want it but more power to you! (And I wish I could afford you!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That wasn't a typo. That was a gross misspelling, and indicates that the OP is not as educated or intelligent as shed have us believe, certainly not warranting the $90k salary she expected.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That wasn't a typo. That was a gross misspelling, and indicates that the OP is not as educated or intelligent as shed have us believe, certainly not warranting the $90k salary she expected.

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[Anonymous]

Jeez. If I can make $85-90K/year as a nanny I should just quit my job and do so. Even with a graduate degree in my field with licensure I can command (at most) 72k/year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear nanny employers & especially Agencies-

Please post the job salary. Pretty please! It's so frustrating to apply to job with beautifully written cover letters & resumes. And then only after the first interview and all that time and effort find out they are not offering nearly what you want.

Many agencies also refuse to post or tell me their clients salary offered until after the interview!!!! So frustrating!

I found a job on Craigslist that asked for a candidate with an Early Childhood Education Degree, someone who is fluent in French, someone who has at least 5 years experience, for 50-60 hours a week. They said they offered a "Generous Salary". I have all the credentials they want, so I applied. During the interview they finally told me their salary offer was $45k! I was assuming it would be at least double bast on experience.

Why is it such a secret at first to post salary? It weeds out a heck of a lot of people. Thank you to some agencies like Wellington who do post. And I wish others like Pavillion would be more upfront.

Searching for a job is hard. Why make it harder?

That 60 hrs a week would come out to $31.25/hr for 90k. Even more per hour for 50 hrs/wk. I don't know where you live, but there is no freaking way that you should be expecting pay like that for what little experience being mentioned (at least 5 yrs means they might only have 5 yrs). I live in SF, and while there are jobs that have great rates, to think that you deserve 90k a year just because of 5 yrs experience, being able to speak French, and having a degree in ECE, that is just plain ridiculous! So if I find that crazy for an area that actually has most positions starting at $18-22/hr, I can tell for damn sure that in other areas you would be hard pressed to find that rate even with 20 yrs experience and being able to speak French, Spanish and Italian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear nanny employers & especially Agencies-

Please post the job salary. Pretty please! It's so frustrating to apply to job with beautifully written cover letters & resumes. And then only after the first interview and all that time and effort find out they are not offering nearly what you want.

Many agencies also refuse to post or tell me their clients salary offered until after the interview!!!! So frustrating!

I found a job on Craigslist that asked for a candidate with an Early Childhood Education Degree, someone who is fluent in French, someone who has at least 5 years experience, for 50-60 hours a week. They said they offered a "Generous Salary". I have all the credentials they want, so I applied. During the interview they finally told me their salary offer was $45k! I was assuming it would be at least double bast on experience.

Why is it such a secret at first to post salary? It weeds out a heck of a lot of people. Thank you to some agencies like Wellington who do post. And I wish others like Pavillion would be more upfront.

Searching for a job is hard. Why make it harder?

That 60 hrs a week would come out to $31.25/hr for 90k. Even more per hour for 50 hrs/wk. I don't know where you live, but there is no freaking way that you should be expecting pay like that for what little experience being mentioned (at least 5 yrs means they might only have 5 yrs). I live in SF, and while there are jobs that have great rates, to think that you deserve 90k a year just because of 5 yrs experience, being able to speak French, and having a degree in ECE, that is just plain ridiculous! So if I find that crazy for an area that actually has most positions starting at $18-22/hr, I can tell for damn sure that in other areas you would be hard pressed to find that rate even with 20 yrs experience and being able to speak French, Spanish and Italian.

Can you read? She's complaining about a salary of $45K, half the rate you've calculated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear nanny employers & especially Agencies-

Please post the job salary. Pretty please! It's so frustrating to apply to job with beautifully written cover letters & resumes. And then only after the first interview and all that time and effort find out they are not offering nearly what you want.

Many agencies also refuse to post or tell me their clients salary offered until after the interview!!!! So frustrating!

I found a job on Craigslist that asked for a candidate with an Early Childhood Education Degree, someone who is fluent in French, someone who has at least 5 years experience, for 50-60 hours a week. They said they offered a "Generous Salary". I have all the credentials they want, so I applied. During the interview they finally told me their salary offer was $45k! I was assuming it would be at least double bast on experience.

Why is it such a secret at first to post salary? It weeds out a heck of a lot of people. Thank you to some agencies like Wellington who do post. And I wish others like Pavillion would be more upfront.

Searching for a job is hard. Why make it harder?

That 60 hrs a week would come out to $31.25/hr for 90k. Even more per hour for 50 hrs/wk. I don't know where you live, but there is no freaking way that you should be expecting pay like that for what little experience being mentioned (at least 5 yrs means they might only have 5 yrs). I live in SF, and while there are jobs that have great rates, to think that you deserve 90k a year just because of 5 yrs experience, being able to speak French, and having a degree in ECE, that is just plain ridiculous! So if I find that crazy for an area that actually has most positions starting at $18-22/hr, I can tell for damn sure that in other areas you would be hard pressed to find that rate even with 20 yrs experience and being able to speak French, Spanish and Italian.

Can you read? She's complaining about a salary of $45K, half the rate you've calculated.

Can YOU read?

OP's complaining about a 45K salary that she thought should be twice that [based] on her experience and qualifications, so PP is calculating what that anticipated salary breaks down to.

[Anonymous]

Also please post if your live-in M-F job is live only m-f, live in 7 days a week, or live in on duty 24hrs M-F.

Live-in M-F, or 24hr live-in do not qualify as live-in jobs!