Is this a reasonable offer for a Nanny position?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a fantastic rate and you will get TONS of responses. We just posted a very similar job on sittercity at $18/hour and were overwhelmed. Found 5 excellent candidates. Agree though - be totally clear on what you're offering.

How was their English? Maybe OP wants someone who is 100% fluent. Different people have different standards. For a seasoned professional, 21./hr is on the low end, IMO.

I don't know about rates PP, but I am saying that when I just posted an $18/hour part-time job( I got tons of responses and within a week found five that I would have hired - all of them native English speakers if it matters to you.

[Anonymous]

It's a very reasonable offer, and you'll be able to pick from the crème de la crème. good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a very reasonable offer, and you'll be able to pick from the crème de la crème. good luck.

Perhaps your cream of the crop nanny has a friend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a fantastic rate and you will get TONS of responses. We just posted a very similar job on sittercity at $18/hour and were overwhelmed. Found 5 excellent candidates. Agree though - be totally clear on what you're offering.

How was their English? Maybe OP wants someone who is 100% fluent. Different people have different standards. For a seasoned professional, 21./hr is on the low end, IMO.

Of course the nanny who wants to inflate rates is chiming in. $21/hr is a VERY good starting rate OP. We have 2 toddlers as well and found an excellent nanny for $18/hr. Not that it matters but English is her first language and she is a very experienced and professional nanny. HER requested rate was $18/hr and we agreed it was fair so it's not as if she "settled" for a lower rate that we proposed or negotiated.

So you've never complained on this forum about your "excellent" $18/hr nanny? Shall we ask admin to confirm that for you?

I did ask for advice here once because the hours she was working made it so that she didn't have time after the children went to sleep for their naps to tidy up much before it was time for her to leave. It was a combination of both our faults that has since been worked out by adjusting her hours a little bit. You can check with admin, that's the only time I've posted any issue about our current nanny.

How many nannies all together have you had?

I'm not really sure how that's relevant to the OP question or the fact that we have a great $18/hr nanny but we've had several nannies due to the fact that my husband was in the military until this year and we've had to move a lot.

[Anonymous]

Lots of required relocating is one thing, but I've noticed that many in this area can't seem to keep the same nanny for more than a couple of months. Like old shoes that you've grown tired of. Or bad ones that never "fit" properly.

What do they say?
You get what you pay for.
Same old, same old.

[Anonymous]

You are a mean bully, 22:45 and I'm sure I am not alone in wishing you would take your silly irrelevant questions and nasty retorts and troll some other forum.

OP, your rate is very high to start. The only downside I can see is that your nanny will expect large raises and bonuses and you could price yourself out of being able to keep her. I also agree with the PP who suggests that you are very specific in the contract what public holidays you are offering. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

With your "high" rate, you should have your pick of amazing nannies. Lucky you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are a mean bully, 22:45 and I'm sure I am not alone in wishing you would take your silly irrelevant questions and nasty retorts and troll some other forum.

OP, your rate is very high to start. The only downside I can see is that your nanny will expect large raises and bonuses and you could price yourself out of being able to keep her. I also agree with the PP who suggests that you are very specific in the contract what public holidays you are offering. Good luck.

As an experienced nanny, I respectfully disagree with the bolded comment. I've been paid the average rate in a position, and the top of the scale in a nanny share position. My main client negotiated the required hours, and saw that I got paid, for what she thought I was worth. I never expected, a large raise, and because I cared for so many children, my bonuses were amazing. I never had a monetary expectation. Not every nanny views their employers, as horns of plenty. These clients still kept me on the job, after one of them was briefly unemployed, because they wanted to maintain a state of normalcy with their kids. I was there for 5 years, and I'm still a part of the family. If dealing with greedy, opportunistic nannies, has been your experience, how unfortunate for you! It still doesn't mean you should make a sweeping judgment about people who spend a considerable amount of time, with your children. That would be like me assuming all potential employers will try to nickel and dime me, give me bounced checks, be rude etc. One doesn't instantly equal the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a very reasonable offer, and you'll be able to pick from the crème de la crème. good luck.

Perhaps your cream of the crop nanny has a friend?

LoL...actually, I'm a nanny, and not a parent, and I've been paid within that ballpark. I'll also add, that I have a BA in Behavioral Sciences, and have worked extensively with children. If I see the posting in the job section, and I feel that I meet the requirements, I'll be sure to forward my credentials asap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a very reasonable offer, and you'll be able to pick from the crème de la crème. good luck.

Perhaps your cream of the crop nanny has a friend?

LoL...actually, I'm a nanny, and not a parent, and I've been paid within that ballpark. I'll also add, that I have a BA in Behavioral Sciences, and have worked extensively with children. If I see the posting in the job section, and I feel that I meet the requirements, I'll be sure to forward my credentials asap.

What rate are you paid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a very reasonable offer, and you'll be able to pick from the crème de la crème. good luck.

Perhaps your cream of the crop nanny has a friend?

LoL...actually, I'm a nanny, and not a parent, and I've been paid within that ballpark. I'll also add, that I have a BA in Behavioral Sciences, and have worked extensively with children. If I see the posting in the job section, and I feel that I meet the requirements, I'll be sure to forward my credentials asap.

What rate are you paid?

Between $20 and $21.50. when my client wanted to add a second family (her friend) to the arrangement, I reduced the rate, I charged for her two toddlers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a very reasonable offer, and you'll be able to pick from the crème de la crème. good luck.

Perhaps your cream of the crop nanny has a friend?

LoL...actually, I'm a nanny, and not a parent, and I've been paid within that ballpark. I'll also add, that I have a BA in Behavioral Sciences, and have worked extensively with children. If I see the posting in the job section, and I feel that I meet the requirements, I'll be sure to forward my credentials asap.

What rate are you paid?

Between $20 and $21.50. when my client wanted to add a second family (her friend) to the arrangement, I reduced the rate, I charged for her two toddlers.

These people are you clients, not your employers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a very reasonable offer, and you'll be able to pick from the crème de la crème. good luck.

Perhaps your cream of the crop nanny has a friend?

LoL...actually, I'm a nanny, and not a parent, and I've been paid within that ballpark. I'll also add, that I have a BA in Behavioral Sciences, and have worked extensively with children. If I see the posting in the job section, and I feel that I meet the requirements, I'll be sure to forward my credentials asap.

What rate are you paid?

Between $20 and $21.50. when my client wanted to add a second family (her friend) to the arrangement, I reduced the rate, I charged for her two toddlers.

These people are you clients, not your employers?

My error, the children are my clients, their parents are my employers. I'm a US citizen, but didn't attend primary, and secondary school in the US, so my spellings, and definitions are sometimes backwards or different. for instance, if you are fired from a job, I would say, you were made redundant, but in the Us, the definition is different. My apologies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
You are a mean bully, 22:45 and I'm sure I am not alone in wishing you would take your silly irrelevant questions and nasty retorts and troll some other forum.

OP, your rate is very high to start. The only downside I can see is that your nanny will expect large raises and bonuses and you could price yourself out of being able to keep her. I also agree with the PP who suggests that you are very specific in the contract what public holidays you are offering. Good luck.


As an experienced nanny, I respectfully disagree with the bolded comment. I've been paid the average rate in a position, and the top of the scale in a nanny share position. My main client negotiated the required hours, and saw that I got paid, for what she thought I was worth. I never expected, a large raise, and because I cared for so many children, my bonuses were amazing. I never had a monetary expectation. Not every nanny views their employers, as horns of plenty. These clients still kept me on the job, after one of them was briefly unemployed, because they wanted to maintain a state of normalcy with their kids. I was there for 5 years, and I'm still a part of the family. If dealing with greedy, opportunistic nannies, has been your experience, how unfortunate for you! It still doesn't mean you should make a sweeping judgment about people who spend a considerable amount of time, with your children. That would be like me assuming all potential employers will try to nickel and dime me, give me bounced checks, be rude etc. One doesn't instantly equal the other.

Very true and thank you for weighing in. It would have been more accurate to say the OP's nanny MAY expect large raises as she will start out at the high end of market rates.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thank you - very good point about the nanny expecting large raises and bonuses if we start out on a high salary. I think we should factor it in and leave some room for manouvre, rather than start out paying her the top of what we can afford. Thanks all!