Good Nannies Deserve an Annual Raise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As MB I agree with pay increasing with inflation and merit. If no merit increase, then just based on inflation.

But you contradict yourself on some points.

"Don't give a few pennies?" Inflation was 0.1% (1 tenth of a percentage) in 2008. This equates to a few pennies. In that case, we should not give a raise if the nanny at all, right? Because it is worthless? So lots of nannies should be getting no raise because it was just a bad year and that should be fair. No complaints.

Following your reasoning, if we have a year of deflation, then it is OK to dock nanny's pay?

If you think nanny pay should be based on "common decency," go live in North Korea where everyone gets the basics based on "common decency."

US is a competitive capitalist society. The smartest and the hardest workers get paid more. Welcome to reality.

Here's my reality. And yours. I am smart and I work hard. (I have years of history with a stack of outstanding reference letters to prove it.) So according to you and your "competitive capitalist society" ideal, I shall hand you my resignation note upon your arrival this evening, as your neighbor around the corner has been begging to hire me. This morning at the park I finally accepted her generous offer, thanks to your reality check. More money for less responsibility. She has only one child plus she wants to add an extra $5/hr to "whatever" I'm currently getting paid. I told her your rate and she said that's nothing for a nanny like me. Plus, she's been providing the full-time care of her own child until, she said she found the "right" person. To me that means her child doesn't have the baggage you have with the revolving nanny door. The concept of stability means a lot to her, as it does to me.

Perhaps you aren't so smart at all. Time will tell. Perhaps you should work harder and get a little smarter. GL to you.

Obvious troll is obvious.

Reality will bite you in the ass, BigTime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As MB I agree with pay increasing with inflation and merit. If no merit increase, then just based on inflation.

But you contradict yourself on some points.

"Don't give a few pennies?" Inflation was 0.1% (1 tenth of a percentage) in 2008. This equates to a few pennies. In that case, we should not give a raise if the nanny at all, right? Because it is worthless? So lots of nannies should be getting no raise because it was just a bad year and that should be fair. No complaints.

Following your reasoning, if we have a year of deflation, then it is OK to dock nanny's pay?

If you think nanny pay should be based on "common decency," go live in North Korea where everyone gets the basics based on "common decency."

US is a competitive capitalist society. The smartest and the hardest workers get paid more. Welcome to reality.

Here's my reality. And yours. I am smart and I work hard. (I have years of history with a stack of outstanding reference letters to prove it.) So according to you and your "competitive capitalist society" ideal, I shall hand you my resignation note upon your arrival this evening, as your neighbor around the corner has been begging to hire me. This morning at the park I finally accepted her generous offer, thanks to your reality check. More money for less responsibility. She has only one child plus she wants to add an extra $5/hr to "whatever" I'm currently getting paid. I told her your rate and she said that's nothing for a nanny like me. Plus, she's been providing the full-time care of her own child until, she said she found the "right" person. To me that means her child doesn't have the baggage you have with the revolving nanny door. The concept of stability means a lot to her, as it does to me.

Perhaps you aren't so smart at all. Time will tell. Perhaps you should work harder and get a little smarter. GL to you.

Obvious troll is obvious.

For sure!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As MB I agree with pay increasing with inflation and merit. If no merit increase, then just based on inflation.

But you contradict yourself on some points.

"Don't give a few pennies?" Inflation was 0.1% (1 tenth of a percentage) in 2008. This equates to a few pennies. In that case, we should not give a raise if the nanny at all, right? Because it is worthless? So lots of nannies should be getting no raise because it was just a bad year and that should be fair. No complaints.

Following your reasoning, if we have a year of deflation, then it is OK to dock nanny's pay?

If you think nanny pay should be based on "common decency," go live in North Korea where everyone gets the basics based on "common decency."

US is a competitive capitalist society. The smartest and the hardest workers get paid more. Welcome to reality.

Here's my reality. And yours. I am smart and I work hard. (I have years of history with a stack of outstanding reference letters to prove it.) So according to you and your "competitive capitalist society" ideal, I shall hand you my resignation note upon your arrival this evening, as your neighbor around the corner has been begging to hire me. This morning at the park I finally accepted her generous offer, thanks to your reality check. More money for less responsibility. She has only one child plus she wants to add an extra $5/hr to "whatever" I'm currently getting paid. I told her your rate and she said that's nothing for a nanny like me. Plus, she's been providing the full-time care of her own child until, she said she found the "right" person. To me that means her child doesn't have the baggage you have with the revolving nanny door. The concept of stability means a lot to her, as it does to me.

Perhaps you aren't so smart at all. Time will tell. Perhaps you should work harder and get a little smarter. GL to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As MB I agree with pay increasing with inflation and merit. If no merit increase, then just based on inflation.

But you contradict yourself on some points.

"Don't give a few pennies?" Inflation was 0.1% (1 tenth of a percentage) in 2008. This equates to a few pennies. In that case, we should not give a raise if the nanny at all, right? Because it is worthless? So lots of nannies should be getting no raise because it was just a bad year and that should be fair. No complaints.

Following your reasoning, if we have a year of deflation, then it is OK to dock nanny's pay?

If you think nanny pay should be based on "common decency," go live in North Korea where everyone gets the basics based on "common decency."

US is a competitive capitalist society. The smartest and the hardest workers get paid more. Welcome to reality.

MB that you are responding to here.
You are dumb for not taking the job. No one wants favors. We are not looking for charity in childcare and neither should you look for charity in pay.
If you job hunt too much for $0.02 cent increase per hour, it will become apparent in your work history and references. You should go for all pay increases as long as it is not too disruptive(eg every month). When you cannot find any more jobs to pay you more, then you are at the best job for you.

I highly doubt the woman down the street offered you $5 more, troll. That was woman would be ostracized in any moms groups if work got out that she stole the nanny down the street. That kind of move, if true, would speak volumes about that woman as an MB. Perhaps you would need that extra $5 per hour to deal with that " I get whatever I want" personality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As MB I agree with pay increasing with inflation and merit. If no merit increase, then just based on inflation.

But you contradict yourself on some points.

"Don't give a few pennies?" Inflation was 0.1% (1 tenth of a percentage) in 2008. This equates to a few pennies. In that case, we should not give a raise if the nanny at all, right? Because it is worthless? So lots of nannies should be getting no raise because it was just a bad year and that should be fair. No complaints.

Following your reasoning, if we have a year of deflation, then it is OK to dock nanny's pay?

If you think nanny pay should be based on "common decency," go live in North Korea where everyone gets the basics based on "common decency."

US is a competitive capitalist society. The smartest and the hardest workers get paid more. Welcome to reality.

MB that you are responding to here.
You are dumb for not taking the job. No one wants favors. We are not looking for charity in childcare and neither should you look for charity in pay.
If you job hunt too much for $0.02 cent increase per hour, it will become apparent in your work history and references. You should go for all pay increases as long as it is not too disruptive(eg every month). When you cannot find any more jobs to pay you more, then you are at the best job for you.

I highly doubt the woman down the street offered you $5 more, troll. That was woman would be ostracized in any moms groups if work got out that she stole the nanny down the street. That kind of move, if true, would speak volumes about that woman as an MB. Perhaps you would need that extra $5 per hour to deal with that " I get whatever I want" personality.

I prefer parents who want what's best for their children. Then we can be on the same page.

[Anonymous]

I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

Perhaps some families deserve better nannies than others do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

Perhaps some families deserve better nannies than others do.

What's your problem? That I give my good nanny a raise every year based on inflation but inflation is just not high enough for you? You want more inflation or something? Go back to watching your charges instead of surfing the web.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

Perhaps some families deserve better nannies than others do.

What's your problem? That I give my good nanny a raise every year based on inflation but inflation is just not high enough for you? You want more inflation or something? Go back to watching your charges instead of surfing the web.

You're confused here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every year we give our wonderful nanny a COL increase as well as a merit increase. It is the right thing to do. We have also had the same amazing and dedicated nanny for over five years. DH and I sacrifice to afford quality care and emotional stability for our kids.

You are good parents. I'm sure your nanny feels blessed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year we give our wonderful nanny a COL increase as well as a merit increase. It is the right thing to do. We have also had the same amazing and dedicated nanny for over five years. DH and I sacrifice to afford quality care and emotional stability for our kids.

You are good parents. I'm sure your nanny feels blessed.

+1 I wish there were more parents like these parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

If you have a bad nanny, you might not have to worry about your kid going to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

If you have a bad nanny, you might not have to worry about your kid going to college.

If you were that good to have an impact on what college my child goes to then you really should get yourself to college or more education to qualify yourself to get a higher paying job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

If you have a bad nanny, you might not have to worry about your kid going to college.

If you were that good to have an impact on what college my child goes to then you really should get yourself to college or more education to qualify yourself to get a higher paying job.

Your child's primary caregiver during the first three years of life has the most impact, hence the FOUNDATION years. If you have another full-time job, I doubt that person was you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I prefer to pay my nannies what they deserve and save the charity for my kids college tuition.

If you have a bad nanny, you might not have to worry about your kid going to college.

If you were that good to have an impact on what college my child goes to then you really should get yourself to college or more education to qualify yourself to get a higher paying job.

Your child's primary caregiver during the first three years of life has the most impact, hence the FOUNDATION years. If you have another full-time job, I doubt that person was you.

No, because of all you rude nannies, I had my parents watch my kids first three years while the nanny helped out very part time. I was not gonna let a stranger watch my kid and looking at all that goes on here it was the right choice.