What to do? At the limit!

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

And you don't think educating an undocumented nanny to pass a GED amount to the equivalent of college? It ain't gonna be cheap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

And you don't think educating an undocumented nanny to pass a GED amount to the equivalent of college? It ain't gonna be cheap.

Did you graduate from high school? Your reading comprehension needs some work. A GED is the equivalent of a high school diploma. It has nothing to do with college, and the cost is not comparable.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

And you don't think educating an undocumented nanny to pass a GED amount to the equivalent of college? It ain't gonna be cheap.

Did you graduate from high school? Your reading comprehension needs some work. A GED is the equivalent of a high school diploma. It has nothing to do with college, and the cost is not comparable.

So you think it's a negligible cost to find somebody to teach an undocumented nanny with no education for years worth of American high school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

And you don't think educating an undocumented nanny to pass a GED amount to the equivalent of college? It ain't gonna be cheap.

Did you graduate from high school? Your reading comprehension needs some work. A GED is the equivalent of a high school diploma. It has nothing to do with college, and the cost is not comparable.

So you think it's a negligible cost to find somebody to teach an undocumented nanny with no education for years worth of American high school?

1) When did OP say her nanny was undocumented?
2) There are free classes and prep materials for the GED exam offered at libraries and literacy centers
3) The average cost of the exam is $120. The actual cost depends on the state in which OP is located
4) Yes I think $120 is negligible compared to what OP would pay for a $1/hour raise for her nanny, while at the same time having a GED could change her nanny's life
5) Feel free to exit the thread now

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

And you don't think educating an undocumented nanny to pass a GED amount to the equivalent of college? It ain't gonna be cheap.

Did you graduate from high school? Your reading comprehension needs some work. A GED is the equivalent of a high school diploma. It has nothing to do with college, and the cost is not comparable.

So you think it's a negligible cost to find somebody to teach an undocumented nanny with no education for years worth of American high school?

1) When did OP say her nanny was undocumented?
2) There are free classes and prep materials for the GED exam offered at libraries and literacy centers
3) The average cost of the exam is $120. The actual cost depends on the state in which OP is located
4) Yes I think $120 is negligible compared to what OP would pay for a $1/hour raise for her nanny, while at the same time having a GED could change her nanny's life
5) Feel free to exit the thread now

Some reading comprehension would help you. Op said her nanny needs GED classes, in other words she is far removed from being prepared to sit for the exam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

How do you know OP is cheap? You don't know what she is paying AND OP is paying health insurance. Most nannies dont get that. BTW, you do realize a $1/hr could amount to $2000 a month, depending on the hours, taxes, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

And you don't think educating an undocumented nanny to pass a GED amount to the equivalent of college? It ain't gonna be cheap.

Did you graduate from high school? Your reading comprehension needs some work. A GED is the equivalent of a high school diploma. It has nothing to do with college, and the cost is not comparable.

So you think it's a negligible cost to find somebody to teach an undocumented nanny with no education for years worth of American high school?

1) When did OP say her nanny was undocumented?
2) There are free classes and prep materials for the GED exam offered at libraries and literacy centers
3) The average cost of the exam is $120. The actual cost depends on the state in which OP is located
4) Yes I think $120 is negligible compared to what OP would pay for a $1/hour raise for her nanny, while at the same time having a GED could change her nanny's life
5) Feel free to exit the thread now

Some reading comprehension would help you. Op said her nanny needs GED classes, in other words she is far removed from being prepared to sit for the exam.

New poster, #2 above talks to the free GED classes - they will do an initial assessment, identify the areas the nanny needs to improve on to pass, and work on that. Could be nanny is fine with the math portion, since number are numbers, but the reading comprehension in ENGLISH might be more challenging.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

OP can't afford $1 an hour, but she can send her nanny to college lol. Good story.

College? No, OP said GED, ie. the test that certifies that someone has basic competence, supposedly equivalent to a high school diploma.

And you don't think educating an undocumented nanny to pass a GED amount to the equivalent of college? It ain't gonna be cheap.

Did you graduate from high school? Your reading comprehension needs some work. A GED is the equivalent of a high school diploma. It has nothing to do with college, and the cost is not comparable.

So you think it's a negligible cost to find somebody to teach an undocumented nanny with no education for years worth of American high school?

1) When did OP say her nanny was undocumented?
2) There are free classes and prep materials for the GED exam offered at libraries and literacy centers
3) The average cost of the exam is $120. The actual cost depends on the state in which OP is located
4) Yes I think $120 is negligible compared to what OP would pay for a $1/hour raise for her nanny, while at the same time having a GED could change her nanny's life
5) Feel free to exit the thread now

Some reading comprehension would help you. Op said her nanny needs GED classes, in other words she is far removed from being prepared to sit for the exam.

New poster, #2 above talks to the free GED classes - they will do an initial assessment, identify the areas the nanny needs to improve on to pass, and work on that. Could be nanny is fine with the math portion, since number are numbers, but the reading comprehension in ENGLISH might be more challenging.

OP never said anything about her nanny not being American or a native English speaker. Why the stereotypes and assumptions? I know this may be hard to believe, but plenty of Americans drop out of high school.

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There is no way a dollar an hour, amounts to
$2000 a month. The nanny would have to be
working a 100+ hours a week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

How do you know OP is cheap? You don't know what she is paying AND OP is paying health insurance. Most nannies dont get that. BTW, you do realize a $1/hr could amount to $2000 a month, depending on the hours, taxes, etc.

Not sure if you know this, but there aren't even 2000 hours in a month. There's not even 1000 lol.

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There are a few things you can do as tax free fringe benefits that might be valuable - like a transit benefit or paying for a cell phone or plan if she needs it for work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

How do you know OP is cheap? You don't know what she is paying AND OP is paying health insurance. Most nannies dont get that. BTW, you do realize a $1/hr could amount to $2000 a month, depending on the hours, taxes, etc.

Not sure if you know this, but there aren't even 2000 hours in a month. There's not even 1000 lol.

Ok, I'm completely dumbfounded. 24 hours per day * 31 days= 744 hours. Even if the nanny were to make overtime every single hour of the month (not possible, of course), that would only be 1116.

Based on an average of 50 hours per week, a $1 raise per hour would require OP to pay $2080 extra for regular hours and $780 more in overtime pay for the year, it would also raise OP's employer taxes a very small amount. There are many families for whom almost $3K could be a large part of their discretionary spending, but I don't know whether OP is cheap or not, we simply don't have enough information to decide. We don't know how much the nanny is currently making, we don't know what else OP has in the budget. All we know is that OP said that their family can't afford it.

With that said, OP's nanny may be able to get help through a literacy center, or her hours may be such that she can't. If she can't, OP could pay for a class or one-on-one tutoring, but classes would be cheaper, and more within their budget. Tutoring is expensive, and would likely amount to more than the $1/hour raise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

How do you know OP is cheap? You don't know what she is paying AND OP is paying health insurance. Most nannies dont get that. BTW, you do realize a $1/hr could amount to $2000 a month, depending on the hours, taxes, etc.

Not sure if you know this, but there aren't even 2000 hours in a month. There's not even 1000 lol.

Ok, I'm completely dumbfounded. 24 hours per day * 31 days= 744 hours. Even if the nanny were to make overtime every single hour of the month (not possible, of course), that would only be 1116.

Based on an average of 50 hours per week, a $1 raise per hour would require OP to pay $2080 extra for regular hours and $780 more in overtime pay for the year, it would also raise OP's employer taxes a very small amount. There are many families for whom almost $3K could be a large part of their discretionary spending, but I don't know whether OP is cheap or not, we simply don't have enough information to decide. We don't know how much the nanny is currently making, we don't know what else OP has in the budget. All we know is that OP said that their family can't afford it.

With that said, OP's nanny may be able to get help through a literacy center, or her hours may be such that she can't. If she can't, OP could pay for a class or one-on-one tutoring, but classes would be cheaper, and more within their budget. Tutoring is expensive, and would likely amount to more than the $1/hour raise.

First of all $2080 is not "almost 3k" it's just barely over 2k. And you think a family that employs a nanny full time for 50 hours like you suggest cant scrap together $2000 in 12 months???? Plus the alternative is paying for a tutor or GED classes, so lets say that came out to $1500 for the year... wouldn't it be better to just save $500 extra and give a proper raise?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you so much. These are great ideas. I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus. I will talk to her and get her ideas. I want to be fair. She truly is a great person and nanny.

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise. Cheap.

How do you know OP is cheap? You don't know what she is paying AND OP is paying health insurance. Most nannies dont get that. BTW, you do realize a $1/hr could amount to $2000 a month, depending on the hours, taxes, etc.

Not sure if you know this, but there aren't even 2000 hours in a month. There's not even 1000 lol.

Ok, I'm completely dumbfounded. 24 hours per day * 31 days= 744 hours. Even if the nanny were to make overtime every single hour of the month (not possible, of course), that would only be 1116.

Based on an average of 50 hours per week, a $1 raise per hour would require OP to pay $2080 extra for regular hours and $780 more in overtime pay for the year, it would also raise OP's employer taxes a very small amount. There are many families for whom almost $3K could be a large part of their discretionary spending, but I don't know whether OP is cheap or not, we simply don't have enough information to decide. We don't know how much the nanny is currently making, we don't know what else OP has in the budget. All we know is that OP said that their family can't afford it.

With that said, OP's nanny may be able to get help through a literacy center, or her hours may be such that she can't. If she can't, OP could pay for a class or one-on-one tutoring, but classes would be cheaper, and more within their budget. Tutoring is expensive, and would likely amount to more than the $1/hour raise.

First of all $2080 is not "almost 3k" it's just barely over 2k. And you think a family that employs a nanny full time for 50 hours like you suggest cant scrap together $2000 in 12 months???? Plus the alternative is paying for a tutor or GED classes, so lets say that came out to $1500 for the year... wouldn't it be better to just save $500 extra and give a proper raise?

$2080+$780= $2860 As far as I'm concerned, that's close to $3k.

That's $3k in addition to the nanny's current salary, health insurance, etc. OP said that they can't afford another raise, that's all that I need to know. I know many families who can barely afford to pay the nanny, but they make that choice because it's the best choice for their family.

GED classes are significantly less than $3k, which I said.