What benefits do you offer a nanny?

[Anonymous]

We live in Chevy Chase, DC we pay our nanny health insurance, $22 an hour, 15 days vacation, 5 sick days, lunch, major holidays paid, and yearly bonus. She has 15 years of childcare experience, and private school experience.

[Anonymous]

We live in NW, DC. Our nanny will finish working with us at the end of January, she has worked with us for six years. She even worked with high profile family, like the Kennedy family. She has 15+ years of experience. We started her at $23.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family in Kensington, you are offering a basic package.. We are in NW, DC and if you want a VERY experienced nanny. We offered health insurance, and 6 sick, 12 vacation, and paid holiday, with a yearly bonus package, that offer $2 extra if the nanny stays with our family.

Sorry, did I ask for your opinion? We've had two wonderful nannies - the first for almost 5 years and the current one is still in her first year but was thrilled with the offer we made her. It was significantly higher than the other job she was considering. I expect she will be with our family for at least a couple of years until we age out of needing a nanny.

That's wonderful that you offer such a generous package, and your nanny is very lucky. I'm sure OP will benefit from the range of feedback she's getting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Family in Kensington, you are offering a basic package.. We are in NW, DC and if you want a VERY experienced nanny. We offered health insurance, and 6 sick, 12 vacation, and paid holiday, with a yearly bonus package, that offer $2 extra if the nanny stays with our family.

Sorry, did I ask for your opinion? We've had two wonderful nannies - the first for almost 5 years and the current one is still in her first year but was thrilled with the offer we made her. It was significantly higher than the other job she was considering. I expect she will be with our family for at least a couple of years until we age out of needing a nanny.

That's wonderful that you offer such a generous package, and your nanny is very lucky. I'm sure OP will benefit from the range of feedback she's getting.

Based on the grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure, you're likely responding to a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:What's your hourly price range, OP?

Op here. We are looking to pay $950 net ( $20 for 40 hours, plus $30 for 5 hours). We will guarantee that wage even if we don't use the 45 hours a week. We would like to offer 3 weeks paid vacation, 5 sick/personal days, and paid major holidays. We will offer to pay half of health insurance but after 90 days. We will offer lunch/snacks, reimburse for activities, and give a bonus but I feel those are common sense.

We have a nanny that we like that was recommended but she wants $23-25 per hour. We don't want to start out tha high and wanted to know what is standard.

Give her $23 an hour but don't offer bonuses.

If that 3 weeks paid vacation does not already include a "your choice" week, make it two weeks if you can swing the $23. If not, keep looking. I think you have a smart nanny on your hands -- her base salary is the most important thing determining her life style, and the higher it starts, the more money she makes in regular salary and overtime.

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Anonymous wrote:What's your hourly price range, OP?

Op here. We are looking to pay $950 net ( $20 for 40 hours, plus $30 for 5 hours). We will guarantee that wage even if we don't use the 45 hours a week. We would like to offer 3 weeks paid vacation, 5 sick/personal days, and paid major holidays. We will offer to pay half of health insurance but after 90 days. We will offer lunch/snacks, reimburse for activities, and give a bonus but I feel those are common sense.

We have a nanny that we like that was recommended but she wants $23-25 per hour. We don't want to start out tha high and wanted to know what is standard.

Give her $23 an hour but don't offer bonuses.

If that 3 weeks paid vacation does not already include a "your choice" week, make it two weeks if you can swing the $23. If not, keep looking. I think you have a smart nanny on your hands -- her base salary is the most important thing determining her life style, and the higher it starts, the more money she makes in regular salary and overtime.

I would also say that this is a high rate for a nanny with one child, but not crazy high. I would expect someone very experienced who brings a lot to the table in terms of making your family run smoothly for that rate with one child. Yes, that means all child-related household chores, and a willingness to do things like pack the child for vacations, or take the child shoe shopping.

[Anonymous]

OP here. The 3 weeks will include a week of her choice. We offer 3 weeks because we might fly to see family or they might come here. We are willing to go to $23 but for a more experienced nanny. We liked the referred nanny but she only has 8 years of experience. We think it's important to offer a bonus as a token of appreciation. We have the means to employ at $23 plus a bonus. I think we may continue to look.

[Anonymous]

what... she only have 8 years of experience... no way.. you should continue to look..

[Anonymous]

Hi, what is your email? I would like to apply for this position.

[Anonymous]

Nanny has been with us 5 years, gets health insurance through husband.

4 weeks vacation (3 of her choosing 1 of ours)
Guaranteed hours
Unlimited sick days (kids have asthma that's required hospitalization so we prefer nanny to feel that she can stay home when sick without worrying about taking PTO. Thankfully kids seem to grow out of it by age 5). She has never abused this
Yearly raise
Yearly bonus
Fed holidays except for 3. Sometimes I'm off and sometimes I'm not. If I'm not, she gets time and a half and gets a free Monday sometime that month to make up for the missed 3 day weekend.
She has a credit card for whatever purchases she makes.

[Anonymous]

Op i would happily accept this position at 20$ an hour possibly even 18$ depending if we were a good fit. I think 24$ is entirely too high even if she came recommended

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The 3 weeks will include a week of her choice. We offer 3 weeks because we might fly to see family or they might come here. We are willing to go to $23 but for a more experienced nanny. We liked the referred nanny but she only has 8 years of experience. We think it's important to offer a bonus as a token of appreciation. We have the means to employ at $23 plus a bonus. I think we may continue to look.

So you are not offering guaranteed hours? That is, if you are gone more than 2 weeks of "your choice" vacation through the year, will you still be paying her?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. The 3 weeks will include a week of her choice. We offer 3 weeks because we might fly to see family or they might come here. We are willing to go to $23 but for a more experienced nanny. We liked the referred nanny but she only has 8 years of experience. We think it's important to offer a bonus as a token of appreciation. We have the means to employ at $23 plus a bonus. I think we may continue to look.

So you are not offering guaranteed hours? That is, if you are gone more than 2 weeks of "your choice" vacation through the year, will you still be paying her?

OP here. I wrote in another post that we will guarantee the $950 net even if we don't use her for the full 45 hours a week.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. The 3 weeks will include a week of her choice. We offer 3 weeks because we might fly to see family or they might come here. We are willing to go to $23 but for a more experienced nanny. We liked the referred nanny but she only has 8 years of experience. We think it's important to offer a bonus as a token of appreciation. We have the means to employ at $23 plus a bonus. I think we may continue to look.

So you are not offering guaranteed hours? That is, if you are gone more than 2 weeks of "your choice" vacation through the year, will you still be paying her?

OP here. I wrote in another post that we will guarantee the $950 net even if we don't use her for the full 45 hours a week.

OK, so 3 weeks vacation means one week her choice, two weeks your choice (whether or not you actually go anywhere or have family in), yes? Since you're doing guaranteed hours, this is really a pretty standard benefits package.

Chevy Chase attracts expensive nannies, especially if you want a lot of years of experience. My experience using an agency was that those nannies all quoted $25/hr even though they had no reason to justify it. They just assumed they could get it. I'm guessing that the woman you are talking to is currently making something close to $23/hr and doesn't want to go back to a lower rate, particularly because she comes with a reference from a friend. It's more than I would pay; with a yearly raise, you'll be at $26/hr for one child very quickly; if you have more children, you'll be expected to give a raise on top of that ...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's your hourly price range, OP?

Op here. We are looking to pay $950 net ( $20 for 40 hours, plus $30 for 5 hours). We will guarantee that wage even if we don't use the 45 hours a week. We would like to offer 3 weeks paid vacation, 5 sick/personal days, and paid major holidays. We will offer to pay half of health insurance but after 90 days. We will offer lunch/snacks, reimburse for activities, and give a bonus but I feel those are common sense.

We have a nanny that we like that was recommended but she wants $23-25 per hour. We don't want to start out tha high and wanted to know what is standard.

Give her $23 an hour but don't offer bonuses.

If that 3 weeks paid vacation does not already include a "your choice" week, make it two weeks if you can swing the $23. If not, keep looking. I think you have a smart nanny on your hands -- her base salary is the most important thing determining her life style, and the higher it starts, the more money she makes in regular salary and overtime.

I would also say that this is a high rate for a nanny with one child, but not crazy high. I would expect someone very experienced who brings a lot to the table in terms of making your family run smoothly for that rate with one child. Yes, that means all child-related household chores, and a willingness to do things like pack the child for vacations, or take the child shoe shopping.

Well thats a pretty low standard. Our AuPair did that. She also shopped for their clothes, knew when they had a bday party to attend and took the kids to buy a present, got groceries without prompting when things ran low, and kept their rooms organized with German precision. I'd expect that even out of a $17/hr nanny.