I don't give ultimatums and I don't negotiate - I have told MB this.

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Anonymous wrote:Good plan to have a tantrum. Good luck with that.

I don't understand this post.

Instead of nicely asking for a raise and documenting why, you are having a tantrum. Just because the parents are wealthy, does not mean you are entitled to be paid more especially if you are at market rate.

There is no market rate for nannies.
Perhaps you mean an average.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's unreasonable to raise your rate or ask for perks/extra benefits after 2 years, but unilaterally raising your number of hours seems weird. Like, what if they don't need that much childcare? I would be baffled if my nanny did that (unless there was some reasonable explanation -- I.e., I use that many hours 50%+ of the time but won't guarantee them, then maybe).

OP here. Not my hours, my guaranteed hours. I generally work 24 hours on weekends, two 12 hour shifts, but an only guaranteed 10 hours when they go out of town. They go out of town frequently at a moment's notice after I've already blocked out the two twelve hour shifts for them. I want to increase my guaranteed hours, not my actual hours.

So, in other words, exactly what I said would be a potential exception in my post?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's unreasonable to raise your rate or ask for perks/extra benefits after 2 years, but unilaterally raising your number of hours seems weird. Like, what if they don't need that much childcare? I would be baffled if my nanny did that (unless there was some reasonable explanation -- I.e., I use that many hours 50%+ of the time but won't guarantee them, then maybe).

OP here. Not my hours, my guaranteed hours. I generally work 24 hours on weekends, two 12 hour shifts, but an only guaranteed 10 hours when they go out of town. They go out of town frequently at a moment's notice after I've already blocked out the two twelve hour shifts for them. I want to increase my guaranteed hours, not my actual hours.

So, in other words, exactly what I said would be a potential exception in my post?

Not OP but you don't seem to understand what guaranteed hours are. This employer asks that the nanny keep 24 hours on weekend open for them yet only guaranteed 10 hours. To keep a nanny available for those specified 24 hours the nanny must be guaranteed payment for those hours ( otherwise she could have booked another job during that time). You cannot tell someone to be available on these two days from this time to that time and then not pay her for those hours when you decide to go out of town.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's unreasonable to raise your rate or ask for perks/extra benefits after 2 years, but unilaterally raising your number of hours seems weird. Like, what if they don't need that much childcare? I would be baffled if my nanny did that (unless there was some reasonable explanation -- I.e., I use that many hours 50%+ of the time but won't guarantee them, then maybe).

OP here. Not my hours, my guaranteed hours. I generally work 24 hours on weekends, two 12 hour shifts, but an only guaranteed 10 hours when they go out of town. They go out of town frequently at a moment's notice after I've already blocked out the two twelve hour shifts for them. I want to increase my guaranteed hours, not my actual hours.

So, in other words, exactly what I said would be a potential exception in my post?

Not OP but you don't seem to understand what guaranteed hours are. This employer asks that the nanny keep 24 hours on weekend open for them yet only guaranteed 10 hours. To keep a nanny available for those specified 24 hours the nanny must be guaranteed payment for those hours ( otherwise she could have booked another job during that time). You cannot tell someone to be available on these two days from this time to that time and then not pay her for those hours when you decide to go out of town.

I understand exactly what guaranteed hours are. That's why I specifically said her request would be reasonable if she was working certain hours more than 50% of the time, but the family wouldn't guarantee them. By the way, you *can* do anything provided you find a nanny that agrees and it's legal. Lots of people use 50 hours most weeks but only guarantee 40; you may not like it, but you can do it. I agree that in OP's position she can ask for more guaranteed hours... though I still think it would behoove her to ask/negotiate/etc.