More babies more problems

[Anonymous]

OP here - sorry for going missing! She’s currently at $21/hr for a 9 hour day. She has all holidays off that we have (paid, of course), guaranteed hours (which she negotiated in place of a raise her first year - we were so embarrassed that we didn’t know it was standard, shame on us!) 5 days PTO and 5 days paid vacation. I think we’ll plan to offer a $5/hr raise starting when my leave ends. Does that sound appropriate to cover the new baby and lack of lunch break? Or should we add some more PTO as well? My husband works primarily from home and grandparents are nearby so more vacation/PTO would work better for us than any more of a raise than $5/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - sorry for going missing! She’s currently at $21/hr for a 9 hour day. She has all holidays off that we have (paid, of course), guaranteed hours (which she negotiated in place of a raise her first year - we were so embarrassed that we didn’t know it was standard, shame on us!) 5 days PTO and 5 days paid vacation. I think we’ll plan to offer a $5/hr raise starting when my leave ends. Does that sound appropriate to cover the new baby and lack of lunch break? Or should we add some more PTO as well? My husband works primarily from home and grandparents are nearby so more vacation/PTO would work better for us than any more of a raise than $5/hr.

That sounds lovely. It is standard that a nanny is given a minimum of 2 weeks vacation, one of which can be of your choosing. I generally like to add one of my own choosing each year.

[Anonymous]

I think your offer is generous, OP. As pp said, another week of vacation (your choice) would bring her in line with other nannies. However, if you give a lot of paid holidays, that might make up for it.

[Anonymous]

I think this a great offer, provided you are paying her overtime for all hours over 40 per the law.

[Anonymous]

We do pay for all overtime and she has guaranteed hours so she gets paid when we’re out of town... is that the same as “one week of our choosing”? It’s usually more like 2 weeks per year and we tell her with as much notice as possible. And yes, she’s paid on the books and receives proper OT pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do pay for all overtime and she has guaranteed hours so she gets paid when we’re out of town... is that the same as “one week of our choosing”? It’s usually more like 2 weeks per year and we tell her with as much notice as possible. And yes, she’s paid on the books and receives proper OT pay.

Yes, that would be a another vacation week as long as it is guaranteed. If she only gets 5 days of her own choosing and you didn’t give a raise or add vacation time after her first year, then I would add another day of her choosing.

[Anonymous]

I’d be insulted by a $2 raise to take on the care and responsibility of a newborn. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d be insulted by a $2 raise to take on the care and responsibility of a newborn. Seriously.

Ok....? OP said $5, so why are you commenting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - sorry for going missing! She’s currently at $21/hr for a 9 hour day. She has all holidays off that we have (paid, of course), guaranteed hours (which she negotiated in place of a raise her first year - we were so embarrassed that we didn’t know it was standard, shame on us!) 5 days PTO and 5 days paid vacation. I think we’ll plan to offer a $5/hr raise starting when my leave ends. Does that sound appropriate to cover the new baby and lack of lunch break? Or should we add some more PTO as well? My husband works primarily from home and grandparents are nearby so more vacation/PTO would work better for us than any more of a raise than $5/hr.

Sounds appropriate. Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

That sounds good. You gotta offer something that she won't even consider leaving. Same as your boss would do for you.