We are currently in a nannyshare with another family. The other mom is pregnant and wants to continue the share after she has the baby. My question is how would you split the cost? I want to be fair to everyone involved. Do we keep our current rate and ask the other family to add $ to their current share cost? Do we split her new salary 3 ways? Just wondering what others do in this situation... |
You keep your current rate and the other family pays the additional cost for the care of their newborn. Do you know if the nanny wants the additional workload? |
I feel like op should get a slight discount too, after all the ratio and amt of attention her child is getting is going to change. Probably something along the lines of op pays $1 less, other family pays $3 more, nanny gets $2 raise. |
^^No discount, she just doesn't doesn't give nanny a yearly raise. It ends up balancing out anyways. |
Newborn care for an extra 2/hr? You are INSANE. So is any nanny who would take that crap. |
We are planning on giving the nanny a $4 raise for the newborn. |
Oh and yes, the nanny is fine with the extra child. My only concern is that if we give a $4 raise, is that fair for all concerned? Or should we take a slight discount. |
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^^No discount, she just doesn't doesn't give nanny a yearly raise. It ends up balancing out anyways. Then would one family give a yearly raise and the other not give the raise? I am confused by this. I say everyone pays the same and the family with the extra child pays more than $4 for the newborn. |
Pp here, $2 seems to be a pretty standard new baby raise, but I was mostly suggesting those numbers as examples. Depending on the nanny's current rate, they may or may not make sense. |
I must disagree with this. Few legal domestic workers would accept such a low increase for providing care for a newborn baby. Maybe if you have illegals and every extra dime is better than none. |
You ask the nanny how much/hr she wants for three kids, and you split it three ways. You pay one-third and the other family two-thirds. |
No, you don't get to pay less. The other family should obviously pay more since they will have 2 children in the share. $4 extra for the infant might be okay depending on how much she makes now. What is her hourly rate currently? |
Yes, she does get to pay less because she'll be getting less. The nanny would be getting more in the net sense. Look at it this way. If you were setting up a brand-new share for 3 kids, how would you do it? You would set a rate good enough to take care of 3 kids, and you'd split it 3 ways. Each family in a share would pay less (vs. a single-child rate), but at the end, the nanny would be getting more. Here you have a share with two kids that will soon become a share with three kids. The rate PER kid goes down, the overall compensation goes up. |
Continued...OP, to be fair to yourself, you should look at the facts. The facts are that you are currently paying for 1/2 of a nanny. Once the new baby arrives, you'll be getting 1/3 of a nanny, assuming she juggles it all well. So because the scope of service you receive will be diminished, you should in all fairness pay less. |
Why would the nanny not get a yearly raise? |