The $15 per hour nanny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent out a basement apartment in Hyattsville for $600/month, major utilities included.
$140 on public transit fare
$200 health insurance
$500 on food & household items
$300 on other incidentals

All of that gets you $20k in major expenses.

Which Hyattsville neighborhood is relatively safe after dark?

The Gateway Arts District, near Hyattsville Elementary. Plenty of families renting out their basement apartments or in-law suites here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rent out a basement apartment in Hyattsville for $600/month, major utilities included.
$140 on public transit fare
$200 health insurance
$500 on food & household items
$300 on other incidentals

All of that gets you $20k in major expenses.

Which Hyattsville neighborhood is relatively safe after dark?

The Gateway Arts District, near Hyattsville Elementary. Plenty of families renting out their basement apartments or in-law suites here.

Good luck with getting any sleep whenever the kids are awake, or even the parents for that matter. BTDT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.

Exactly.

Do you pay your cleaning lady $40-50k a year?

A $15/hr nanny working a fairly typical 50 hour week makes $42,900 a year.

Perhaps you're paying a cleaning lady to clean your home weekly, for a four hour time block. That works out to less than $5k annually, barely more than 10% of the salary cost for a nanny, not including any of the taxes or additional benefits (or necessary back-up care costs for vacations, sick days, etc...)

Your comparison is deeply flawed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.

Exactly.

Do you pay your cleaning lady $40-50k a year?

A $15/hr nanny working a fairly typical 50 hour week makes $42,900 a year.

Perhaps you're paying a cleaning lady to clean your home weekly, for a four hour time block. That works out to less than $5k annually, barely more than 10% of the salary cost for a nanny, not including any of the taxes or additional benefits (or necessary back-up care costs for vacations, sick days, etc...)

Your comparison is deeply flawed.

No, not for me, as my FT nanny rates are $25/hr.

[Anonymous]

Wow this is a lONG post! Agree that this is not enough but if this is all you can afford, there are other options to offer: health care, stipend for loans, IRA, or bonus. Heatlh care for one employee is still tax free so this is always an option. I think folks on this site need to think of more creative ways to keep everyone happy - it is always about the bottom line, which is important, but certainly there are other ways to help out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.

Exactly.

Do you pay your cleaning lady $40-50k a year?

A $15/hr nanny working a fairly typical 50 hour week makes $42,900 a year.

Perhaps you're paying a cleaning lady to clean your home weekly, for a four hour time block. That works out to less than $5k annually, barely more than 10% of the salary cost for a nanny, not including any of the taxes or additional benefits (or necessary back-up care costs for vacations, sick days, etc...)

Your comparison is deeply flawed.

No, not for me, as my FT nanny rates are $25/hr.

So then what do you make per year? And how many jobs or hours a week do you consistently work? Feel free to net out your dcum posting time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.

Exactly.

Do you pay your cleaning lady $40-50k a year?

A $15/hr nanny working a fairly typical 50 hour week makes $42,900 a year.

Perhaps you're paying a cleaning lady to clean your home weekly, for a four hour time block. That works out to less than $5k annually, barely more than 10% of the salary cost for a nanny, not including any of the taxes or additional benefits (or necessary back-up care costs for vacations, sick days, etc...)

Your comparison is deeply flawed.

No, not for me, as my FT nanny rates are $25/hr.

So then what do you make per year? And how many jobs or hours a week do you consistently work? Feel free to net out your dcum posting time.

One job, 40 hrs / week.
Before I had two jobs, 20 hours each. Then one of the families asked if I could give them my full 40 hrs, same hourly rate. Taxes paid, tons of paid vacation since they travel a lot without me. Very wealthy. They wanted a professional and can afford anything they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.

Exactly.

Do you pay your cleaning lady $40-50k a year?

A $15/hr nanny working a fairly typical 50 hour week makes $42,900 a year.

Perhaps you're paying a cleaning lady to clean your home weekly, for a four hour time block. That works out to less than $5k annually, barely more than 10% of the salary cost for a nanny, not including any of the taxes or additional benefits (or necessary back-up care costs for vacations, sick days, etc...)

Your comparison is deeply flawed.

No, not for me, as my FT nanny rates are $25/hr.

So then what do you make per year? And how many jobs or hours a week do you consistently work? Feel free to net out your dcum posting time.

So you're not an employer - you're a nanny. And you have an occasional housekeeper you pay $25/hr. Great. It's still a flawed comparison as you are not paying anyone an annual salary of more than 40k, plus taxes, insurance, etc... Until you are the employer you are not in a position to make the comparison above. You can't have the moral high ground here.
One job, 40 hrs / week.
Before I had two jobs, 20 hours each. Then one of the families asked if I could give them my full 40 hrs, same hourly rate. Taxes paid, tons of paid vacation since they travel a lot without me. Very wealthy. They wanted a professional and can afford anything they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.

Exactly.

Do you pay your cleaning lady $40-50k a year?

A $15/hr nanny working a fairly typical 50 hour week makes $42,900 a year.

Perhaps you're paying a cleaning lady to clean your home weekly, for a four hour time block. That works out to less than $5k annually, barely more than 10% of the salary cost for a nanny, not including any of the taxes or additional benefits (or necessary back-up care costs for vacations, sick days, etc...)

Your comparison is deeply flawed.

No, not for me, as my FT nanny rates are $25/hr.

So then what do you make per year? And how many jobs or hours a week do you consistently work? Feel free to net out your dcum posting time.

So you're not an employer - you're a nanny. And you have an occasional housekeeper you pay $25/hr. Great. It's still a flawed comparison as you are not paying anyone an annual salary of more than 40k, plus taxes, insurance, etc... Until you are the employer you are not in a position to make the comparison above. You can't have the moral high ground here.
One job, 40 hrs / week.
Before I had two jobs, 20 hours each. Then one of the families asked if I could give them my full 40 hrs, same hourly rate. Taxes paid, tons of paid vacation since they travel a lot without me. Very wealthy. They wanted a professional and can afford anything they want.

I'm a nanny, not the lady with the housekeeper.
Lots of us contribute to the conversation here.
Are you new?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What nannies don't realize is that some starting salary lawyers don't even make 45,000 a year. I made less than that at my first law job. And law students usually have loans. You find ways to get by. I think some nannies on this forum think they should make more, but they don't realize that the employer can't always afford to pay more.

Then don't hire a nanny!

Exactly.

What parents don't realize is that just because their job title reads "doctor" or "lawyer" does not mean they can afford a nanny. It is the most expensive form of childcare. You are not entitled to it. The end.

[Anonymous]

Still flogging the two year old thread?

Pretty sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What nannies don't realize is that some starting salary lawyers don't even make 45,000 a year. I made less than that at my first law job. And law students usually have loans. You find ways to get by. I think some nannies on this forum think they should make more, but they don't realize that the employer can't always afford to pay more.

Then don't hire a nanny!

Exactly.

What parents don't realize is that just because their job title reads "doctor" or "lawyer" does not mean they can afford a nanny. It is the most expensive form of childcare. You are not entitled to it. The end.

When there are plenty of experienced excellent nannies lined up to work for $15/hr, why pay $25, even if I have enough to pay $35? This is basic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What nannies don't realize is that some starting salary lawyers don't even make 45,000 a year. I made less than that at my first law job. And law students usually have loans. You find ways to get by. I think some nannies on this forum think they should make more, but they don't realize that the employer can't always afford to pay more.

Then don't hire a nanny!

Exactly.

What parents don't realize is that just because their job title reads "doctor" or "lawyer" does not mean they can afford a nanny. It is the most expensive form of childcare. You are not entitled to it. The end.

When there are plenty of experienced excellent nannies lined up to work for $15/hr, why pay $25, even if I have enough to pay $35? This is basic

You wouldn't recognize the difference, so yes, you should go for the cheapest thing you can find.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What nannies don't realize is that some starting salary lawyers don't even make 45,000 a year. I made less than that at my first law job. And law students usually have loans. You find ways to get by. I think some nannies on this forum think they should make more, but they don't realize that the employer can't always afford to pay more.

Then don't hire a nanny!

Exactly.

What parents don't realize is that just because their job title reads "doctor" or "lawyer" does not mean they can afford a nanny. It is the most expensive form of childcare. You are not entitled to it. The end.

When there are plenty of experienced excellent nannies lined up to work for $15/hr, why pay $25, even if I have enough to pay $35? This is basic

You wouldn't recognize the difference, so yes, you should go for the cheapest thing you can find.

Keep wishing. It won't change facts though.