Increased Rate?

[Anonymous]

I am in a nanny share and currently care for two 3 year olds. I will be getting a 3 month old baby, the younger brother of one of the boys, in May. The parents have offered a $2 raise for the new child but I think I deserve $4/hr. Though I understand the going rate seems to be $1-5/hr, I think 4 is fair because I am adding a 3rd child and not a 2nd to my workload, which is more work than if I were just watching a single child and got his sibling (does that make sense?). It is also a somewhat temporary situation as the older sibling will go to preschool within a few months of the new baby arriving in my care. I have been with the families for 3 years now. What are your opinions on that?

[Anonymous]

There's never a problem in negotiating! Maybe $4 is appropriate, but it's hard for us to know. I'd consider what the parents are already paying. Also, since one family will totally take on the increase, consider if it might be pricing them out of the share. Not that that is your problem, but it might help you decide how much to ask for.

[Anonymous]

I'm an MB. I wouldn't give a $4/hr raise for a second child. I think their offer is appropriate and fair, and -as the PP said - $4/hr could very well tip them into what they would pay for a dedicated nanny, or an unaffordable range.

If this is short-term do they plan to only offer the increase while you have both of their children? Seems like that would be at least as important to negotiate as the per hour dollar amount - $2/hr as a permanent increase is more valuable than $4/hr for a few months.

Always worth negotiating of course, but I'd be careful in how you approach it. (Rather than "I deserve..." try "I'm concerned about the workload and age differential being significantly different with 3, and perhaps more markedly than just going from 1 to 2. I'd ask you to consider a $4/hr adjustment, for the period of time that I have both children of course. After that I realize we would go back to the current rate."

[Anonymous]

The increase of course would only be for the time I have the 3 children and I would never walk into a negotiation as rudely as saying "I deserve.."

[Anonymous]

I've never gotten a raise when a new baby is born. I'm paid for my time not how much work I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never gotten a raise when a new baby is born. I'm paid for my time not how much work I do.

Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never gotten a raise when a new baby is born. I'm paid for my time not how much work I do.

That's just sad. Please don't give advice if you're getting screwed over. This is a domestic service job, you absolutely should be getting paid based off the amount of work you do.

[Anonymous]

$4 more an hour is asking too much. You can try, but it is way too much. They are being generous with what they are offering you.

[Anonymous]

I think $4/hr is too much for a situation that will only exist for a few months. I would offer $2/hr to you, which is higher than a sibling rate, but sustainable once the other child is in preschool.

[Anonymous]

I guess this depends on whether your raise will maintain the same when the older children go to preschool or if your rate will drop back down. Seeing how this is a share and not a single family, I absolutely would request at least a $4 dollar raise. You won't be pricing them out of a share and it's definitely a way better deal then daycare for two children. Plus there is no way in hell they will find a competent nanny for two children for less than $11.50 each family.

I think the people who are responding are forgetting this a share not a single family. To be honest OP, I absolutely wouldn't back down from a $4 raise. You can easily find another nanny share paying $20 per hour for two children and not have to deal with the added workload of 2extra infants.

[Anonymous]

Yescutvis a share but other family did not ask for the extra kid so if anything they may want to pay less now that Nanny's time is more divided. Certainly not more.

[Anonymous]

What are you currently making per hour?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess this depends on whether your raise will maintain the same when the older children go to preschool or if your rate will drop back down. Seeing how this is a share and not a single family, I absolutely would request at least a $4 dollar raise. You won't be pricing them out of a share and it's definitely a way better deal then daycare for two children. Plus there is no way in hell they will find a competent nanny for two children for less than $11.50 each family.

I think the people who are responding are forgetting this a share not a single family. To be honest OP, I absolutely wouldn't back down from a $4 raise. You can easily find another nanny share paying $20 per hour for two children and not have to deal with the added workload of 2extra infants. [/quote
First, it's quite easy to find a competent share nanny for two children for under $23/hr.

Second, where are you getting the two infants thing? It's just one infant being added to the OP's load.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never gotten a raise when a new baby is born. I'm paid for my time not how much work I do.

Cool. Where are you? I want to drop off my kid to. I'll even tip you a dollar an hour.

[Anonymous]

It depends on what you are making now. I always negotiate raises in terms of a percentage, not an amount per hour. It's pretty unusual to get more than a 10-15% raise.