LinkedIn reveals a lot!

[Anonymous]

I've just set up a LinkedIn profile (I'm no longer working as a Nanny) and in the process of looking through my e-mail account to find potential connections, LinkedIn pulled up a bunch of people I briefly e-mailed about potential nannying positions ages ago. In looking up some of our old e-mail correspondence, I discovered that my e-mails with most of these people seemed to abruptly end once I shared my rates. Now, with LinkedIn showing me their job titles I discover that they have VERY nice jobs, but couldn't even be bothered to respond to the $10/hr I was seeking as a Freshman in college! Just a very interesting thing to discover.

[Anonymous]

Maybe back then they didn't have that very nice job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe back then they didn't have that very nice job.

Or maybe it just has nothing to do with the $10/hr. I mean you said it "seemed" like the just stopped responding then. Or perhaps they had multiple people emailing around the same time and when they found a good one, that was that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe back then they didn't have that very nice job.

Or maybe it just has nothing to do with the $10/hr. I mean you said it "seemed" like the just stopped responding then. Or perhaps they had multiple people emailing around the same time and when they found a good one, that was that.

Sure. Because most families earning $400,000. - $900,000. a year, would certainly want to pay fair wages for their childcare?

[Anonymous]

Titles don't tell you thier income. If it's gov't, small companies or non-profits, the fat title doesn't come with a big paycheck.

Now that you're out of college and in the job market you certainly know that not every job interview results in getting hired.

[Anonymous]

OP again. This wasn't terribly long ago, 3-5 years max. And all the job titles I saw were things like Financial Manager of X, Director of Y, Department Head of Z, etc. And X, Y, and Z were all very recognizable companies. I doubt all of these people could have made so much career advancement in that amount of time.

Of course any number of reasons could have lead them to stop e-mailing me, but the pattern was a bit conspicuous.

[Anonymous]

Why waste your time w/ this speculation? If you're inclined to presume that potential employers are cheap so be it - I'm sure you can find justification for that anywhere you look.

The truth is that titles don't mean anything, you don't have any idea why they didn't call you, and it's completely irrelevant to your life today.

You will certainly make some virtual friends here though who will be thrilled to have an ally in the manufactured wars on this front.

[Anonymous]

Titles are bullshit. My roommate right out of college got a position as Director of Marketing for a small firm, I made more than her as a nanny. My uncle is head of his department and only makes around 100k, it's basically a middle manger position because there are so mant departments. You should probably branch out of nannying and see how the corporate world is run because you seem to misconceptions of income brackets and job descriptions.

[Anonymous]

It was an observation I made that I thought was interesting. Nothing more. I'd long since stopped thinking about these families- thus why when all these unrecognizable people popped up on my suggested connections I had to search my inbox to figure out who they all were. I'll mention again that these were large recognizable companies. Not some small non-profits. I'm not saying these people are millionaires, but they're making enough to pay their Nanny a reasonable wage. And maybe they did! I fully admit that our discussions did not get very far, and I've already acknowledged that this could be for any number of reasons. I thought this might lead to an interesting discussion of stories about reconnecting with former families or potential families at a later date. But obviously I was wrong, so I'm done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was an observation I made that I thought was interesting. Nothing more. I'd long since stopped thinking about these families- thus why when all these unrecognizable people popped up on my suggested connections I had to search my inbox to figure out who they all were. I'll mention again that these were large recognizable companies. Not some small non-profits. I'm not saying these people are millionaires, but they're making enough to pay their Nanny a reasonable wage. And maybe they did! I fully admit that our discussions did not get very far, and I've already acknowledged that this could be for any number of reasons. I thought this might lead to an interesting discussion of stories about reconnecting with former families or potential families at a later date. But obviously I was wrong, so I'm done.

No you didn't OP - don't be disingenuous. The point of your post was your speculation about their income level and non-responsiveness to you despite your $10/hr rate. Now you're pouting because people aren't jumping on the bandwagon.

[Anonymous]

OP's observation is definately an indication of how little some parents value their child's early education experience. It's so unfortunate, especially when they can clearly afford to do better for their child.

[Anonymous]

Just so you know, the larger the company the less these titles mean because they have more employees, locations that need to be managed. You could be titled director or financial manager but you're just one of 50/100/200 etc. They are just fancy worded titles and do not indicate exact pay range. They could be making 100k or 500k it only depends on the company, their financial situation and how many employees they have, amount other factors. So unless their title is CEO of Amazon, I wouldn't assume anything. People will value what they consider a necessarily or of absolute importance. Some value childcare, others believe nannies are a dime a dozen. A job title or income bracket won't clarify who believes what.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP's observation is definately an indication of how little some parents value their child's early education experience. It's so unfortunate, especially when they can clearly afford to do better for their child.

Or maybe the parents wanted someone with more experience than a college freshman charging $10/hr ...

[Anonymous]

I'm a "director" and don't make terribly much more than what I pay my nanny, certain my not if looked at at an hourly basis since I don't get paid overtime. Try not to make too many assumptions; it rarely brings happiness.