Please, please tell me honestly...

[Anonymous]

... and don't inflate or deflate for the sake of emotion, pride or trying to set the market.

I'm an excellent nanny and love my job. My year anniversary is coming up and I will ask for a raise. I'm currently at $18 an hour for less than 30 hours a week. I have the qualifications to ask between $20 and $25 an hour at a different job but really don't want to leave this job.

So, is $1 an hour increase standard and reasonable? My employers are not rich people but do value education and experience and are very, very happy with the work I do with their baby.

[Anonymous]

$1/hour raise seems entirely reasonable and is not at all unusual.

[Anonymous]

I'm an MB and I have always given $1/hr raises annually. I think it's a very reasonable request.

[Anonymous]

+1 from another MB. I think $1/hr is very reasonable.

[Anonymous]

I don't think a raise is given, it is earned. If you have to ask for a raise you don't deserve it. If you think you are worth $25/hr (hint: you aren't) then quit and go pursue that. Don't try to pressure or guilt your current, non wealthy family into stretching their budget to support your fantasies.

[Anonymous]

Another MB who thinks a $1 annual raise is entirely appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think a raise is given, it is earned. If you have to ask for a raise you don't deserve it. If you think you are worth $25/hr (hint: you aren't) then quit and go pursue that. Don't try to pressure or guilt your current, non wealthy family into stretching their budget to support your fantasies.

Go. Away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think a raise is given, it is earned. If you have to ask for a raise you don't deserve it. If you think you are worth $25/hr (hint: you aren't) then quit and go pursue that. Don't try to pressure or guilt your current, non wealthy family into stretching their budget to support your fantasies.

I disagree. I had a nanny job (first time parents) and I knew they were extremely happy with me, they had a little celebration with my for my one year anniversary with them - dinner, my favorite vegan cake, etc. One year passed and they still paid me the same.
In all my previous jobs I got $1 raise every year, so one day I just sat down with them and asked. They told me they never even thought about it. And they said they asked for raises at their jobs all the time and they were glad I did. I got the raise that same day and then another one the following year.

[Anonymous]

We give an annual raise, usually in the 8-10% range, the first couple of years. So if you are doing a great job I would think $1.00-$2.00/hr is a reasonable increase, plus a small signing bonus on contract renewal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think a raise is given, it is earned. If you have to ask for a raise you don't deserve it. If you think you are worth $25/hr (hint: you aren't) then quit and go pursue that. Don't try to pressure or guilt your current, non wealthy family into stretching their budget to support your fantasies.

I disagree. I had a nanny job (first time parents) and I knew they were extremely happy with me, they had a little celebration with my for my one year anniversary with them - dinner, my favorite vegan cake, etc. One year passed and they still paid me the same.
In all my previous jobs I got $1 raise every year, so one day I just sat down with them and asked. They told me they never even thought about it. And they said they asked for raises at their jobs all the time and they were glad I did. I got the raise that same day and then another one the following year.

This. Bosses rarely spontaneously decide to pay you more. Why would they? Even if you do a fabulous job, they'd rather it be at $18/hour than $19. However a reasonable boss, in the position to do so, will recognize a job well done when an employee approaches them on the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an MB and I have always given $1/hr raises annually. I think it's a very reasonable request.

Another MB and this is what we do too. Definitely ask (assuming they don't offer it first) .

[Anonymous]

In my 12 years as a nanny, only one of my employers gave me a raise without having to ask. It's definitely okay to ask for a raise of $1-2/ hour. That's what I've done in the past and only one family said they just couldn't afford it. I would start by saying how much you love your job and anything else positive you have to say. Ask them if they are satisfied with your performance and if so, ask then. Good luck OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think a raise is given, it is earned. If you have to ask for a raise you don't deserve it. If you think you are worth $25/hr (hint: you aren't) then quit and go pursue that. Don't try to pressure or guilt your current, non wealthy family into stretching their budget to support your fantasies.

LOL Get a life, Dear.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. A whole thread on DCUM and only one crazy!

I will ask for $1 an hour raise. Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is standard and average to ask/expect a dollar an hour increase after a year. I have never waited for my employers to offer and I have always gotten what I asked for.