Should I purpose a nanny share to the family I'm working with

[Anonymous]

OP your gross hourly rate is $22/hour not $11. Where are you getting that? $660/week divided by 30 hours is $22/hour. You are being paid very well, I wouldn't rock the boat asking for a nanny share.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work 10 hours a day three days a week which is 30 hours. Then I make 660 a week before taxes after taxes I make 530. I get paid bi weekly not weekly.

Do you mean that one paycheck for you is $530 after taxes, or that one paycheck is $1060 after taxes?

[Anonymous]

Wow people please go back and read what she has written. She gets paid $530 bi-weekly not every week. She is making $660 every 2 weeks and after taxes it comes out to $530. Not that hard to understand. How many of you can live off of $1,060 a month?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work 10 hours a day three days a week which is 30 hours. Then I make 660 a week before taxes after taxes I make 530. I get paid bi weekly not weekly.

Actually this ^^ is what OP said, and its very confusing. I see now that she means $660 bi-weekly not weekly but that is not what she said.

[Anonymous]

OP, what did you decide?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work 10 hours a day three days a week which is 30 hours. Then I make 660 a week before taxes after taxes I make 530. I get paid bi weekly not weekly.

Actually this ^^ is what OP said, and its very confusing. I see now that she means $660 bi-weekly not weekly but that is not what she said.

Agree, very confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

17:11, you are correct because no nanny has tbe right to make a decent living and a nanny should be tethered to your child until you decide to kick her to the street. Your analogy of nanny to an office employee is ludicrous.

Oh please. Play me another tune on your tiny violin, poor victim. If you don't like what you make as a nanny, find a new profession.

Agreed. Some of these nannies need to get a grip. If she didn't like the pay, she didn't have to take the job. No one held a gun to her head. She could have tried to hold out for a job watching two kids (higher pay) or a full time job. If she was so inexperienced that it was hard to find those things, then she is not entitled to such a high pay b/c of lack of experience as in any profession! It seems she thought she would find Tues/Thurs work. OP, have you tried posting for work on other websites (DCUM, sitter city, care, etc)?

You can always approach your MB, but if it were me I would say no. Not because I"m trying to deprive you of a "decent living" as some crazies on here would like to argue, but because I don't want a nanny share for my child. If you've only worked for me for 4 months, I can't imagine the attachment would be so great or amazing, that I would be too scared to loose you as an employee because you threaten to leave because of finances. I would more likely be annoyed you hadn't thought through what you could afford ahead of time. If I think you are great, and want to help you make more money, I would offer to post on DCUM and elsewhere on your behalf for Tues/Thurs work, and then be a good reference when you start interviewing.

[Anonymous]

I would SO love to see some of these MBs live on what they pay their nannies. Then come tell me who needs to "get a grip."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would SO love to see some of these MBs live on what they pay their nannies. Then come tell me who needs to "get a grip."

This nanny chose to work for this family 3 days a week. It is not the MB's responsibility to provide her a full 5 day a week income. The nanny agreed to the arrangement- you give the nanny no credit in this. The MB probably cannot afford a 5 day a week nanny, but can afford 3 days, which is why she hired a THREE day a week nanny. Not her problem what the nanny does the other 2 days. Not everyone with a nanny has all this extra money and wealth lying around as you might think! I work part time, and I get part time pay, not full time pay. I pay our nanny very well for the days and times she works for us. No, that is not enough for her to live off of, so she finds other work to supplement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would SO love to see some of these MBs live on what they pay their nannies. Then come tell me who needs to "get a grip."

This nanny chose to work for this family 3 days a week. It is not the MB's responsibility to provide her a full 5 day a week income. The nanny agreed to the arrangement- you give the nanny no credit in this. The MB probably cannot afford a 5 day a week nanny, but can afford 3 days, which is why she hired a THREE day a week nanny. Not her problem what the nanny does the other 2 days. Not everyone with a nanny has all this extra money and wealth lying around as you might think! I work part time, and I get part time pay, not full time pay. I pay our nanny very well for the days and times she works for us. No, that is not enough for her to live off of, so she finds other work to supplement.

I agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work 10 hours a day three days a week which is 30 hours. Then I make 660 a week before taxes after taxes I make 530. I get paid bi weekly not weekly.

This is the Op here and I wrote this ^^^^^^^^ I get paid BI WEEKLY NOT WEEKLY I DO not make $22 dollars an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work 10 hours a day three days a week which is 30 hours. Then I make 660 a week before taxes after taxes I make 530. I get paid bi weekly not weekly.

This is the Op here and I wrote this ^^^^^^^^ I get paid BI WEEKLY NOT WEEKLY I DO not make $22 dollars an hour.

See bolded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work 10 hours a day three days a week which is 30 hours. Then I make 660 a week before taxes after taxes I make 530. I get paid bi weekly not weekly.

Do you mean that one paycheck for you is $530 after taxes, or that one paycheck is $1060 after taxes?

$530 after taxes bi weekly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work 10 hours a day three days a week which is 30 hours. Then I make 660 a week before taxes after taxes I make 530. I get paid bi weekly not weekly.

Do you mean that one paycheck for you is $530 after taxes, or that one paycheck is $1060 after taxes?

Yes, OP, when you said you make 660 a week before taxes, you actually meant $660 every 2 weeks. As soon as you say a week, that changes everything. You can say you make that per week and get paid bi weekly but that would then mean $1060 per paycheck after taxes. You really need to learn how to phrase things properly. Also, it is easier to just say what you hourly pay rate is and go by GROSS - before taxes, instead of NET which is after taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would SO love to see some of these MBs live on what they pay their nannies. Then come tell me who needs to "get a grip."

This nanny chose to work for this family 3 days a week. It is not the MB's responsibility to provide her a full 5 day a week income. The nanny agreed to the arrangement- you give the nanny no credit in this. The MB probably cannot afford a 5 day a week nanny, but can afford 3 days, which is why she hired a THREE day a week nanny. Not her problem what the nanny does the other 2 days. Not everyone with a nanny has all this extra money and wealth lying around as you might think! I work part time, and I get part time pay, not full time pay. I pay our nanny very well for the days and times she works for us. No, that is not enough for her to live off of, so she finds other work to supplement.

A little unusually, in the nanny field nannies typically command a higher hourly rate as PT employees vs. full time employees. I can't tell if you're saying that or the opposite though, sorry. I do agree, however, that the former PPs off-topic attack on MBs was uncalled for.