Why some some mb's have been known to lie to their friends about what they pay the nanny

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So FUNNY how none of you discuss with your friends
what you pay your nanny, yet you ALL seem to know
"market rates," based on what "everyone" you know,
is paying.

Just HOW does that work, ladies?

PERHAPS, you've cooked your own goose this time.
In other words, you can't keep your LIES straight.
So now, let's try this arguement all over again,
but with a smarter strategy.

Put down the crack pipe, child.

No one is cooking anyone's goose. Market rates are very easy to research.

We get it. You don't like market rates. Too bad.

Where's the link for your so-called market rate data?

Where's yours? My "research" comes from the fact that I hired and have kept a wonderful nanny for 3 years now and I don't pay her $35/hr. Every nanny I interviewed (and I interviewed a lot of good candidates) quoted me in the same range of hourly rates. I don't actually think there is a market rate. You want a nanny? Decide what you can pay, interview nannies and see if they meet your expectations. If so, there you go, if not, decide if you can afford more or go a different route for childcare. It doesn't matter what anyone else is paying and it DEFINITELY doesn't matter what people on an anonymous internet forum say they make/pay.

If you, as a nanny, think you deserve more than you are making then make yourself worthy of it and find a job that will pay you that. If you are the $35/hr nanny and are already making what you want then good for you but then why do you care what other people make? If you can't seem to find a job that pays what you want then you aren't actual worth what you think you are. Or maybe people finally took your advice and decided to go the daycare route because you said most people can't actually afford a nanny so you just screwed yourself out of a job.

Hey poster of the crack pipe and this most recent response - we should be friends. We would get along, and I bet our long term nannies would also. You probably have well-adjusted kids I'd be happy to have mine meet. It would be the most productive development to result from the random verse ranter's posts ever (perhaps the only one!)

Totally agree w/ your comments.

Can I be friends with you too? 15:41 here - totally agree with everything these PPs have said. You can afford a nanny if a nanny you'd want to hire wants to work for you for the pay you are offering. If no one wants to work for you, maybe it's time to rethink what you are offering or go the daycare route but if several great candidates are interested at the rate you are offering, you can afford a nanny regardless of whether some anonymous posters on a forum tell you you can't or that the person you've hired is a sitter or whatever.

Here's the thing. If only you could make your
"great candidates" turn into "great nannies,"
this forum would be DOA, wouldn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So FUNNY how none of you discuss with your friends
what you pay your nanny, yet you ALL seem to know
"market rates," based on what "everyone" you know,
is paying.

Just HOW does that work, ladies?

PERHAPS, you've cooked your own goose this time.
In other words, you can't keep your LIES straight.
So now, let's try this arguement all over again,
but with a smarter strategy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

So FUNNY how none of you discuss with your friends
what you pay your nanny, yet you ALL seem to know
"market rates," based on what "everyone" you know,
is paying.

Just HOW does that work, ladies?

PERHAPS, you've cooked your own goose this time.
In other words, you can't keep your LIES straight.
So now, let's try this arguement all over again,
but with a smarter strategy.

Put down the crack pipe, child.

No one is cooking anyone's goose. Market rates are very easy to research.

We get it. You don't like market rates. Too bad.

Where's the link for your so-called market rate data?

Where's yours? My "research" comes from the fact that I hired and have kept a wonderful nanny for 3 years now and I don't pay her $35/hr. Every nanny I interviewed (and I interviewed a lot of good candidates) quoted me in the same range of hourly rates. I don't actually think there is a market rate. You want a nanny? Decide what you can pay, interview nannies and see if they meet your expectations. If so, there you go, if not, decide if you can afford more or go a different route for childcare. It doesn't matter what anyone else is paying and it DEFINITELY doesn't matter what people on an anonymous internet forum say they make/pay.

If you, as a nanny, think you deserve more than you are making then make yourself worthy of it and find a job that will pay you that. If you are the $35/hr nanny and are already making what you want then good for you but then why do you care what other people make? If you can't seem to find a job that pays what you want then you aren't actual worth what you think you are. Or maybe people finally took your advice and decided to go the daycare route because you said most people can't actually afford a nanny so you just screwed yourself out of a job.

Hey poster of the crack pipe and this most recent response - we should be friends. We would get along, and I bet our long term nannies would also. You probably have well-adjusted kids I'd be happy to have mine meet. It would be the most productive development to result from the random verse ranter's posts ever (perhaps the only one!)

Totally agree w/ your comments.

Can I be friends with you too? 15:41 here - totally agree with everything these PPs have said. You can afford a nanny if a nanny you'd want to hire wants to work for you for the pay you are offering. If no one wants to work for you, maybe it's time to rethink what you are offering or go the daycare route but if several great candidates are interested at the rate you are offering, you can afford a nanny regardless of whether some anonymous posters on a forum tell you you can't or that the person you've hired is a sitter or whatever.

Here's the thing. If only you could make your
"great candidates" turn into "great nannies,"
this forum would be DOA, wouldn't it?

I guess you missed the part where I said I had a great nanny for 3 years now. Oops, I guess you have to keep posting your BS to make the site not be DOA.

Oh and PPs, I would LOVE to you be your friends!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that some mb's will get into a mommy fight, about which one of them has snagged the cheapest nanny?

Each of them wants to have bragging rights for getting the best deal for babysitting labor. Therefore, you can't trust what all your girlfriends tell you, unless you actually see verifiable proof.

This. Your girlfriends should be happy to show you proof of what they're paying the nanny, unless of course they're paying off the books in spite of what they tell you.

Nannies can also show proof of what they earn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that some mb's will get into a mommy fight, about which one of them has snagged the cheapest nanny?

Each of them wants to have bragging rights for getting the best deal for babysitting labor. Therefore, you can't trust what all your girlfriends tell you, unless you actually see verifiable proof.

This. Your girlfriends should be happy to show you proof of what they're paying the nanny, unless of course they're paying off the books in spite of what they tell you.

Nannies can also show proof of what they earn.

You resurrected a two year old thread to make what point exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that some mb's will get into a mommy fight, about which one of them has snagged the cheapest nanny?

Each of them wants to have bragging rights for getting the best deal for babysitting labor. Therefore, you can't trust what all your girlfriends tell you, unless you actually see verifiable proof.

This. Your girlfriends should be happy to show you proof of what they're paying the nanny, unless of course they're paying off the books in spite of what they tell you.

Nannies can also show proof of what they earn.

You resurrected a two year old thread to make what point exactly?

What a pathetic troll you are. Just go away.