Raise for new baby when DS #1 is starting preschool for half the day?

[Anonymous]

20/hour is well over the market rate for 2 kids full time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:20/hour is well over the market rate for 2 kids full time

Yes, for your bargain nanny, it is. GL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OT is not a raise, its more work. I'm not surprised to see a bunch of MBs trying to twist is as though it were. Go ahead and do what you're going to do. I hope you lose her.

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20/hour is well over the market rate for 2 kids full time

Yes, for your bargain nanny, it is. GL.

Riiiiight.... Says the serial dcum poster wannabe nanny.
You're so easy to smoke out, I can't imagine you've had a steady job anywhere. Just keep making stuff up on dcum.

[Anonymous]

I find it comical when parents go on the defense and say don't listen to the nannies on here who tell you otherwise. Your sound like the type of employer OP that every career nanny hopes for. Unfortunately there are those out there that don't view their nanny as a professional and think it's ok to pay whatever they feel is fair. I think if their employers approached them in the same manner and didn't think OT or raises were really necessary, the would be astonished. For many childcare is their career and not something they are doing till something else comes along.

[nannydebsays]

OP, is your nanny paid legally by her Saturday family? If not, you need to take that into account and adjust these figures I am giving you accordingly.

You currently pay $20/hr for 40 hours for 1 child = $800 gross.

Your nanny currently earns $250 (?) gross on weekends.

Therefore, your nanny currently earns $1050 gross for 50 hours of work.

You want to have your nanny care for your kid(s) 50 hours/week. At her rate of $20/hour with OT, she will earn $1100 gross per week.

I would offer her an additional 5 days of PTO as her annual raise, and then you can offer $1 or $2 for the new baby raise. If additional PTO is not reasonable, then you can offer $2 - $3 raise to cover annual and new baby costs.

$1-> $21/hour for 50 hours with OT = $1155, which is $105 more than she is currently earning with 2 jobs. Plus 5 days additional PTO, this is a decent package.

$2-> $22/hour for 50 hours with OT = $1210, which is $160 more than she currently earns with 2 jobs. Plus 5 days additional PTO, this is a good package.

$3-> $23/hour blahdeblah = $1265/week gross, or $215 more than her current wages. This is a good raise, and yes, it's a huge hit to your wallet.

You need to find a number at which you can afford this nanny without resenting her pay and at which your nanny feels well compensated for a job that is adding longer hours and more work.