nannies, why don't you charge per child

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was offered only $1-2/hr more for a new additional baby, I'd be departing for a new job. Why work twice as hard for essentially the same money?? That'd be plain stupid.

You aren't working twice as hard if your NF has another baby. If you think you are, you're not very smart.

A $2/hr raise is over 10% the market rate in DC. That is an incredibly generous raise for what is a moderate amount of extra work.

Good example of complete ignorance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, no one said to double the hourly rate for a new baby. But as some parent on this forum has stated, a $5/hr increase is appropriate. A two dollar increase is an insult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was offered only $1-2/hr more for a new additional baby, I'd be departing for a new job. Why work twice as hard for essentially the same money?? That'd be plain stupid.

You aren't working twice as hard if your NF has another baby. If you think you are, you're not very smart.

A $2/hr raise is over 10% the market rate in DC. That is an incredibly generous raise for what is a moderate amount of extra work.

Babies aren't twice as much work? Wish I'd know that when my 2nd came along!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was offered only $1-2/hr more for a new additional baby, I'd be departing for a new job. Why work twice as hard for essentially the same money?? That'd be plain stupid.

You aren't working twice as hard if your NF has another baby. If you think you are, you're not very smart.

A $2/hr raise is over 10% the market rate in DC. That is an incredibly generous raise for what is a moderate amount of extra work.

Babies aren't twice as much work? Wish I'd know that when my 2nd came along!

Maybe you had a difficult baby. Each of our kids had to fold into the mix. They are MUCH harder now that they are older.

I do laugh at the logic of these nannies and their fundamental misunderstanding of how the employment market works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was offered only $1-2/hr more for a new additional baby, I'd be departing for a new job. Why work twice as hard for essentially the same money?? That'd be plain stupid.

You aren't working twice as hard if your NF has another baby. If you think you are, you're not very smart.

A $2/hr raise is over 10% the market rate in DC. That is an incredibly generous raise for what is a moderate amount of extra work.

Babies aren't twice as much work? Wish I'd know that when my 2nd came along!

Maybe you had a difficult baby. Each of our kids had to fold into the mix. They are MUCH harder now that they are older.

I do laugh at the logic of these nannies and their fundamental misunderstanding of how the employment market works.

Should nannies laugh at the parents who can't handle the fulltime job of caring for their own children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was offered only $1-2/hr more for a new additional baby, I'd be departing for a new job. Why work twice as hard for essentially the same money?? That'd be plain stupid.

You aren't working twice as hard if your NF has another baby. If you think you are, you're not very smart.

A $2/hr raise is over 10% the market rate in DC. That is an incredibly generous raise for what is a moderate amount of extra work.

Babies aren't twice as much work? Wish I'd know that when my 2nd came along!

Truth be told. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

The growing rate for nannies was $15 for TWO children back when I was hiring through an agency. I had one and was pregnant with the second, and the nanny said no raise was required unless I had a third. I think $5 per hour is stupid. Should we pay teachers per child?

[Anonymous]

Typical raise for additional newborn is about 10% increase nationwide

[Anonymous]

When you earn $25/hr for one child, why take on double the work and stress of juggling two children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was offered only $1-2/hr more for a new additional baby, I'd be departing for a new job. Why work twice as hard for essentially the same money?? That'd be plain stupid.

You aren't working twice as hard if your NF has another baby. If you think you are, you're not very smart.

A $2/hr raise is over 10% the market rate in DC. That is an incredibly generous raise for what is a moderate amount of extra work.

Babies aren't twice as much work? Wish I'd know that when my 2nd came along!

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The growing rate for nannies was $15 for TWO children back when I was hiring through an agency. I had one and was pregnant with the second, and the nanny said no raise was required unless I had a third. I think $5 per hour is stupid. Should we pay teachers per child?

Teachers should be paid the same as lawyers. Not 9not to they have to put up with unruly children they have to putbupveirh entitled, over the top helicopter parents who expect them to be the primary parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you earn $25/hr for one child, why take on double the work and stress of juggling two children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The growing rate for nannies was $15 for TWO children back when I was hiring through an agency. I had one and was pregnant with the second, and the nanny said no raise was required unless I had a third. I think $5 per hour is stupid. Should we pay teachers per child?

Teachers should be paid 5 times what they are paid and I am not a teacher.
It is bad enough putting up with the entitled kids but they also have to put up with far too many obnoxious parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, no one said to double the hourly rate for a new baby. But as some parent on this forum has stated, a $5/hr increase is appropriate. A two dollar increase is an insult.

Exactly. I'd be leaving a job that offered me an extra dollar for an additional infant. Some entitled parents are truly out of their minds.

[Anonymous]

Who can afford $25 per kid? They are paying for other work you do too like making kids meals, laundry, and so forth.