Smart Sitters in NYC are earning $60/hr on New Year's Eve

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Anonymous wrote:Only a dumb nanny would charge her regular rate on NYE.

I earn $28 an hour regularly and feel that one of perks of having a nanny is availability at the same rate on NYE.

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Yeahhhhhh NO. I'm earning $50/hr babysitting for 8hrs. My regular family asked me to babysit ($30/hr regular rate) and I said no.

You are a good example of a smart nanny.

I disagree. A truly smart nanny is loyal to her employers and charges. I don't find nickle and diming employers to be particularly "smart".

Ummmm excuse me but NYE is a holiday and I don't work holidays st my regular job so if I want to sit home and twiddle my thumbs all night and not work my regular job I can do that! Unlike you perhaps, my boss doesn't command me to work weekends or holidays, she asks and I am free to say no. I said no because I already accepted a $50/hr babysitting job. Sorry you're jealous.

No, Dear, I am not jealous. Please stop embarrassing yourself. I simply do not agree with you. I would not change my rate for my employers due to any holiday and I do not "babysit".

Not OP but it’s very obvious you feel some type of way...be it jealousy or whatever you want to call it. You clearly didn’t read anything the poster said bc if you had you would be embarrassed as much as everyone is for you when reading your responses. The poster said they charge $30/hr regularly and that would’ve been their rate for NYE for their family however they were already offered a job at $50/hr. Turn down your nose if you want to the idea of babysitting but $50/hr for 8 hours is not beneath you in this line of work, Dear.

Maybe she is embarrassed by the classless way many other nannies conduct their "business". I know I am. I am not a babysitter and never will be - I am a nanny and a teacher.

You’re absolutely right bc it is very classless to believe you are better than a job and that being a “babysitter” is somehow beneath a nanny when both provide paid care for children at their core.

[Anonymous]

NP here. You cannot pretend that a nanny is different than a babysitter with the above reasoning. I would be offended if our nanny tried to charge more for caring for my child on NYE than her normal rate. And I do feel that her first obligation is to us on holidays like Valentines Day and NYE. However, if I didn't need her on those nights, I would have no issue with her taking any side or moonlighting job as a babysitter, bartender, waitress - whatever.

Luckily, we have an experienced older nanny who is paid a solid, competitive living wage and she doesn't need (or want) any side jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Only a dumb nanny would charge her regular rate on NYE.

I earn $28 an hour regularly and feel that one of perks of having a nanny is availability at the same rate on NYE.

[b]


Yeahhhhhh NO. I'm earning $50/hr babysitting for 8hrs. My regular family asked me to babysit ($30/hr regular rate) and I said no.

You are a good example of a smart nanny.

I disagree. A truly smart nanny is loyal to her employers and charges. I don't find nickle and diming employers to be particularly "smart".

Ummmm excuse me but NYE is a holiday and I don't work holidays st my regular job so if I want to sit home and twiddle my thumbs all night and not work my regular job I can do that! Unlike you perhaps, my boss doesn't command me to work weekends or holidays, she asks and I am free to say no. I said no because I already accepted a $50/hr babysitting job. Sorry you're jealous.

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I babysit for $50/on nye. I 'nanny' during the week. Have a nice time earning your regular rate! I've been with my family for 6 years so clearly they don't mind me saying no!


No, Dear, I am not jealous. Please stop embarrassing yourself. I simply do not agree with you. I would not change my rate for my employers due to any holiday and I do not "babysit".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only a dumb nanny would charge her regular rate on NYE.

I earn $28 an hour regularly and feel that one of perks of having a nanny is availability at the same rate on NYE.

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Yeahhhhhh NO. I'm earning $50/hr babysitting for 8hrs. My regular family asked me to babysit ($30/hr regular rate) and I said no.

You are a good example of a smart nanny.

I disagree. A truly smart nanny is loyal to her employers and charges. I don't find nickle and diming employers to be particularly "smart".

Ummmm excuse me but NYE is a holiday and I don't work holidays st my regular job so if I want to sit home and twiddle my thumbs all night and not work my regular job I can do that! Unlike you perhaps, my boss doesn't command me to work weekends or holidays, she asks and I am free to say no. I said no because I already accepted a $50/hr babysitting job. Sorry you're jealous.

No, Dear, I am not jealous. Please stop embarrassing yourself. I simply do not agree with you. I would not change my rate for my employers due to any holiday and I do not "babysit".

I babysit for $50/on nye. I 'nanny' during the week. Have a nice time earning your regular rate! I've been with my family for 6 years so clearly they don't mind me saying no!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. You cannot pretend that a nanny is different than a babysitter with the above reasoning. I would be offended if our nanny tried to charge more for caring for my child on NYE than her normal rate. And I do feel that her first obligation is to us on holidays like Valentines Day and NYE. However, if I didn't need her on those nights, I would have no issue with her taking any side or moonlighting job as a babysitter, bartender, waitress - whatever.

Luckily, we have an experienced older nanny who is paid a solid, competitive living wage and she doesn't need (or want) any side jobs.

If Valentine's Day is during the week sure I'll work for my employer but no I am not working holidays or weekends at my regular nanny rate. How about you go work your regular job for regular pay on Xmas day. No? Why not? They pay you a living wage!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. You cannot pretend that a nanny is different than a babysitter with the above reasoning. I would be offended if our nanny tried to charge more for caring for my child on NYE than her normal rate. And I do feel that her first obligation is to us on holidays like Valentines Day and NYE. However, if I didn't need her on those nights, I would have no issue with her taking any side or moonlighting job as a babysitter, bartender, waitress - whatever.

Luckily, we have an experienced older nanny who is paid a solid, competitive living wage and she doesn't need (or want) any side jobs.

For me, it depends. If I'm with my full-time charges, I'm not sitting around after I put them to bed. My employers know that I will do laundry, purge the playroom, something constructive during that time, so overtime is never a problem. They would never ask me to work one of my contracted holidays (due to their careers, I only have New Years Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas in the contract, while Memorial Day and Easter fall on Sundays so are assumed off), but if something came up for work, they would pay more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. You cannot pretend that a nanny is different than a babysitter with the above reasoning. I would be offended if our nanny tried to charge more for caring for my child on NYE than her normal rate. And I do feel that her first obligation is to us on holidays like Valentines Day and NYE. However, if I didn't need her on those nights, I would have no issue with her taking any side or moonlighting job as a babysitter, bartender, waitress - whatever.

Luckily, we have an experienced older nanny who is paid a solid, competitive living wage and she doesn't need (or want) any side jobs.

You are a nut job. Unless NYE falls within her working hours, the way in which your nanny chooses to spend her NYE is at her discretion. Whether that’s going out, staying home, or working for another family at a better rate, it’s up to her. You’re just mad because you know that if you had to resort to the free market, you’d be paying way more than you pay her, since during NYE, babysitting is at a premium.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. You cannot pretend that a nanny is different than a babysitter with the above reasoning. I would be offended if our nanny tried to charge more for caring for my child on NYE than her normal rate. And I do feel that her first obligation is to us on holidays like Valentines Day and NYE. However, if I didn't need her on those nights, I would have no issue with her taking any side or moonlighting job as a babysitter, bartender, waitress - whatever.

Luckily, we have an experienced older nanny who is paid a solid, competitive living wage and she doesn't need (or want) any side jobs.

You are a nut job. Unless NYE falls within her working hours, the way in which your nanny chooses to spend her NYE is at her discretion. Whether that’s going out, staying home, or working for another family at a better rate, it’s up to her. You’re just mad because you know that if you had to resort to the free market, you’d be paying way more than you pay her, since during NYE, babysitting is at a premium.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

This thread is a joke! Yeah MB how about you go work nye at your regular job? For the same pay? Oh but you're paid well
Of course you should work holidays too!!

[Anonymous]

I am a nanny and just received a full two week (gross) salary in cash as a holiday bonus along with a beautiful, personal gift. I was given three days off last week because my charge's grandmother was in town - not part of my PTO/vacation. When my mother died last April, my MB showed up at the hospice.

No - I am not jacking up my hourly rate for NYE.

[Anonymous]

If you do a holiday sit for a new family, and you get no other perks, of course you should earn top dollar!

Good nannies should not short change themselves. Good care is hard to find.

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Anonymous wrote:Only a dumb nanny would charge her regular rate on NYE.

Absolutely ladies!! Lets triple our prices.

[Anonymous]

Thankful every day I found our goto babysitter free on NYE to watch the 2 kids and she charged us $20. This was about 5 years ago. I feel for you all who live in that type of market where you have to pay gouged prices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only a dumb nanny would charge her regular rate on NYE.

I earn $28 an hour regularly and feel that one of perks of having a nanny is availability at the same rate on NYE.

Why should she work for you on her off hours when she can earn double for someone else. You want her for premium time, you pay premium rate.

[Anonymous]

I live in LA and my regular rate is $30/hr. My family doesn’t pay extra for holidays, so I don’t work for them on holidays. Last year I made $50/hr babysitting and walked away with $500. No regrets and I’ll do it again this year!