What do YOU pay for your nanny share?

[Anonymous]

If the contract specifies a number of hours, what exactly is the harm caused by stating the hourly rate in terms of an average?

[Anonymous]

When asked what's your hourly pay rate,
only a dummy would say,
"My BLENDED pay rate is XX."

People would wonder what your problem is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the contract specifies a number of hours, what exactly is the harm caused by stating the hourly rate in terms of an average?

Because average rate isn't legal, base and OT rates are. Additionally, many families seem to feel than occasional extra OT hours should be paid at that blended rate...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the contract specifies a number of hours, what exactly is the harm caused by stating the hourly rate in terms of an average?

Because average rate isn't legal, base and OT rates are. Additionally, many families seem to feel than occasional extra OT hours should be paid at that blended rate...

Exactly. If you hear of a reference to "blended" or "average" pay rate... HUGE red flag. RUN. They're trying to cheat you.

[Anonymous]

There is nothing illegal about expressing a pay rate in terms of the average as long as the hours are agreed upon in advance. If you tried to bring a lawsuit alleging that, it would be dismissed and you would be sanctioned for pursuing a frivolous claim. Stop trying to scare nannies away from families paying good, market rates with an agreed-upon number of hours - expressing the rate as an average can actually be helpful to both parties (again, as long as the hours are agreed upon -- which means no one is getting cheated).

[Anonymous]

A good employer will *never* try to complicate a simple hourly pay rate. For their own protection, nannies need to stay far away from bad employers. Or the tricks will only get worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is nothing illegal about expressing a pay rate in terms of the average as long as the hours are agreed upon in advance. If you tried to bring a lawsuit alleging that, it would be dismissed and you would be sanctioned for pursuing a frivolous claim. Stop trying to scare nannies away from families paying good, market rates with an agreed-upon number of hours - expressing the rate as an average can actually be helpful to both parties (again, as long as the hours are agreed upon -- which means no one is getting cheated).

As long as when hours go over the weekly number, the extra hours are paid at OT rate, not the average.

[Anonymous]

Each family pays $600 a week; it is a blended rate of 40 hours at a regular wage, then 10 hours of guaranteed overtime.

We also pay 100% of her health care coverage, so that's another $130 a month per family for a silver level plan.

[Anonymous]

OP here, many thanks for the PPs that shared their info. FWIW, every person we interviewed (and we interviewed many) asked for $22 an hour. In addition, many seemed put off by the difficulty of caring for two infants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, many thanks for the PPs that shared their info. FWIW, every person we interviewed (and we interviewed many) asked for $22 an hour. In addition, many seemed put off by the difficulty of caring for two infants.

That's super weird OP. I'm a nanny that does shares. It's best to hire someone with experience caring for multiple kids. Any candidate that seems put off by caring for two infants obviously doesn't have the right experience and are just hoping for a high paying job.

[Anonymous]

We pay our experienced nanny $24.50 p/hr for our share (two toddlers). Seems fair (started at $23 then we offered a raise), but I have no idea if it's going rate in Logan/Dupont. Our nanny has said her friends are making about $24.

[Anonymous]

True story. I had a family once proposed to pay me a weekly wage on the 15 and 30 of the month because that's when mb gets paid looool. So the scenario would play out like this. I work 2 weeks in a row and the fifteen is not until Tuesday of the third week so I would work two extra days free and it would be counted in the previous two weeks. I told them I know how to count days and use a calendar. They were like have been paying our previous nanny this way it's not a problem. I told them then you owe her money. You either pay me every two Friday's or an hourly wage every 15 or 30 of the month with all my hours counted plus any over time. We ended up going with weekly hours every Friday. People are out to cheat others in this business.

[Anonymous]

What are nannies asking for two-infant shares in DC? I've heard wide ranges -- $20-25 p/hour, with $20 being VERY low and $25 for the most experienced, best nannies.
Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:True story. I had a family once proposed to pay me a weekly wage on the 15 and 30 of the month because that's when mb gets paid looool. So the scenario would play out like this. I work 2 weeks in a row and the fifteen is not until Tuesday of the third week so I would work two extra days free and it would be counted in the previous two weeks. I told them I know how to count days and use a calendar. They were like have been paying our previous nanny this way it's not a problem. I told them then you owe her money. You either pay me every two Friday's or an hourly wage every 15 or 30 of the month with all my hours counted plus any over time. We ended up going with weekly hours every Friday. People are out to cheat others in this business.

The issue was they were not able to afford you without wife's pay check. So, if she didn't get paid, she could not pay you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are nannies asking for two-infant shares in DC? I've heard wide ranges -- $20-25 p/hour, with $20 being VERY low and $25 for the most experienced, best nannies.
Any thoughts?

I get $25 for one child, so why double my workload for the same pay?