Nannies, don’t tell potential employers what they need to pay you.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how only in the nanny profession is asking about money associated with being money hungry. At the end of the day a nanny is a paid service not free labor.

Imagine that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m with you, OP! You nannies always talk about how much you love your job, well if that’s the case then you should WANT to work for poverty wages. And if you have bills to pay then you should move back home with your parents or find a partner to support you. And if you insist on making a living wage then you should become a corporate lawyer.

Well said.

Oh please, I am a long-time MB poster and this is so obviously a troll post. Don’t feed the troll, nannies and parents!

It was obviously a joke. A good one, too!

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else doubt that OP is offering an amazing, well paying position?

+1 The offer was probably average at best and they probably missed out on some awesome nannies with excellent experience.

Exactly. Above average nannies expect above average compensation, as they should. Same in any field.

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I can't really believe what I am reading, lady or gentleman you don't need a care giver. You could stay home and mind your children your self then you wouldn't have no one demanding any fees from you.....fool.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't really believe what I am reading, lady or gentleman you don't need a care giver. You could stay home and mind your children your self then you wouldn't have no one demanding any fees from you.....fool.

Well said. Thank you.

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Who says who is an average nanny, and how does she performed her duties compare to a non average nanny? Does an average nanny care for children, fed them, do their laundry, bathe them, play with them, love and keep them safe until their parents come home? Or they just layup in the family's bed eating ice-cream and donuts? Are they different duties for different levels of nannies. Some of these parents really crack me up. They probably would like nannies to come to their homes, care for their children for O pay....you are some stupid people, too bad money don't buy commonsense.

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I think a Nanny has every right in the world to negotiate pay.

Most other jobs start off w/the negotiation of salary.

Why would the Nanny profession be any different??

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I am a nanny and when I was looking for a position, I would mostly frequent care.com, look at posts, see their offered rates, hours, number of children, etc., and if those things worked for me, I’d send them a message, and if not, I didn’t. Also, if any of that information was missing, I didn’t bother.

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Anonymous wrote:Best way to get cut from our list. You come across as demanding, entitled and money hungry.

We give you the rate we are willing to pay you a rate of our choosing based on your experience, education and references. You can choose to either take it or leave it, but don’t walk into an interview telling me what I should fork over.

I’ve interviewed several nannies this week and half lost out on an amazing, great paying position based on their entitled attitudes.

Totally unprofessional.

You are the one with an entitled attitude. You may bamboozle an innocent unsuspecting sitter who'll last all of three weeks. Then you'll be back here asking, "What Happened?". Good luck with that.

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Anonymous wrote:I am sure before you apply for a job, you have a privilege to investigate the company that will employ you and figure out the range that employees in the company make. This isn't the case for nannies. No one really knows what families are paying out here so it's definitely puts nannies in a sticky place. My recommendation to younger people is to just not go into being a nanny if you are thinking about buying a home, having children, building your little retirement fund because the salary isn't consistent or reliable. It's an OK job if you are older though. Also OP might have passed on great candidates due to judging them as greedy. Who isn't thinking about salary while job hunting? Nanny is still a job after all OP.

I disagree (highlighted above). If you're experienced and/or educated you can make decent pay being a nanny. The key is to find a family who wants someone long term, ideally, someone with an infant and who wants to have more children. Working as a teacher in a daycare, not only is it harder and stressful (more children, more responsibility, in some cases not a lot of help etc) you really don't make that much money- which they should. I left daycare making $35k a year. I was at my location for 4.5 years and started at $23k. I now have been a nanny for 1.5 years and I make $54k a year. With the same benefits minus the matched 401k I received. So please don't tell young folks not to consider a nanny job if they want to do xyz. And why do you think being a nanny isn't consistent or reliable? Its a job.

Well so far I've had six years of pretty steady employment..... I've lived and worked in 6 countries, paid off my student loan, taken wonderful trips, have savings in the bank for a house oneday and have retirment account. I am a very good nanny, but hardly in the top tier.

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Oh yes, OP, you sound like you would be a true dream to work for. Those nannies really missed out!

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Anonymous wrote:Best way to get cut from our list. You come across as demanding, entitled and money hungry.

We give you the rate we are willing to pay you a rate of our choosing based on your experience, education and references. You can choose to either take it or leave it, but don’t walk into an interview telling me what I should fork over.

I’ve interviewed several nannies this week and half lost out on an amazing, great paying position based on their entitled attitudes.

Totally unprofessional.

I am not a nanny and you are an idiot.

+1. Sounds like those potential nannies dodged a bad situation. OP is the one that sounds entitled.

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I am an experienced live-in nanny. I know the kinds of questions I need to ask, and the information parents need about me. Depending on how much thought they've put into it prior to the interview, it may take up to 2 hours to discuss most things (only once so far, thank goodness!), and that only covers the major issues which can crop up. I'm not going to waste their time or mine if we aren't in the same zip code for pay and benefits. My compensation is one of the things I will negotiate, but I'm not negotiating away $5+, food budget if they eat junk, guaranteed pay, use of a car during my personal time, etc. I'm more flexible than most nannies in terms of number of hours, number of kids, duties, but I think I'm reasonable when I ask to be compensated fairly.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m with you, OP! You nannies always talk about how much you love your job, well if that’s the case then you should WANT to work for poverty wages. And if you have bills to pay then you should move back home with your parents or find a partner to support you. And if you insist on making a living wage then you should become a corporate lawyer.

Well said.

Oh please, I am a long-time MB poster and this is so obviously a troll post. Don’t feed the troll, nannies and parents!

Exactly!

Obvious troll is obvious.