2014 Holiday Bonus Survey

[Anonymous]

Location - Darien, CT

Length of employment - 4 months

Weekly salary - 25 hours at $20/hour

Bonus - $0

Gifts - iPad mini with $50 iTunes gift card

Comments - Very happy with what I received! Was not expecting much as I've only just started with the family in September. Makes me feel very appreciated!

[Anonymous]

Location - NW DC

Length of Employment - about 7 months

Weekly salary - 20 hours at $25 an hour

Bonus - $500

Gifts - Sony a6000 digital camera I already opened, and another wrapped one which I am assuming is a lens based on box size, weight, and the fact that the camera didn't include one.

Comments - Love them. Hope to stay for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Location - Santa Barbara, California

Length of employment - 1 year

Weekly salary - 34 hours at $23/hour

Bonus - $0

Gifts - A lovely framed photograph of the children.

Comments - I love the photograph, love my charges, and generally love my job. But I am feeling very unappreciated by my employers. They are generally thoughtless people but I know how happy they are with me so I expected a bonus. As much as I HATE to think about it - I may begin looking for another position in January.

[Anonymous]

Location Orange county CA

Length of Employment 2 years

Weekly Salary after tax 500ish 40hrs

Bonus $1000, and a very sweet card

Comments-Very happy, they are and always have been amazing to work for!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Location - Santa Barbara, California

Length of employment - 1 year

Weekly salary - 34 hours at $23/hour

Bonus - $0

Gifts - A lovely framed photograph of the children.

Comments - I love the photograph, love my charges, and generally love my job. But I am feeling very unappreciated by my employers. They are generally thoughtless people but I know how happy they are with me so I expected a bonus. As much as I HATE to think about it - I may begin looking for another position in January.

You are being well-paid but it's not fun working for thoughtless people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Location - Santa Barbara, California

Length of employment - 1 year

Weekly salary - 34 hours at $23/hour

Bonus - $0

Gifts - A lovely framed photograph of the children.

Comments - I love the photograph, love my charges, and generally love my job. But I am feeling very unappreciated by my employers. They are generally thoughtless people but I know how happy they are with me so I expected a bonus. As much as I HATE to think about it - I may begin looking for another position in January.

You are being well-paid but it's not fun working for thoughtless people.

I agree. I feel quite sad about it today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Location - Santa Barbara, California

Length of employment - 1 year

Weekly salary - 34 hours at $23/hour

Bonus - $0

Gifts - A lovely framed photograph of the children.

Comments - I love the photograph, love my charges, and generally love my job. But I am feeling very unappreciated by my employers. They are generally thoughtless people but I know how happy they are with me so I expected a bonus. As much as I HATE to think about it - I may begin looking for another position in January. It

You are considering leaving a job you love because you didn't get a bonus?

I really hope there's more to it than that.

[Anonymous]

I'll get a bonus but will not receive until tomorrow as I have to work..

[Anonymous]

Location - Los Angeles, CA

Length of employment - 10 months

Weekly Salary - $1200

Bonus - $1800

Gifts - laptop, newest version of keurig k500 plus $500 worth of coffee and teas, candles, coffee mugs, massage gift certificate and card

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Location - San Diego, CA

Length of employment - 17 months

Weekly salary - 18-23 hours at $12/hour

Bonus - $0

Gifts - Groupon computer print out for a haircolor and haircut at Mom Boss's hair salon for $55/both. (She got a deal for $30 as listed on the promotional voucher)

Comments - One one hand I am appreciative that they saw this deal and thought of me and decided to share it with me. It was a nice thought and they didn't HAVE to do it. They could have not given me a darn thing. On the other hand, I find it tacky to receive a Groupon as a gift in a Christmas card, I would have preferred to have a "no strings attached" gift card or gift certificate instead. The Groupon not only has the (discounted!) price clearly listed on it, it also has only 5 mos. on it before it expires which I find tacky.

[Anonymous]

*PP Above*:

A fellow nanny also received a Groupon type voucher in her Christmas card.

A $44 promotional voucher for an Asian massage which her bosses got for $23 online.

Tacky or a great gift idea?

[Anonymous]

DC Nanny
With current family 2 1/2 years
Bonus $1500

[Anonymous]

Interesting ... the San Diego nanny with the $23/hr salary is thinking of leaving her job b/c of no bonus, while the Orange County nanny who makes $15-$16/hr is "very happy" with her $1000 bonus.

SD nanny makes almost $41,000/yr for 34 hours a week.
OC nanny makes, at most, before taxes, $33,300/yr. We'll add the $1000 to that.

SD nanny makes $7000 a year more, for almost one day less work each week, and yet may quit over this bonus.

This is not a rare sentiment on this board. As a MB, the message I keep getting from nannies here is to offer a low starting salary, because nannies value raises and bonuses more than earning more money altogether.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting ... the San Diego nanny with the $23/hr salary is thinking of leaving her job b/c of no bonus, while the Orange County nanny who makes $15-$16/hr is "very happy" with her $1000 bonus.

SD nanny makes almost $41,000/yr for 34 hours a week.
OC nanny makes, at most, before taxes, $33,300/yr. We'll add the $1000 to that.

SD nanny makes $7000 a year more, for almost one day less work each week, and yet may quit over this bonus.

This is not a rare sentiment on this board. As a MB, the message I keep getting from nannies here is to offer a low starting salary, because nannies value raises and bonuses more than earning more money altogether.

Nannies are not the brightest crayon in the bag.

[Anonymous]

Location - Massachusetts

Length of employment - 3 months

Weekly salary - 27 hours at $20/hour

Bonus - $0

Gifts - none

Comments - none