Nanny Raise Question

[Anonymous]

My full-time nanny's 2 year anniversary is next week, and we're trying to figure out what to give her as a raise. She started with us at $650 per week, and then after a year we gave her a 7.6% raise to $700 per week, which is what she currently makes. The issue is that my 2.5 year old is starting preschool in the fall - she will be going 3 days per week for 3 hours per day... so that is 9 free hours the nanny will have to herself, although she will still technically be at work since she will need to drop off and pick up DD from school (it's not like we're telling her to come in late).

We absolutely adore our nanny and want to do what's fair, but don't know if the same % raise is warranted when she will actually be doing less work. Friends have suggested that we ask her to run errands or do some light housework while DD is in school and then give her another 7% raise... but I still don't think there is much for her to do even with minimal errands.

What do others do in this situation, and would love to hear from other nannies about what you think is fair.

[Anonymous]

OP, if your nanny is expected to be on call while your kids are in school, then technically she is still on the clock.

She cannot make definite plans for the time slots since there is no guarantee that she will be 100% free of any commitments. She should still get paid for being on standby.

I wouldn't offer her the same raise however due to your kids being in school.

While I do believe she should be paid for her standby availability for your family, I don't think she should be paid MORE.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you need to give a raise every year, particularly in light of having 9 free hours a week. 7.5% raise was very generous. People often get 1% once they reach peak pay and I'm talking about people who get paid hourly so they get a pay cut when kids have more school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, if your nanny is expected to be on call while your kids are in school, then technically she is still on the clock.

She cannot make definite plans for the time slots since there is no guarantee that she will be 100% free of any commitments. She should still get paid for being on standby.

I wouldn't offer her the same raise however due to your kids being in school.

While I do believe she should be paid for her standby availability for your family, I don't think she should be paid MORE.

Standby pay is $1/hr

[Anonymous]

What do you pay an hour?

I have a fantastic nanny and she gets a COL raise every year as well as a merit raise.

[Anonymous]

3% raises here on out.