Nanny raises after 3 years

[Anonymous]

So, we love our nanny, and she has been with us for 3 years. She is now at $21/hour to care for one child. She gets 2 weeks paid vacation, 4 days of paid flex/sick days. We pay her legally and use a nanny tax service. She started at $19/hour, and we have given her a $1 raise annually for the last two years. When do the $1/year raises stop?

[Anonymous]

Go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go away.

+1
Go away troll.

Average rate around here is 12 per hour with no benefits for legal nannies.

[Anonymous]

Well if you have hit your limit on hourly rate maybe explain that to her at her 3 year review, but if you're happy with her I would try to give her something. Personally I think the longer a nanny stays with a family the more she deserves her raise. Is there anyway you could give her some other perk like a gym membership, or help with health insurance, or more vacation time. If I had been with a family for three years and they explained to me that they could no longer afford raises, but were extremely happy with me and offered me one of the perks listed above I would still be content.

[Anonymous]

I don't know why you think this is a troll post. --OP

[Anonymous]

When did your employer stop giving cost of living raises, OP? Was it after you'd been with the company three years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, we love our nanny, and she has been with us for 3 years. She is now at $21/hour to care for one child. She gets 2 weeks paid vacation, 4 days of paid flex/sick days. We pay her legally and use a nanny tax service. She started at $19/hour, and we have given her a $1 raise annually for the last two years. When do the $1/year raises stop?

Wow! You're the last of the big time spenders, aren't you? Generous to a fault. NOT. Stop now so she can quit and you can hire a, illegal for $10/he. More your speed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, we love our nanny, and she has been with us for 3 years. She is now at $21/hour to care for one child. She gets 2 weeks paid vacation, 4 days of paid flex/sick days. We pay her legally and use a nanny tax service. She started at $19/hour, and we have given her a $1 raise annually for the last two years. When do the $1/year raises stop?

It stops now.

And, she better be excellent and completely flexible and you should be completely satisfied. You say jump, she says how high. You are overpaying about at least $3 per hour since you have 1 kid.

You can get another excellent nanny you absolutely love starting at about $15. I got a former preschool elementary school teacher who didn't want to deal with 20 kids for $15/hr legal. She is wonderful and cooks organic homecooked meals when she is not doing the montessouri method with my 4 year old. Of course, it only works because I was able to invest thousands into the Montessouri classroom materials to set up all up in my house but this is the kind of thing you can do when you are spending an extra $6k/year because you overpay the nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why you think this is a troll post. --OP

I don't know who you're fooling, troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, we love our nanny, and she has been with us for 3 years. She is now at $21/hour to care for one child. She gets 2 weeks paid vacation, 4 days of paid flex/sick days. We pay her legally and use a nanny tax service. She started at $19/hour, and we have given her a $1 raise annually for the last two years. When do the $1/year raises stop?

It stops now.

And, she better be excellent and completely flexible and you should be completely satisfied. You say jump, she says how high. You are overpaying about at least $3 per hour since you have 1 kid.

You can get another excellent nanny you absolutely love starting at about $15. I got a former preschool elementary school teacher who didn't want to deal with 20 kids for $15/hr legal. She is wonderful and cooks organic homecooked meals when she is not doing the montessouri method with my 4 year old. Of course, it only works because I was able to invest thousands into the Montessouri classroom materials to set up all up in my house but this is the kind of thing you can do when you are spending an extra $6k/year because you overpay the nanny.

saving an extra 6k?, not spending an extra 6k you mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well if you have hit your limit on hourly rate maybe explain that to her at her 3 year review, but if you're happy with her I would try to give her something. Personally I think the longer a nanny stays with a family the more she deserves her raise. Is there anyway you could give her some other perk like a gym membership, or help with health insurance, or more vacation time. If I had been with a family for three years and they explained to me that they could no longer afford raises, but were extremely happy with me and offered me one of the perks listed above I would still be content.

+1, I think that this would be very fair.
-Nanny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, we love our nanny, and she has been with us for 3 years. She is now at $21/hour to care for one child. She gets 2 weeks paid vacation, 4 days of paid flex/sick days. We pay her legally and use a nanny tax service. She started at $19/hour, and we have given her a $1 raise annually for the last two years. When do the $1/year raises stop?

I am a nanny who started at $19 as well, nearly two years ago, and was given a $1 raise at my anniversary and will get another $1 in January. After that, we have decided to do a cost-of-living percentage raise and a merit raise which will be less that $1 an hour.

Talk to your nanny in terms of percentages now, OP. A 3% raise (COL is low this year) is 0.63 an hour and a decent raise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, we love our nanny, and she has been with us for 3 years. She is now at $21/hour to care for one child. She gets 2 weeks paid vacation, 4 days of paid flex/sick days. We pay her legally and use a nanny tax service. She started at $19/hour, and we have given her a $1 raise annually for the last two years. When do the $1/year raises stop?

I am a nanny who started at $19 as well, nearly two years ago, and was given a $1 raise at my anniversary and will get another $1 in January. After that, we have decided to do a cost-of-living percentage raise and a merit raise which will be less that $1 an hour.

Talk to your nanny in terms of percentages now, OP. A 3% raise (COL is low this year) is 0.63 an hour and a decent raise.

+1 This is exactly what I received and am currently at $21.63. I also received an additional vacation day. I think a COL raise is perfectly acceptable. If neither you nor your spouse received an annual COL raise the past year and you don't feel that you can afford one for your nanny, then I would try to add a vacation day and a bonus. Good luck, OP

[Anonymous]

Is daycare cheaper?

[Anonymous]

Why did you start at $19/hour if you couldn't afford to give raises? Lots of great nannies will start at $14/15 for one kid.