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Anonymous
| Our wonderful nanny works 32-40 hours a week for us while my DH and I both work out of the home. I just had another baby and once my maternity leave is over we are giving her a raise. What is appropriate going from one child - now 3 - to two? Baby will be 4 months old when I go back to work. |
Anonymous
| People usually do $1-$2/hr. |
Anonymous
+1 If your children are close in age (as opposed to one being in preschool for some portion of the day) then err on the high side of a raise, and other benefit increases if you can swing it (extra couple of days off, insurance copay, etc...) |
Anonymous
| We added $1. |
Anonymous
| We will have one 3 yr old in preschool from 9-11:30 3 days a week and a 5 month old when I go back. She usually does 43 hours for us but I'll be bumping up to 40 most likely. |
Anonymous
| It's really hard for me to believe that adding a new baby to the mix is only worth $10 to $20 per day. That seems really low. |
Anonymous
| Her w ork load is increased 100 percent and you, last of the big time spenders, magnanimously give her $1.00 an hour?! Don't be surprised when she gives notice. |
Anonymous
That's fine, and a lot of nannies do quit when the second child arrives because the nap breaks largely disappear. Then, you advertise for a real, professional nanny who doesn't expect hours of downtime every day and is able to care for multiple children. The starting rate for a FT nanny is $18-$20/hr (midrange) for one child, and $1-$2 higher for two. Much like the rate for a share is not double the single child rate. |
Anonymous
| $1 an hour is pretty low. In your case, that is $32-$40 per week for the task of taking on an additional child. I would do $2-$3 per hour, personally, but it really depends on what your existing overall compensation package currently looks like. Without that information, it's hard to give a good recommendation. |
Anonymous
| A lot of nannies see a new baby as job security, so a small raise now with the promise of continued raises over another 3-4 years of employment is worth it. Not to mention that when your older child goes to school, the job gets easier again, but by then she is likely at a much higher pay rate. |
Anonymous
| $1-$2 more. |
Anonymous
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A dollar or two extra is like a slap in the face!
Infants are a ton of work. Excessive feedings, diaper changes, crying and the need to entertain and provide a change of scenery often is not worth throwing in an extra buck or two per hour. Any family that would be this cheap must have lost their damn minds!!!!!!! |
Anonymous
I was a nanny and this was what I expected and received. It's okay if that doesn't seem like enough to you, but I can assure you the families I worked for were not cheap. By the time baby #2 came along I was earning $21/hr, adding more than $1-2 would have been excessive. |
Anonymous
+1,000,000 |
Anonymous
This. |