Stop wasting my time if your rates are $9/hr higher than advertised.

[Anonymous]

Why do people apply for a job clearly posted as $14-$15, interview in person, then tell me their rates are actually $23? Isn't it common sense that the gap is too big? That's going from something like $2800 a month to $4600 a month. That is more than a 50% increase. Please don't apply to something that clearly states the rate with a dollar range. That employer will not bump up the rate that high. Don't you think if she had the budget to go much higher the ad would have been for $14-$24?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people apply for a job clearly posted as $14-$15, interview in person, then tell me their rates are actually $23? Isn't it common sense that the gap is too big? That's going from something like $2800 a month to $4600 a month. That is more than a 50% increase. Please don't apply to something that clearly states the rate with a dollar range. That employer will not bump up the rate that high. Don't you think if she had the budget to go much higher the ad would have been for $14-$24?

I have no clue why anyone would ever apply for that job. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

No idea.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

Good point!
OP, just confirm your high school sitter rate at the onset of your first conversation.

[Anonymous]

Nanny is not finding jobs at her desired rate so she is applying to any and all postings hoping someone will bite. Maybe have phone conversation first OP to weed out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

I had someone interview for my job yesterday and ask for $13-15 per hour. I was planning to offer her $20/hr. My neighbors in Potomac pay their full time nanny $15/hr off the books. DCUM nannies inflate rates, we all know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

Good point!
OP, just confirm your high school sitter rate at the onset of your first conversation.

+1 I agree that nannies assume that your $14-$15 an hour was a typo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

I had someone interview for my job yesterday and ask for $13-15 per hour. I was planning to offer her $20/hr. My neighbors in Potomac pay their full time nanny $15/hr off the books. DCUM nannies inflate rates, we all know that.

+1. OP likely interviewed one of these dcum typo nannies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

I had someone interview for my job yesterday and ask for $13-15 per hour. I was planning to offer her $20/hr. My neighbors in Potomac pay their full time nanny $15/hr off the books. DCUM nannies inflate rates, we all know that.

Send the names of the nannies who want $13 and hour to OP. Problem solved and issue resolved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

I had someone interview for my job yesterday and ask for $13-15 per hour. I was planning to offer her $20/hr. My neighbors in Potomac pay their full time nanny $15/hr off the books. DCUM nannies inflate rates, we all know that.

$20 on the books is about $15 off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they thought it was a typo - they just couldn't believe that in 2017 in DC someone thought they would get even a barely decent babysitter for $14 an hour!!

I had someone interview for my job yesterday and ask for $13-15 per hour. I was planning to offer her $20/hr. My neighbors in Potomac pay their full time nanny $15/hr off the books. DCUM nannies inflate rates, we all know that.

Who told you what your neighbors are paying?

[Anonymous]

Goes both ways, OP. I have a profile on care.com that states clearly that my rate is $25 to $30 an hour and just this morning I got a request to watch two children for $15 an hour. It happens about once a month.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goes both ways, OP. I have a profile on care.com that states clearly that my rate is $25 to $30 an hour and just this morning I got a request to watch two children for $15 an hour. It happens about once a month.

Why?

This is so true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goes both ways, OP. I have a profile on care.com that states clearly that my rate is $25 to $30 an hour and just this morning I got a request to watch two children for $15 an hour. It happens about once a month.

Why?

This is so true.

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