Looking for a live-in nanny for twins in Mclean

[Anonymous]

Hi - We were blessed with twins (two boys) last year (they are ~13 months now) and we're looking for some help. Our current nanny is not live in and will not be able to continue after the next few weeks (flexible on that).

We have a good sized house, certainly big enough to provide a BR/Bath for the Nanny. We're willing to provide a cell phone, use of the minivan whenever needed etc etc. Totally flexible on these things. We would not expect you to work more than 40 hours/week as such, even though you're live in. The occasional help is welcome but not expected.

We'd love to have someone that thinks more along the lines of integrating with our family, vs thinking of it as a job. We expect to have a Nanny atleast for a few years (minimum 5) so, someone long term would be better than changing nannies frequently. We'd love someone who is a native English speaker (or close) but we're willing to compromise on that for an amazing personality.

Since we've never had a live in Nanny before, what kind of rates are we looking at?

[Anonymous]

12-16 per hr with guaranteed pay.

[Anonymous]

When we had a LI we paid $15/hr and all health insurance premiums. Supplied a car, phone, 4 weeks paid time off plus all fed holidays.

[Anonymous]

Op I am interested in this live in nanny position. How can I get ahold of you?

[Anonymous]

$15/hr minimum. Having a live in doesn't save you a ton of money like many parents believe. I actually have friends who pay a live in more money then they'd pay a live out. You're paying for the convenience and the nanny is giving up a lot. Also, live in nannies must also be paid over time so if they go over 40 hours, you need to pay time and a half. you have toddler twins so you should be looking at a minimum of $600/week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$15/hr minimum. Having a live in doesn't save you a ton of money like many parents believe. I actually have friends who pay a live in more money then they'd pay a live out. You're paying for the convenience and the nanny is giving up a lot. Also, live in nannies must also be paid over time so if they go over 40 hours, you need to pay time and a half. you have toddler twins so you should be looking at a minimum of $600/week

What "convenience" is the OP paying for, vs a live out Nanny? 8 hours is 8 hours, live in or live out.

[Anonymous]

In Virginia, live-ins do not need to be paid overtime. Just to clear that up for the OP or anyone else who might be reading. I do not know about other state laws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi - We were blessed with twins (two boys) last year (they are ~13 months now) and we're looking for some help. Our current nanny is not live in and will not be able to continue after the next few weeks (flexible on that).

We have a good sized house, certainly big enough to provide a BR/Bath for the Nanny. We're willing to provide a cell phone, use of the minivan whenever needed etc etc. Totally flexible on these things. We would not expect you to work more than 40 hours/week as such, even though you're live in. The occasional help is welcome but not expected.

We'd love to have someone that thinks more along the lines of integrating with our family, vs thinking of it as a job. We expect to have a Nanny atleast for a few years (minimum 5) so, someone long term would be better than changing nannies frequently. We'd love someone who is a native English speaker (or close) but we're willing to compromise on that for an amazing personality.

Since we've never had a live in Nanny before, what kind of rates are we looking at?

Be careful about how you advertise for this job. Because what I'm reading through is you're going to expect more from the person than what is expected.
Why mentioning the occasionel help if you don't expect it?
Integrating with your family ... vs a job. WRONG. This is a job and you are the employer. This is not a cousin that's going to join your family but a worker.

Keep things professional and you'll be happy

-Nanny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Be careful about how you advertise for this job. Because what I'm reading through is you're going to expect more from the person than what is expected.
Why mentioning the occasionel help if you don't expect it?
Integrating with your family ... vs a job. WRONG. This is a job and you are the employer. This is not a cousin that's going to join your family but a worker.

Keep things professional and you'll be happy

-Nanny

OP here. May be I didn't word it as well as I could have with the "occasional help" thing.

What I was trying to say was that assuming your 8 hour day is up, and since you're a live-in, if you end up let's say making dinner for the babies (which would be outside of the 8 hours) WITHOUT our asking, then that's welcome, but not expected. You can as easily say No and that's perfectly acceptable.

As far as "integrating with our family..." the point I was trying to get across was specifically with the live-in situation, since we've never had that before. You're gonna be living with us, eating with us, relaxing with us and what not. It'd be nice to consider that person as part of our household than an employee. With an employee, I'd ask them to leave the family room in the evening, if we're relaxing there, vs "integrating with our family" which implies you're as much a part of our family as us, and we don't feel awkward around you during non-working hours.

I hope that came across the way I'm thinking in my head...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op I am interested in this live in nanny position. How can I get ahold of you?

OP here. What's your rate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op I am interested in this live in nanny position. How can I get ahold of you?

OP here. What's your rate?

15 per hr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, live-ins do not need to be paid overtime. Just to clear that up for the OP or anyone else who might be reading. I do not know about other state laws.

They must, hoever, be paid straight time for ALL hours worked and many nannies charge more for the inconvenience of living in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Be careful about how you advertise for this job. Because what I'm reading through is you're going to expect more from the person than what is expected.
Why mentioning the occasionel help if you don't expect it?
Integrating with your family ... vs a job. WRONG. This is a job and you are the employer. This is not a cousin that's going to join your family but a worker.

Keep things professional and you'll be happy

-Nanny

OP here. May be I didn't word it as well as I could have with the "occasional help" thing.

What I was trying to say was that assuming your 8 hour day is up, and since you're a live-in, if you end up let's say making dinner for the babies (which would be outside of the 8 hours) WITHOUT our asking, then that's welcome, but not expected. You can as easily say No and that's perfectly acceptable.

As far as "integrating with our family..." the point I was trying to get across was specifically with the live-in situation, since we've never had that before. You're gonna be living with us, eating with us, relaxing with us and what not. It'd be nice to consider that person as part of our household than an employee. With an employee, I'd ask them to leave the family room in the evening, if we're relaxing there, vs "integrating with our family" which implies you're as much a part of our family as us, and we don't feel awkward around you during non-working hours.

I hope that came across the way I'm thinking in my head...

A nanny is an employee, not a member of your family. As suggested, keep it a professional relationship to avoid a lot of problems!

[Anonymous]

OP here. With the responses I'm seeing...I think we should reconsider the whole line-in idea and just hire someone who can be onsite for 8 hours.

[Anonymous]

*live-in