Bilingual Nanny - Premium rate?
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Anonymous
| Do any employers out there pay a premium/higher rate for a bilingual nanny ? I am in the process of hiring a nanny and am asking for 100% Spanish with the kids. |
Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
| Nope. Our nanny is bilingual - French and English - and it's just how they grew up. |
Anonymous
| Spanish? No, you pay for scarcity, not prevalence. |
Anonymous
| We got our bilingual nanny through an agency; her rate is $35. My kids love learning a second language and are picking up a lot of words. |
Anonymous
| Nope. If it's a less common language like Russian or Mandarin some families end up paying more because candidates are scare and nannies often attract multiple job offers so families may offer more to be competitive or "win" the nanny. But in general, a vast majority of nannies are bilingual with the most common languages in this area being Spanish and French outside of English. |
Anonymous
| Only for an uncommon and highly desired language— Mandarin yes, Spanish no. |
1SWMom
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Nope, in this market ironically 100% Spanish is actually considered a deficit and after 2 years with my nanny I can tell you the constant google translate can be hindering at times. However I hired her for my daughter and the nanny share and the results have been amazing the girl’s are fluent and that’s all that matters.
My nanny is available in September when we begin PRE-K-3 by the way if you are interested. |
NinaLu
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| If you consider that your children at an early age will learn a second and/or third language naturally for the price of a babysitter and that you will not have to pay for a trip to Spain and pay for language schools, you should not think twice. ….please write for more details, lagranvia1223@gmail.com In Japan, job offers require trilingual and multilingual personnel in the generation of 20s and 30s and this is normal for multinationals. Having a nanny with manners and bi or multilingual is a luxury!! |
Anonymous
| Definitely not for Spanish. Probably not for french. Maybe something like mandarin you would pay a premium. |
Anonymous
| It’s sad that pay isn’t higher especially if you are specifically hiring for that reason. Just like most jobs out there- they expect you to just to help out in any specific language and not get paid for it. If you want to pay extra go for it, it’s the right thing to do! |
Anonymous
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For in demand rare languages, sure.
For Spanish, no. And let's be realistic - how bilingual? Is it fluency in both languages? Or is the English very basic? |