The $15 per hour nanny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What area are you in, pp?

The suburbs of Philadelphia.

[Anonymous]

Part of being a professional is paying your fair share of taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Part of being a professional is paying your fair share of taxes.

Okay, so then I'm an "unprofessional" career nanny? I really don't care what a couple of angry strangers on an anonymous board have to say about me.

[Anonymous]

If you didn't care, you would not be here.

[Anonymous]

I am interested in what other have to say regarding nanny topics. I don't really care what others have to say about me and how I do things. If I was interested in what others had to say about me then I would post a topic and ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What nannies don't realize is that some starting salary lawyers don't even make 45,000 a year. I made less than that at my first law job. And law students usually have loans. You find ways to get by. I think some nannies on this forum think they should make more, but they don't realize that the employer can't always afford to pay more.

Then don't hire a nanny!

[Anonymous]

You'd think that a lawyer would have better reasoning skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What nannies don't realize is that some starting salary lawyers don't even make 45,000 a year. I made less than that at my first law job. And law students usually have loans. You find ways to get by. I think some nannies on this forum think they should make more, but they don't realize that the employer can't always afford to pay more.

Then don't hire a nanny!

Exactly.

What parents don't realize is that just because their job title reads "doctor" or "lawyer" does not mean they can afford a nanny. It is the most expensive form of childcare. You are not entitled to it. The end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you, 19:01, for posting. The reason why most good nannies are nannies, is because they really love to care for children. It's such an embarrassing shame how many parents look down on those who are raising their children. It seems that for many of these parents, the children are just another commodity to add to their portfolios.

Some of you guys simply don't understand supply / demand economics. Nannies often balk at getting paid anything less than $45k/year, but keep in mind that the number of people who can afford to pay $55k/year (including employer taxes and other costs plus salary) AFTER TAX on a nanny need to bring in a significant amount of $$$. And the reality is that there are only so many couple who make well over $250k/year employing nannies. The demand just isn't there and then there is a LOT of competition for those high paying jobs.

Sorry, but that doesn't mean parents look down on a nanny or don't value the nanny. The going rate for an inexperienced nanny for 1-2 kids is just simply not over $15/hour.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, 16:34,

DCUM Nanny of the Year!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What nannies don't realize is that some starting salary lawyers don't even make 45,000 a year. I made less than that at my first law job. And law students usually have loans. You find ways to get by. I think some nannies on this forum think they should make more, but they don't realize that the employer can't always afford to pay more.

Then don't hire a nanny!

Then don't work as a nanny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you, 19:01, for posting. The reason why most good nannies are nannies, is because they really love to care for children. It's such an embarrassing shame how many parents look down on those who are raising their children. It seems that for many of these parents, the children are just another commodity to add to their portfolios.

Some of you guys simply don't understand supply / demand economics. Nannies often balk at getting paid anything less than $45k/year, but keep in mind that the number of people who can afford to pay $55k/year (including employer taxes and other costs plus salary) AFTER TAX on a nanny need to bring in a significant amount of $$$. And the reality is that there are only so many couple who make well over $250k/year employing nannies. The demand just isn't there and then there is a LOT of competition for those high paying jobs.

Sorry, but that doesn't mean parents look down on a nanny or don't value the nanny. The going rate for an inexperienced nanny for 1-2 kids is just simply not over $15/hour.

This. Valuing a nanny and paying more are not the same thing - parents pay what they can afford. If the market demanded nannies were paid over $45 K a year, it's not that people would pay more - it's that they would employ nannies less and many of the nannies on this board would be out of a job.

[Anonymous]

The problem is how many people believe:

Warm Body = Nanny

It's so darn sad.

[Anonymous]

Decent English isn't even a given, in your bloated pool.

[Anonymous]

*bloated nanny pool