The *real* price of an additional child for Nanny

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know any hospice workers personally but I do know of nurses that earn roughly 115k per year. So yeah, they're not gonna be buying a new benz every 6 months but they're not exactly struggling now are they? And any nanny who thinks they can make that kind of money just from being a nanny is absolutely out of their mind.

Don't you read the newspaper? The press loves to write about nannies earning over $100K, just because of the shock value for people like you.

I am a big news reader and never hear about nannies making 100K.. Maybe Celebrity nannies but your average nanny, lmao, NO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The market determines the rate. Good luck going from $15 to $30 when a baby arrives.

You have no clue what the real "market rate" is. All you do know, is what your friends tell you.

I don't have any nanny friends. Also, I have a firm grasp on the market rate.

Even if you own one of the domestic payroll companies or nanny agencies, that is only one corner of the market. So how is it that you believe you have a "firm grasp on the market rate"? I hope you are not going to cite one of the many polls that ask people to claim what they want.

Whoever thought she had a grasp on the market, had a gap in her brain.

[Anonymous]

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So interesting how when your're doing a share, you want to pay only 1/2 of the nanny's rates.

However, if it's your new baby doubling (at least) nanny's responsibilities, then it's worth only $1-2. extra pay.

Are nannies really THAT stupid???

No one doubles their workload for an extra $2/hr.

....No one except for dumb nannies who can't do basic mathematics.

yes they do - my husband lost money with his last 2 promotions (e.g., assistant manager to branch manager). Double the work never means double the money unless you are talking doubling the hours worked perhaps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know any hospice workers personally but I do know of nurses that earn roughly 115k per year. So yeah, they're not gonna be buying a new benz every 6 months but they're not exactly struggling now are they? And any nanny who thinks they can make that kind of money just from being a nanny is absolutely out of their mind.

Don't you read the newspaper? The press loves to write about nannies earning over $100K, just because of the shock value for people like you.

I am a big news reader and never hear about nannies making 100K.. Maybe Celebrity nannies but your average nanny, lmao, NO.

NP here.

Not sure who I'm supporting/disagreeing with here, but I am a moderate news reader and I do see articles about those highly-paid nannies in the news with relative frequency (a few times a year). Not sure why you haven't.

Obviously they are outliers, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The market determines the rate. Good luck going from $15 to $30 when a baby arrives.

You have no clue what the real "market rate" is. All you do know, is what your friends tell you.

I don't have any nanny friends. Also, I have a firm grasp on the market rate.

Even if you own one of the domestic payroll companies or nanny agencies, that is only one corner of the market. So how is it that you believe you have a "firm grasp on the market rate"? I hope you are not going to cite one of the many polls that ask people to claim what they want.

Whoever thought she had a grasp on the market, had a gap in her brain.

I just don't see the point in arguing with stupid. I'm paid for my time, experience and workload. An additional child does not double those things.

If you can find a market that supports such lunacy, good on you. But, it's not a realistic goal or in line with market rates.

[Anonymous]

I feel like some people on this board are truly illiterate. No one, now read carefully here, NO ONE, said it has to be doubled!!! It's been said that 1-2 dollars more is insufficient.

[Anonymous]

Go ahead and ask for what you think it's worth. If your employer agrees, then all is well. If they follow market norms, they will not pay it.

Let us know how it works out for you.

[Anonymous]

Gotta love nanny logic. This is why some nannies are always unemployed.

So according to nanny logic, a MB having a second child should result in doubling the salary even though the market rates for 2 kids versus 1 is now near doubled. (In nanny logic, it doesn't occur to nannies that employers would just dump the nanny with the ridiculous rate and hire a new nanny at standard market rates for 2 kids. )

If the nanny wants to bring her child, there should be either no reduction or only a modest reduction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like some people on this board are truly illiterate. No one, now read carefully here, NO ONE, said it has to be doubled!!! It's been said that 1-2 dollars more is insufficient.

At least one person has explained why an increase of one to two dollars make sense. If you disagree, why don't you post your take on the appropriate raise for the second child, and your reasons. Exclamation marks alone don't quite cut it.