Request more hours or a raise?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here and a big thank you to all who offered advice. I was given my raise this morning ($1 an hour) and my employers added another week of paid vacation for me. I am glad I didn't muddy the waters by requesting four additional hours over my raise - the advice to stick to the raise was good - thank you.

Congratulations to you and wishing you all the best. That little boy is so lucky to have you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here and a big thank you to all who offered advice. I was given my raise this morning ($1 an hour) and my employers added another week of paid vacation for me. I am glad I didn't muddy the waters by requesting four additional hours over my raise - the advice to stick to the raise was good - thank you.

Congratulations to you and wishing you all the best. That little boy is so lucky to have you!

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Anonymous wrote:Go for the raise.

+1 You've earned it.

Earned it why? Because she has been there for a year? $18/hr for one child is already on the higher end, the parents could easily find someone in the $12-15/hr range and have room built in for raises.
If you know they are maxed out, OP, why are you even going to ask? Be prepared to have some very concrete reasons why you think you deserve $19/hr if you do bring it up, be prepared to be out of a job as well.

You mean aside from the fact that I am teaching their son to read, to sign and will start early potty training as reasons why I deserve a raise? What about the fact that I have a BA in Education, have never once been late or called in sick, and have never once used my phone to call or text anyone but them when I'm working? How about the fact that I am the best nanny I have ever seen or met and undersold myself initially? What about a simple cost of living increase?

I find parents like you stunningly irritating. I care for my employers child magnificently and he is thriving in my care - that should be reason enough for a merit raise after one full year of employment. I am not a young girl - I have worked in other fields in my life and all involved salary increases after the first year.

Im a nanny and your attitude is awful. Hunny your shit stinks probably worse then everyone else. You are no one special and can be replaced in a nano second. You are only worth what someone will pay, we all are, everyone is. Legally that's minimum wage.

I don't know what OP's shit smells like but she got her raise and an extra week of vacation!!!

An extra paid week of vacation seems like a great way for them to show that they know you're worth more without spending more money they can't afford. My DH is presently a fellow (slightly better paid than a resident, but just by steps up the same shitty scale) and, though we can afford our nanny share -- $12.45/hour, to gross up to $11.50/hour, for 50 guaranteed hours/week -- without dipping into savings, it is really, really tight. Honestly, I don't know that we'll be able to offer our nanny any raise next year (which we've been upfront about), so we were just discussing adding 2 extra weeks of paid vacation -- 1 we families pick and 1 she picks. Once DH finishes fellowship, we can do two years worth of raises at once; I think/hope she knows we value her and it really is a money crunch... I think/hope the unexpected extra vacation helps convey that.