nannies, why don't you charge per child

[Anonymous]

Sorry typo I meant who can afford $15 per kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, no one said to double the hourly rate for a new baby. But as some parent on this forum has stated, a $5/hr increase is appropriate. A two dollar increase is an insult.

Exactly. I'd be leaving a job that offered me an extra dollar for an additional infant. Some entitled parents are truly out of their minds.

[Anonymous]

I think adding $3-5 extra for an infant is reasonable. Parent here.

[JenniferKimura]

Thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry typo I meant who can afford $15 per kid

So? Then you should have thought about ALL the costs of a child prior to having a child. Nannies should be paid appropriately and $15/hr to care for more than one child is ridiculous. Two children are twice as much work, three are triple work. She should be paid appropriately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think adding $3-5 extra for an infant is reasonable. Parent here.

$5 extra is what I charge.

[Anonymous]

If I asked to be paid per child, would my pay decrease when one of the kids starts kindergarten?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I asked to be paid per child, would my pay decrease when one of the kids starts kindergarten?

Depends on the circumstances. If I'm on call to bring things to school, pick up a sick/misbehaving child, doing the child's laundry (and possibly packing their lunch) and I'm with them on all non-school days? I get the same rate. If someone else is going to do all of that, the child is no longer my charge, so I expect to drop to a lower rate.

[Anonymous]

Pay per child seems like a pay method that is not linked to the market or to the actual workload. I have four kids and there is no way on God's green earth that they are 4X the work of a single kid. I would even say it's easier - they have playmates and basically do their own thing with each other. I do think bumping the pay up when an infant joins the family is reasonable but as the kids go off to school, then the nanny should expect for the salary to not grow as much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are paid $15.00 for one child it hardly seems fair to only give you a measly dollar and increase for adding a new baby. It is twice the work. You are cheating yourselves.

You are exactly correct, OP.

[Anonymous]

You are paying someone for their time first, and the workload second. That's true in most jobs -- the base pay has to be enough to support them, and then the rest of the pay reflects duties, the job market, extra knowledge or skills, whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pay per child seems like a pay method that is not linked to the market or to the actual workload. I have four kids and there is no way on God's green earth that they are 4X the work of a single kid. I would even say it's easier - they have playmates and basically do their own thing with each other. I do think bumping the pay up when an infant joins the family is reasonable but as the kids go off to school, then the nanny should expect for the salary to not grow as much.

You are wrong and you know it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This discussion reminds me what happened when my mother retired from her (longtime) whirlwind job. Just to cover what she was doing for the company, they had to hire THREE full-time people.

Do you think they wished they had doubled her salary to maybe keep her on?

Same thing happened to my mother...
THREE full time people to replace her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pay per child seems like a pay method that is not linked to the market or to the actual workload. I have four kids and there is no way on God's green earth that they are 4X the work of a single kid. I would even say it's easier - they have playmates and basically do their own thing with each other. I do think bumping the pay up when an infant joins the family is reasonable but as the kids go off to school, then the nanny should expect for the salary to not grow as much.

You are wrong and you know it.

She is absolutely correct....and she dang well knows it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are paid $15.00 for one child it hardly seems fair to only give you a measly dollar and increase for adding a new baby. It is twice the work. You are cheating yourselves.

Agreed. I got $5/hr extra for the new baby.