How much will I have to pay for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP's nanny is an adult, she can make her own decisions. If she chooses to work for minimum wage versus a fast food joint that pays more that is her choice.

If everyone is truly worried about the wage write your congressman and work to raise it, but minimum wage is perfectly fine and many people are currently paid that.

Unethical would be to pay her 18 dollars an hour and make sure she doesn't get enough hours to support herself or be classified as full time (many companies do that and everyone is okay with that scenario).

Do you even hear yourself...you sound so ignorant. Minimum wage is a complete and utter joke. After taxes it’s more like $5 hour. I know it’s so hard on that high horse to relate to a large portion of society but poverty is very real and guess what, even if it is a live in position this woman is poverty level. If she gets fired she’s basically homeless bc you d*mn sure can’t have a savings making $5 an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone who thinks it's ethical to pay someone $7.25/hour should try supporting their own family on minimum wage (before taxes). let's see how quickly they change their tune. if you can't afford a nanny and won't deign to put your child in daycare, then stay home or stay childless. your children are not god's gift to the earth, and if you want someone else to raise them for a living you better make sure it IS a living.

23.59 (again). OP is specifically looking for a live-in nanny, so the nanny isn’t going to be supporting a family here, and if she is sending money overseas to family at home? $7.25 USD goes a heck of lot farther there than here.

Most professional nannies wouldn’t be interested. But if OP is willing to take a recent immigrant with little to no English, a college student or someone with zero childcare experience? There are people who would jump for this position. Factor in that it’s paid legally, and it’s $7.25/hour AFTER taxes? It’s a decent starting job for someone.

It’s so sad that you sit here jusifying this position bc someone desperately in need of work would have to “jump” at this position. And actually if it’s paid legally it’s more like $5-$6 an hour. No, this is not a decent starting job. It is a slap in the face and shows the nature of many people who want cheap labor. You keep defending this entitled “MB” bc it shows your character as well.

[Anonymous]

We sponsored her from a fishing village in a developing country where she was earning less than $50/month. Pretty sure she is happy to be making far more here, and supporting her family back home. The kids are taught to respect her and they love her. My middling salary has allowed me to work and provide her a job she otherwise would not have.

Translation: "She was poor, so I knew she would be so greatful to make minimum wage taking care of my kids. I knew I could never afford to pay enough to hire a nanny who made $10/hour (SOOOO entitled!!). This way I get to play Lady Bountiful, pretend to be better off than I actually am, and pat myself on the back for changing my nanny's life!"

[Anonymous]

OP don’t listen to many of the posters (most of them are nannies looking to keep wages high).

Many small businesses pay minimum wage nothing wrong with that.

[Anonymous]

People really don’t know squat about taxes. I do taxes for a living and no way someone that makes minimum wage would pay that high in taxes (if it’s a family or single mom likely it would be a credit (they will get paid for working at such a low wage)).

7.25 minimum and posters saying that is 5 after tax don’t know what they are taking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:everyone who thinks it's ethical to pay someone $7.25/hour should try supporting their own family on minimum wage (before taxes). let's see how quickly they change their tune. if you can't afford a nanny and won't deign to put your child in daycare, then stay home or stay childless. your children are not god's gift to the earth, and if you want someone else to raise them for a living you better make sure it IS a living.

The nannies on this board that say this are being so disrespectful. People’s decisions to have children and how they make childcare work is up to them. You don’t want the job, you think it’s beneath you or doesn’t pay enough, fine- move along. People make all sorts of arrangements work- it’s not for you to judge what’s appropriate for another family

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone who thinks it's ethical to pay someone $7.25/hour should try supporting their own family on minimum wage (before taxes). let's see how quickly they change their tune. if you can't afford a nanny and won't deign to put your child in daycare, then stay home or stay childless. your children are not god's gift to the earth, and if you want someone else to raise them for a living you better make sure it IS a living.

23.59 (again). OP is specifically looking for a live-in nanny, so the nanny isn’t going to be supporting a family here, and if she is sending money overseas to family at home? $7.25 USD goes a heck of lot farther there than here.

Most professional nannies wouldn’t be interested. But if OP is willing to take a recent immigrant with little to no English, a college student or someone with zero childcare experience? There are people who would jump for this position. Factor in that it’s paid legally, and it’s $7.25/hour AFTER taxes? It’s a decent starting job for someone.

It’s so sad that you sit here jusifying this position bc someone desperately in need of work would have to “jump” at this position. And actually if it’s paid legally it’s more like $5-$6 an hour. No, this is not a decent starting job. It is a slap in the face and shows the nature of many people who want cheap labor. You keep defending this entitled “MB” bc it shows your character as well.

It's after taxes... That means that gross is closer to $8 than $6. And I took cheap positions when I had no experience and people didn't want to talk to me without references. For a live-in position? It's fine, not great, but fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone who thinks it's ethical to pay someone $7.25/hour should try supporting their own family on minimum wage (before taxes). let's see how quickly they change their tune. if you can't afford a nanny and won't deign to put your child in daycare, then stay home or stay childless. your children are not god's gift to the earth, and if you want someone else to raise them for a living you better make sure it IS a living.

23.59 (again). OP is specifically looking for a live-in nanny, so the nanny isn’t going to be supporting a family here, and if she is sending money overseas to family at home? $7.25 USD goes a heck of lot farther there than here.

Most professional nannies wouldn’t be interested. But if OP is willing to take a recent immigrant with little to no English, a college student or someone with zero childcare experience? There are people who would jump for this position. Factor in that it’s paid legally, and it’s $7.25/hour AFTER taxes? It’s a decent starting job for someone.

It’s so sad that you sit here jusifying this position bc someone desperately in need of work would have to “jump” at this position. And actually if it’s paid legally it’s more like $5-$6 an hour. No, this is not a decent starting job. It is a slap in the face and shows the nature of many people who want cheap labor. You keep defending this entitled “MB” bc it shows your character as well.

It's after taxes... That means that gross is closer to $8 than $6. And I took cheap positions when I had no experience and people didn't want to talk to me without references. For a live-in position? It's fine, not great, but fine.

Would you say that to your child who wanted to be a domestic? Be honest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People really don’t know squat about taxes. I do taxes for a living and no way someone that makes minimum wage would pay that high in taxes (if it’s a family or single mom likely it would be a credit (they will get paid for working at such a low wage)).

7.25 minimum and posters saying that is 5 after tax don’t know what they are taking about.

Oh so since you know so much please do tell, how much tax would someone making $7.25 pay? Bc they would still have to pay taxes. Sorry but $7.25 isn’t a lot and even if they only paid $.25 in taxes it’s still lowering the take home amount. And the tax credit wouldn’t even be enough to make up for the low wage. Children and families are expensive. COL anywhere is expensive when you are only making $7.25

[Anonymous]

no, everyone is not fine with companies who choose to keep their employees at below the minimum amount of hours to receive benefits like health insurance. everyone is not fine with the state of wealth inequality and the abuse of the working poor. you are not entitled to have children and a devoted servant to care for them. anyone who exploits others for their own well being is trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone who thinks it's ethical to pay someone $7.25/hour should try supporting their own family on minimum wage (before taxes). let's see how quickly they change their tune. if you can't afford a nanny and won't deign to put your child in daycare, then stay home or stay childless. your children are not god's gift to the earth, and if you want someone else to raise them for a living you better make sure it IS a living.

The nannies on this board that say this are being so disrespectful. People’s decisions to have children and how they make childcare work is up to them. You don’t want the job, you think it’s beneath you or doesn’t pay enough, fine- move along. People make all sorts of arrangements work- it’s not for you to judge what’s appropriate for another family

You are a hypocrite. You just judged nannies bc they don’t agree with you. You go ahead and treat ppl like trash bc you chose to have children knowing full well you couldn’t afford them. I have no problem judging awful ppl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no, everyone is not fine with companies who choose to keep their employees at below the minimum amount of hours to receive benefits like health insurance. everyone is not fine with the state of wealth inequality and the abuse of the working poor. you are not entitled to have children and a devoted servant to care for them. anyone who exploits others for their own well being is trash.

Say it louder for the foolish entitled ppl on this thread.

[Anonymous]

The nannies on this thread are crazy. OP has said that she pays the nanny's taxes, room & board. If nanny is getting paid 40 hours a week for doing 30 hours of work, her hourly rate can easily be north of $15/hour. Maybe not enough to tempt you lot, but not a bad rate and hardly unethical and evil.

[Anonymous]

how exactly is she making north of fifteen dollars an hour? forty hours of work at $7.25/hour is $290.

if she were making $15 an hour for thirty hours, she would make $450 per week. please, enlighten us to how she is making more than $15 an hour. please.

those who are saying that she is not paying taxes at that low rate are also incorrect. she would make $13,920 a year. she will still owe taxes, including medicare and social security. in new york, for example, she would have an approximately $1600 tax burden (over $1,000 of which is federal/FICA income taxes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:everyone who thinks it's ethical to pay someone $7.25/hour should try supporting their own family on minimum wage (before taxes). let's see how quickly they change their tune. if you can't afford a nanny and won't deign to put your child in daycare, then stay home or stay childless. your children are not god's gift to the earth, and if you want someone else to raise them for a living you better make sure it IS a living.

The nannies on this board that say this are being so disrespectful. People’s decisions to have children and how they make childcare work is up to them. You don’t want the job, you think it’s beneath you or doesn’t pay enough, fine- move along. People make all sorts of arrangements work- it’s not for you to judge what’s appropriate for another family

You are a hypocrite. You just judged nannies bc they don’t agree with you. You go ahead and treat ppl like trash bc you chose to have children knowing full well you couldn’t afford them. I have no problem judging awful ppl.

Oh my goodness. You sound awful and very bitter. How long have you been out of a job? It must be difficult getting people to hire you with your attitude.