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Anonymous wrote:I think the big issue is that the majority of nannies/housekeepers can't grasp that pay scale. I see that it's a fair pay, but the ability for them to understand this is limited.

I'd simply post a $17/hr hourly rate and pay them for hours worked. It will save you money in the long run.

Clearly Op can't budget though, which is why she came up with the convoluted system in the first place. She wants to pay exactly the same amount each week, whether nanny works 1 hour or 40. She's basically overpaying up front to pay less over the summer, which is why ANY nanny that finished High School would work half the year for the good money and then bail for the summer and take a better job.

Actually, I wanted to frame it this way because if I go straight hourly, then I don't think the job would be as appealing. We take a ton of time off. However, given the attitude and work ethic you seem to attribute to all nannies, I'm better off offering a guaranteed 20hrs a week and paying out 2 weeks vacation at the guaranteed rate. As others pointed out, it will probably save me in the long run, rather than paying out a flat 500 during the summer for the 3.5 weeks the nanny would be off.

Or I could just hire someone with integrity.....

Someone with integrity costs more than $12 an hour hun

OP here. How does 26,000 divided by 1465=12? Head injury?

This is assuming that my kids would attend no camps and I would go on no vacations. This year alone, our AP has 6 weeks off. My housekkper/nanny would be paid 52 weeks.

IF You are indicative of tbe intellect of the candidstes out there, i will offer $17. Clearly this is a concept well over your pay grade.

Oh bless your dear heart. You wrote $12.50/hr in your original post for the summer based on the weekly rate and the hours required. No nanny will follow along with your deal after you drop their hourly rate so low. You are a bad employer.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the big issue is that the majority of nannies/housekeepers can't grasp that pay scale. I see that it's a fair pay, but the ability for them to understand this is limited.

I'd simply post a $17/hr hourly rate and pay them for hours worked. It will save you money in the long run.

Clearly Op can't budget though, which is why she came up with the convoluted system in the first place. She wants to pay exactly the same amount each week, whether nanny works 1 hour or 40. She's basically overpaying up front to pay less over the summer, which is why ANY nanny that finished High School would work half the year for the good money and then bail for the summer and take a better job.

Actually, I wanted to frame it this way because if I go straight hourly, then I don't think the job would be as appealing. We take a ton of time off. However, given the attitude and work ethic you seem to attribute to all nannies, I'm better off offering a guaranteed 20hrs a week and paying out 2 weeks vacation at the guaranteed rate. As others pointed out, it will probably save me in the long run, rather than paying out a flat 500 during the summer for the 3.5 weeks the nanny would be off.

Or I could just hire someone with integrity.....

Someone with integrity costs more than $12 an hour hun

OP here. How does 26,000 divided by 1465=12? Head injury?

This is assuming that my kids would attend no camps and I would go on no vacations. This year alone, our AP has 6 weeks off. My housekkper/nanny would be paid 52 weeks.

IF You are indicative of tbe intellect of the candidstes out there, i will offer $17. Clearly this is a concept well over your pay grade.

Oh bless your dear heart. You wrote $12.50/hr in your original post for the summer based on the weekly rate and the hours required. No nanny will follow along with your deal after you drop their hourly rate so low. You are a bad employer.

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The hours I require during the school year are 12:30PM-5:30PM (probably off closer to 5:15, but this time block just in case). From 12:30PM to 3PM I need someone to do basic grocery shopping, laundry, straighten the house, run errands as needed, basic meal prep (like chop onions, start rice, peel potatoes type stuff). Around 3, get the kids from school, make the a snack, let them play (prevent them from killing each other), supervise their chores, get them started on homework, and possibly drive them to a practice or activity. Kids are 7 & 11.

Summer hours would be a flat 40 guaranteed, but in reality my kids are in half day camps every other week or so. Same house duties as above. Sometimes the day would be 7-3, sometimes 9-5. As far as going to the grocery store and other short errands, kids are old enough to be left at home. Again, the nanny is needed for supervision, these are not toddler children.

2 weeks vacation of your choice, all federal holidays off, and paid when the family takes vacation (this year we are taking a 3.5 week vacation in the summer, on week at Christmas, and 1 week at spring break and would not require nanny to take her vacation at the same time-the 3.5 weeks is NOT normal, normally it s 1 week in summer and a total of 3-4 weeks vacation for our family).

I'd like to do a flat rate of $500/wk, 52 weeks a year.

That would basically mean an average of $20/hr during the school year and $12.50 during the summer. Any potential OT (highly unlikely with the camp schedule, most likely nanny would be sub 40hrs) during the summer would be paid at the $12.50 time and a half rate, exceeding the flat $500 weekly rate.

Based on my calculations, this job would average out to 28.7hrs a week over 52 weeks and $17.74/hr at that flat rate and a potential for 4 weeks off paid a year, plus fed holidays.

Anonymous wrote:You'd be surprised at the amount of applicants who apply to $10/hr jobs when the guaranteed income is a steady $500/week cash, even though their posted preferred rate is $15 or $12-$20. Your best bet will be a grad student taking online classes or evening classes (undergrads not that used to doing housework), people in their 50s or 60s with kids out of the school system. Or illegals.