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[quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays]No, 15:33, I am trying to say that nanny raises are never cut and dried, since families all have different numbers and ages of kids, as well as different childcare needs.

I am also attempting to tactfully suggest to the OP that it's better to offer a slight bit more than what a PP suggested doing. Using a mathematical formula to determine exactly how many hours nanny will have each child is, IMO, pretty foolish, unless, as I said, there is NO WAY that nanny would EVER have more work to do than was mathematically determined.

Nannies know when they are being given minimal raises despite their having to exert maximum effort. If a family simply cannot afford to pay their nanny  a reasonable rate, they need to examine other childcare options. If a family simply wishes to minimize what they pay their nanny because they feel they don't need to offer money equal to the job being done, then they need to make other childcare choices.

If the PP above could truly not afford to give a $2 per hour raise for all hours worked in a week, then she did the best she could, and her nanny can choose to stay or go. But if the PP could easily afford to give, say, a $100 ($2 x 50 hours) raise, and simply decided that she didn't feel like the work involved with the new baby was worth that much, even with older kids in school who may be home more often than her formula indicated, and chose to give $40 then she may be seeking new childcare.

Parents/employers don't seem to like to hear this, but nannies KNOW what you spend on yourselves/your house/your kids. Personally, I don't calculate my raise amounts based on what I see employers spending, but I am in the minority. Most nannies, faced with a minimal raise for a new baby and seeing huge expenditures on new electronics/home renovations/clothes, [b]will decide their employers are cheap, and will leave for a better paying job.[/b]

[b]That's just reality[/b].[/quote]

That is, IF there is a better paying job. The reality is that there is a glut of nannies right now looking for jobs. I just posted an ad looking for a Mother's helper with rate at $12 per hour and almost every applicant (dozens) is a nanny, not a high school student like I was expecting, saying they will work for $12/hr as a nanny or a mother's helper. There are posts on this site(former nanny board) talking about "why I can't find a job when I have been looking for 6 months." I think a lot of nannies are upset at this and vent on this board talking about how employers need to "get it" and that they will leave if paid badly or whatever. The reality is that the global economy is down and the nanny professional is typically a low wage job. [i]That's the reality.[/i] There may be one or two "better paying jobs" out there, sure, depending on what you are paying but it doesn't seem like the OP is paying low. 
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