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[quote=Anonymous][quote]and certain DCUM posters told me that I was paying close to the market rate (!). I feel like a sucker.[/quote]

If you based your rates on what the nannies post on this board rather than negotiating with candidates and looking at rates in your area then yes you are a sucker. I did the same thing and hired a nanny at $16 an hour who did no housekeeping. I later found out that everyone else in my area was paying around $12 an hour and their nannies were just as qualified and usually better than mine. We let our nanny go and hired a new nanny for $12 an hour who is much better with the kids and does light housekeeping. It just didn't make sense to give raises to someone who I started too high and wasn't flexible in doing anything beyond what she originally accepted even though her workload was declining as my younger child was napping for long stretches and my older child went to preschool. Best decision ever! 10K savings, better more active nanny, happier kids, and clean house with laundry and grocery shopping done.

It was an amicable parting because I told the old nanny that we needed someone who could so housekeeping and we're not in the position to increase the salary so if she wasn't interested then we need to find someone else. My old nanny ended up taking a job with a longer commute for $14 an hour with 3 kids under 4 that includes housekeeping. She would have been better off taking on some additional responsibilities and not expecting to move up to $17 for no housekeeping or $20 for housekeeping. [/quote]

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