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[quote=Anonymous][b] Hint: When a nanny tells you her last job paid her 25/hr, don't be greedy and try getting her down to your 18. If she's out of reach for your finances, let her move on. Few parents can afford her, but those who can, are the ones she wants.[/b]

"don't be greedy" - I can't imagine a situation where this conversation last longer than the nanny stating her rate is $25 and the parents asking if she would consider the job for a rate of $18. Asking that question is not greedy. If the answer from  the nanny is no then everyone does move on. isn't this stating the obvious. If a nanny might be offended by the parent asking this question and considers them greedy then I doubt the interview process rsults in much interaction beyond this point.

At some point if a family prepared to pay $25/hr does not turn up for 2 or 3 months and that nanny is out of work then the higher priced nanny's annual income may have resulted in being lower than the $18/hr income they could have had with the original offer.  As with most professions, the high salaries are only sustainable if there is a market for them. Also a nanny who starts with a family on a more average/reasonable market rate has a better shot at a longer term position with a  family when the competing costs of schools and activities come in.  it would be an easier (financially, maybe not emotionally) decision to give up a nanny being paid $25/30 hr when a family is also paying school fees etc. but propbably a different decision if the nanny is paid at the market norm.
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