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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One is asking for $15/hour the other is asking for $17.

Both of them have a child the same age as my oldest so it will be 3 kids in my house.

Obviously this is ridiculous but I'm wondering if I should let them know they're asking too much. Would you offer lesser money to them or just move on?[/quote]

These rates may not be ridiculous for these nannies, even if they aren't going to work for you. Typically a NWOC offers a percentage decrease in what they'd otherwise be eligible to make, so if Nanny B normally makes $20-22/hr for 2 kids, dropping her rate to $17 is the level of savings you'd expect to see in a nanny bringing her own child. You can by all means say that this is more than you're comfortable paying for someone who's bringing their own child along, but please don't attempt to offer an objective analysis because you can't do that (and neither can we).

And FWIW, many of the parents I've known who hired nannies with their own children said that although the cost savings was not great (as it would be in a nanny share), these were the only nannies they felt comfortable hiring from the pool of applicants they interviewed. In a case like that, a great nanny with her own child really could command $15-17/hr.[/quote]

It would be very unusual to find a family willing to pay $15-17 for a nanny who brings her own child to work.  Not saying it has never happened, but outside of this board, I've never heard of anyone being willing to pay more than share rates ($9-10 per hour) for a nanny who wants to bring her own child to work.[/quote]

And I'd say it's very unusual to find a family who thinks having a NWOC is the same as being part of a nanny share. But that's just my experience.[/quote]

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