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[quote=nannydebsays]First off, many many nannies expect to work 50+ hour weeks. As long as you don't expect nanny to never sit down and stay constantly busy with housework, a 60 hour week is NOT guaranteed to burn nanny out.

Your answer depends on a few things:

1) Your childcare budget - if you hire one nanny to work 60 hours, you'll be looking at a lot of OT hours. For example, if you found a nanny who earns $15/hour, a 60 hour week (with 20 hours paid at $22.50) means a GROSS weekly paycheck of $1050, plus an additional $150 or so for your share of taxes and the cost of a nanny tax service. On the other hand, hiring 2 nannies to split the hours and avoid OT means a total gross weekly payout of $900 plus that $150 in employer costs. So your yearly cost differential is $7800.

2) Whether you can find 2 nannies whose childcare philosophies are compatible with yours, and whether they can effectively work together and split the shifts. Yes, even if they work different days, they have to be able to work together. If nanny A does the laundry but doesn't get it put away on her day, Nanny B needs to be willing to put the clean stuff away without grousing. You'll be managing a childcare TEAM, and that has a full set of possible issues.

3) Whether you can find the 2 nannies above who are willing and able to manage on a lower "salary" than is normal for a nanny to earn. Let's say they split the days 3/2. $15 x 36 = $540 and $15 x 24 = $360. If you also expect them to be able to cover for each other, even last minute, you have just limited their ability to find other work for the days they are not scheduled for you. If you don't expect that, they may find other work that forces them to ask you to adjust your hour expectation. If nanny A works 3 days for you, she needs a 2 day job that slots into her available time perfectly. If she can't find that, she may come to you to ask if she can, instead, work 5 short days in order to take an after school job elsewhere. If the other nanny isn't willing to then shift HER schedule, you have chaos.

Good luck in your decision![/quote]

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