Reply to Negotiating pay

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "Negotiating pay"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You absolutely should counter offer if the nanny's original quoted rates are higher than your budget! Only the crappy nannies on this site would have you believe that a nanny names her price and should be better whatever she comes up with.

It would not be smart for a nanny to ask for as much as she thinks she may be able to find but this is often a few dollars above what she is prepared to accept and other offers that she will find. In addition, many long term nannies whose rates rose out of whack with the market (annual raises, extra kid etc) will begin by looking for the same rate and then come to a realization of what the market will bear.

When we were looking every single nanny who quoted a rate higher than we were offering quickly came back agreeing to our rate. It wasn't a difficult negotiation at all. I simply let them know that their rate was higher than our budget of X, if they were still interested they were welcome to still apply but if not I understood. Not one decided to walk away. [/quote]
I don't believe your story. Not every nanny would drop her rates just for you and your tight budget. Are you extra special, or did you simply attract all the crappy sitters who are worth whatever you want to pay?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics