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[quote=Anonymous]Your post rubs me the wrong way.  Hm.  No, there is no way to isolate only MB and then, only true responses on an anonymous board.  Stick to asking your friends.  But also, write up the job you want at the price you want and post it to see what you get.  I guarantee you if you post a full-time job at minimum wage, you will get responses, but you won't like them.  Or if you do, they won't last more than a few months.  If that's what you're going for, go for it.

Having a nanny is expensive, as it should be.  You're asking someone to work full-time and are their sole source of income usually, outside of maybe babysitting.  If you're paying someone $15/hour for a 4-hour a week job, that's 600 a week, or $31,200 a year.  That's a very low salary to live on.  Yes, tons of people do it.  Most people in the US, probably.  But, particularly in the DC area, that's not getting you very far.

Now of course, nannying is a very low barrier to entry job - anyone can put up an ad on Sittercity and say they are a nanny.  Jobs like that tend to have low salaries, so it's not unreasonable that nannying would be included.  I'm not saying you need to pay $30 an hour either.  That simply wouldn't make sense unless you have a very particular need or tons of kids or something like that.  But I really don't think something between $15 and $20/hour, depending on geographical location, number and ages of kids, job requirements, etc., is unreasonable.

That may price you out, which is fine.  Honestly, most people will not be able to afford their own nanny (myself included).  I simply cannot afford the nanny that I would want for the hours I need, and at a certain point, it doesn't make sense to me personally to spend that much on childcare when there are other perfectly fine, wonderful options.  So we go with those other options, happily.  But I would never say I wanted a nanny so much that I was willing to take someone who would work for $8/hour.  That's not nannying - that's desperation.[/quote]

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