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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a nanny quote me $25/hr recently, far above our budget. When I said so, she asked me if I could do $20. I could, but I didn't hire her because I figured she would always feel underpaid. So, OP, I guess I agree with you. But I suspect most people are willing to negotiate for the right job and right set of benefits.[/quote]
If the nanny was already established at $25, I agree that she'd feel underpaid/undervalued at anything less than that, UNLESS you could compensate in some other way. That is key, PP. I have often been inspired to discount my fees, if the family offered some sort of fair "exchange," hence creativity can easily be a win-win. Always try to think outside the box. -OP[/quote]

Like I said, we could have paid the $20/hr. But to add a lot of extra "extras," like tons of additional PTO (which we'd have to cover somehow), or full health insurance, or a car of her own, or a very flexible schedule for her, ... all of those things would have again brought her price above what we could afford, and seem like the kind of perks you add when an employee has proven herself. If she would genuinely have been happy to start at $20/hr, she shouldn't have quoted a price 25% higher. And if she wouldn't be happy at $20, then we'd all be unhappy after a couple of months. I have no way to know that, so have to go by my own feelings, which are that if you want $25/hr, you're not going to be happy with $20, and you're going to bitch about all the work your cheap boss expects you to do. In any case, there was nothing so fabulous about her that we felt like we couldn't keep looking.[/quote]

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