Reply to I can't charge $22 an hour, you say?

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "I can't charge $22 an hour, you say?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a lot easier for most families to pay $22 for PT or very PT than for full time.   We are currently paying that for PT, though with a nanny who isn't that good and that we will need to replace when we (soon) have another child.   (We hired her for close to full-time for a share, but as the share ended and our hours needs decreased, we agreed to temporarily keep her pay stable - although temporary has stretched to almost a year).      But there is no way we can do $22 for the number of hours a week we need for full-time plus overtime.

But there are some truly rich families who can pay that, so good for them.  [/quote]

We are not rich by any means.  And we sacrifice to pay our fantastic nanny $20 and hour (will be $21 in January).  It is about priorities for us.  We wanted a legal, college educated nanny with teaching experience for our baby and that is what we got.  It is not easy to afford her - DH and I do without - but we feel she is our son's first educator and believe strongly that education is no place to save money.

She accepted our position at this rate only because she is within walking distance (just a few blocks) and not commuting meant a lot to her.  Lucky, lucky us.  [/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