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[quote=Anonymous]How many others run into this issue?  We're hiring a nanny for our kids; candidate has recently left a many-years job and seems to think her pay rate with our family should pick up where she left off with the old.  Among her justifications for her ultra-high wage request: she managed a 10,000 sq ft house.  Well, ours isn't even half that size, so does that mean I get to suggest she charge half her requested rate?  It's great that she was working for a very wealthy family with a very large home, but she seems to expect that she should be able to transition seamlessly into another position at the same wage, never mind that her qualifications aren't anything unusual and honestly, she's going to have trouble finding another family that fits the description of where she just was (no longer local to DC; this is in an area where 10,000 sq ft homes are distinct anomaly).

What's a reasonable compromise when someone starts off thinking she wants, say, $32/hr, "drops" her rate to $29/hr, but I'm not planning on paying more than $25? We're not paying $25 now, so it would be an increase for us but a substantial decrease from what she thinks she deserves.

I will admit I sometimes want to point out the obvious: that nanny jobs don't necessarily lend themselves to ever-increasing pay rates, and given your career choice there's a pretty good chance you'll have to hit the reset button on salary (at least to some degree) as you move from job to job.[/quote]

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