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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another MB here and I agree with not offering to discount your rate.  That is a lovely mindset but don't offer that.

If you are coming up on a work anniversary you could perhaps proactively say something like "You know, as I am coming up on my third year with you all, I just want to say that I consider myself very lucky to have great employers, and to be paid well also.  I also want you to know that I'm aware there are ceilings on things so I wouldn't be expected a raise on the anniversary of employment.  I would far rather have another few years with you all than worry about $1 more an hour or something."

If you were my nanny that kind of outreach would be huge (and probably financially rewarded if I could swing it but certainly would create a lot more loyalty and attachment."

You could also say that you'd like to know a bit about their long term plans as you'd love to stay with them but you understand the finite nature of nannying sometimes.  That would open the conversation a slightly different way.[/quote]

Thank you for your insight. To add a few details some of these things have happened over the last few months, we were coming up on the next year and I asked if they wanted to keep going and MB ecstatically said yes as long as I am willing. The job change in the family was a year ago so it's not brand new but recently they have asked for a few things that save them money (of course they don't say that but money is the only legitimate factor sometimes), such as since they pay guaranteed hours they have asked to use those paid hours at other times I don't work them such as a date night or something. I am more than happy to do that but my goal here was simply to skip the "band aid" solution and just make things stable for everyone. For them with knowledge they won't be stretching and for me knowing I won't get a pay cut later or be asked to make up a bunch of hours after a vacation PLUS my own knowledge of long term stability with a family that set the bar so high for me that any replacement NF would have trouble matching them.[/quote]

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