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[quote=Anonymous]Less than $100 feels like you are sending a message. Between $100-500 is fine but nothing to write home about.  $500-$1000 is excellent.  Over $1000 indicates that they really feel you are spectacular.

(This said, I make ~$1000 per week before taxes)

If you need to be on the lower end, don't sweat it.  I don't know any nanny who would quit an otherwise well-paying and satisfying job over a small bonus.  It's the jobs that are either already overworking or underpaying or just generally not appreciative/considerate--if there's already issues it can exacerbate.

If you know you can't afford a generous bonus, you could compensate by throwing in extra PTO days around the holidays if your family is in town and can take the kids.  You should also be VERY mindful of not pushing extra work onto the nanny during the holiday chaos if you know her bonus will be small.  If she spends mid-November-Christmas helping to clean the house for guests, pack for holiday travel, take the kids to get photos done, make cards for teachers, wrap presents for Aunt Edna, etc. etc. on top of her normal workload and THEN is given a small bonus...it definitely makes you look bad.  Even if she offers to do XYZ to help out, be mindful of accepting since she won't think, "I am sure they planned to only give me this gift card since last August and that's why they accepted all my help without bumping up my bonus.[/quote]

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