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[quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone

I started with my nf 2 years ago. I didn’t receive a raise my first year, but the family does give generous bonuses. So now my second anniversary has come around and I just returned from my holiday vacation.  Db told me before he left that I begin getting $1 per hour raise starting today.

I am a bit beside myself with this news. It would be one thing if everything were still the same job.  Both of my charges are in school 3 days a week for 3 hours, the youngest stays with me all day 2 of the days. So the dollar would not make me flinch. HOWEVER MB had a new baby right before Christmas. She is on maternity leave till the end of January & will work from home for 2 months afterwards. But I’ll began caring for him in a couple of weeks.

So this means my position changes drastically. My older charges have behavioral issues and go to therapy and other appointments 4 days per week in the afternoons. I will now have the infant with us during this. The 3 seats won’t fit my backseat so I will have to begin driving the family car. This means using my vehicle and receiving my mileage reimbursement is out the window. I used to drive an average of 120 miles per week at .57 per mile. I depended on that income. With my raise and minus the reimbursement I will now bring home LESS every week.  :(

So now I know to begin looking since I didn’t at least receive $2 for an entire baby lol. Whenever I have job searched in the past,  the families  knew and expected to give me references. But how should I go about this now? Should I keep mum and ask the prospective families to only contact others, tell my current family I can’t afford my new contract and let them know I’m looking, or just say nothing?

Any advice from nannies and employers would be greatly appreciated! [/quote]

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