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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent here.

$5k seems very steep, but it's hard to tell without knowing what percentage of your annual salary that is.

We have given a subsidy for health insurance in lieu of an annual raise on occasion with our nanny.  It can be a great way to give a significant bump, without the tax consequences.  So we have done this because it limits our tax hit and puts more cash in the nanny's pocket.

But I would give thought to the context of what you're requesting.  A request for a $5k raise would be the rough equivalent of a 10% bump for our nanny - so that would feel awfully high to me and it would have to be driven by some significant increase in responsibilities or hours...  But a raise request for anything up to 5% of annual salary I would consider reasonable as an ask, and well within the range of what our nanny typically receives.

So I'd think about what you're requesting from that perspective. [/quote]

Thank you for this response. Let me ask you this; would you view the nanny differently if she asked for this? Would it help to be prefaced by explaining that I would not ask for this percentage in the future? One big point I have in feeling justified in this request is that they require far more flexibility than stated in the hiring process. If hey had been up front I would have initially asked for more money one year ago. [/quote]

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