Reply to Raise when care needs are changing

Forum Index » Employer Issues

Reply to "Raise when care needs are changing"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]Ooops, you caught me posting lazy, nannydeb. I actually meant 50cents/hr, not a nickel per hour.

Thanks for the kind way you pointed out my mistake.

Wait, no, you really weren't that kind, were you?[/quote]

No, you're right, I wasn't very kind. I guess the tone of your entire post made me think you actually meant 5 cents was adequate?

Regardless, I could have asked. Thanks for pointing my mistake out so nicely.  :wink:

I'm curious - what is your "cut off", so to speak, on when new baby raises are not needed or no longer significant? I've never actually experienced a nanny care situation in which a new baby didn't add to an already significant workload, but I have never cared for kids who were in FT school when a newborn came along. I do sincerely want your thoughts please![/quote]

I am giving a $1 dollar raise when my next baby arrives. It's an additional $40 a week. Does this sound "right" to me in terms of the additional work my nanny will be doing? No. But it is the going rate and my nanny is seems pretty happy about this deal. It's more than she's ever made for any other position nannying. I think it is the going rate because nannies are paid hourly and you aren't spending additional free time that is your personal time working because of the new baby. $17-18 is what is costs for someone who possesses the skills and capabilities of a good nanny to spend an hour at my house.

I think the cut off is when it approaches about $18.50 for DC area, IMHO. I would not pay more than $19 for a nanny because there are just too many good people out there that makes switching to a cheaper nanny worth it. Tons of nannies make $15-16 for two kids out there that are just as good. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics