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[quote=Anonymous]PP, that is obviously something that you could have talked about without knowing what the previous pay was. As you see, once she heard you would not be flexible with extra time off (even if unpaid) is when she was like "but I need to have this time". You can get to that point without knowing pay. It might have made you push more since you knew she liked the extra time off already, but you should be making this very clear in your interviews anyways. If you cannot be flexible about additional time off, then it is your job to make that clear. Also that is something that I think is fine to ask about when talking to a reference. Asking about their vacations and how much time the nanny took off (sick and vacation) is relevant to the position. If she takes a lot of sick days, if she tried to ask for her vacation days last minute or used many unpaid days off, etc. If she took one sick day and didn't use her own vacation days (only when family went out of town), then that is something that would really stand out and be a benefit to you. The pay rate has no benefit to you or relevance to the position other than you using it to negotiate her rate for you.[/quote]

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