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[quote=Anonymous]Clarifying the difference between average rates and base/OT rates for the OP has nothing to do with being cheap unless the nanny posters are trying to manipulate her into thinking the positions warrant a higher overall gross when she establishes her base budget. (This probably is what is going on with them. Ugh.)

I wish I had known about the average rate thing when we were interviewing. I was quoting base rates and one candidate said that was a little too low for her. I thanked her politely and replied that sorry, we were not planning on going higher than X per week for X hours. She quickly responded in surprise that the gross rate I just quoted was great and she thought that I meant an amount that used the average rate. For all future candidates, I asked them to clarify whether they were talking about their average or base rate and all said average.

I have seen nannies on this board post many times how a job that offers fewer hours should and does pay more per hour. You can't have it both ways. If a job with fewer hours pays more then by definition a job with more hours pays less. [/quote]

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