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[quote=Anonymous]I think you can negotiate as long as the parents are willing to negotiate with you without concern, but you have to be prepared at some point to accept their offer or walk away.  As another MB said, I am not generally looking to low-ball my child's caretakers.  I typically make my best offer up front.  You can counter, and then see what they come back with, but at some point at time, they will have a maximum amount that they are willing to pay and you may have a minimum you are willing to accept, and you have to be prepared to walk away if those don't overlap.  From my personal and anecdotal experience, my observation parents are not usually willing  or able to budge dramatically on the hourly wage they initially offer - they may be willing to pay a little bit more, but if they offered $12 and you countered with $20, I'd be pretty surprised if any amount of negotiating would get them to meet you at $18.  At some point, they will either look at other nannies or consider other childcare options, so you should be prepared to look at other jobs.

I should add, the place where there is much more room to negotiate is on the other stuff - guaranteed hours, schedule, PTO/vacations, provision of meals, etc.  These are things you should discuss up front anyway, but if the job is one you really want, you should consider whether any "perks" might make a lower salary worth it to you.[/quote]

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