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[quote=Anonymous][quote]OP here. Turns out the next employer asked her about a part-time job with more kids and then extrapolated from that what I am paying her and sent me a shocked e-mail. So, to recap, nanny is not a liar, potential new family is weird. I e-mailed the family back and said I thought she was under quoting them for a part-time job and that I'd paid $24/hour to a kid just out of college who was a disaster for a part-time gig. I told my nanny nice families are out there and we would find one.[/quote]

You're not helping your nanny with this approach. If you think the family is weird by all means tell the nanny but don't tell the family that they need to up their offer. They will just walk away and never give the nanny a chance to negotiate. The nanny should be the one to decide whether she wants to negotiate or not.

At $24 an hour you are paying very high over market. I was in the same situation where I knew that I was paying our nanny $5-$7 more an hour than anyone else in the neighborhood and our area. The reference checks were all surprised and reported that they were seeing many equally candidates for much, much less. If I had lectured or implied that they couldn't get her for anything other than what I paid she wouldn't have received any offers and been able to negotiate up.

Your nanny and mine got lucky finding employers who don't really care what we pay but these jobs aren't easy to find.

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