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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeez you people are dumb. Bonuses are bonuses, not standard. It is a GIFT given at the discretion of the employer. (I'm a nanny by the way.) [/quote]

Name calling doesn't help your argument, in fact it makes you look silly. A bonus is not a gift. And it is a fact that there are industries in which bonuses or tips are a reasonable expectation for a job well done. Service industries, and other industries, in which it is difficult to define and fairly compensate for the varying levels of flexibility, changing hours, and changing duties, typically reward employees with performance bonuses or tips. A nanny who did absolutely nothing more than what is in her contract, showing up exactly at start time, and walking out the door at her end time, never cleaning an extra dish, never doing any extra helpful things, would not be a very good nanny, and she likely WOULD NOT HAVE A JOB. So by the very fact that someone is an employed nanny, with employers that are pleased with her performance, she is most likely due a bonus.

If you don't like that, think about it this way; the year end bonus pays for:

-The 5-10 minutes your nanny gives you before her start time each day (5 days per week, 50 weeks per year, ~21-42 hours annually)
-The occasional 5-10 minutes your nanny gives you when you're late/she spends time briefing you on the day, that she doesn't charge you for (2 days per week, 50 weeks per year, ~8-17 hours annually)
-The extra money she spends on your children while out and about that she doesn't charge you (a drink here and there, a bag of chips, a small toy, a box of crayons, some stickers, etc. the little incidental cost of spending time with kids)
-The skipped breakfast, lunch, and dinners because she's too busy
-The shirts your kids pooped on, puked on, stained with blueberry/strawberry fingers, ripped while hanging on nanny
-The time your nanny spends planning and shopping for activities on her own time
-All the things your nanny did this year that she didn't have to do, that you may not have even noticed (taking out the trash and recycle, loading/unloading your dishwasher, folding the clothes you left in the dryer, helping you pack/unpack for vacations, surprise dinner/baked goods, picking up the eggs/milk she knew you were out of, etc. )

Throughout the course of the year, most decent nannies do some or all of these things. Most of these things are so small you may not even notice them, or remember how often she does them, but as you can see they all add up. Even just the small increments of unpaid time (5-10 minutes here and there) probably add up to that weeks salary of a bonus that your nanny really is entitled to. Please please think about that next time you think you don't owe her anything, that a bonus is unnecessary, or that a $50 gift card is enough. If you're honest with yourself, you know it isn't. [/quote]

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