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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, OP I'm sorry for the vitriol you're getting. Perhaps if you could give us some additional information?

You've said your nanny has worked for you for 2 years now - has she had a raise at any point in the past 2 year?

Also, have you considered looking at other compensation methods to increase her overall employment "package". If you can't afford to give her a raise on her hourly rate could you perhaps offer an additional stipend for healthcare (which is not taxable) or 2-3 additional days of vacation or personal time?[/quote]

I have answered a couple time, and people have either made things up (such as the no raise, I only said the nanny asked for a raise on her two year anniversary, I never said I have never given her one) or misunderstood (like when I said DHs car was 7 years only and its not like we were replacing a 2012 BMW with a 2014. We do not have a BMW and the car needed to be replaced.)

So yes, she did have a raise about 6 months in, and then again 3 months after her 1 year mark. So now 9 months later she is asking for more. We have not looked at other compensation options but tbh I don't think she deserves a new raise.[/quote]

Then this is what you should have said to her, not, "We don't have the money for it." Why didn't you just tell her that you would consider a raise in x months, given that she had received a raise only 9 months prior? I think that's something she would have understood, and then maybe she would have seen the car and the trip as evidence that you would actually be able to afford it when the time came.

That said, I think it's awful that she won't be paid the week you're away. MB here.[/quote]

She could always ask to use her PTO while we are gone if she really was in need of the money. She hasn't taken a day off for sickness or personal since the beginning of this year.[/quote]

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