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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah OP, this argument is already being hashed out elsewhere.

FWIW my bosses care a great deal about my well-being; they pay at the top of the market ($20/hr), give me great PTO/holidays/vacation, provide a stipend toward my health care, give me Christmas and birthday bonuses and gifts, and paid me my FT salary for four months when I was unable to work. I've been with them two years and hope to stay for one or two more (depending on when I decide to start/get into/can pay for grad school) but would stay forever if I was going to make nannying my career. They're absolutely wonderful.

So just a shout out to all the MBs here who care about their nannies and do everything they can to treat them well. We know you're out there and we greatly appreciate you![/quote]

$20 ia hardly top of the market... it's slightly above the average for DC of $18. I make $35 and can still go higher.[/quote]

Well I don't live in DC and here it is definitely near the top of the market. I make $22 at my PT job but that's far, far fewer hours per week.

And anyway, even if it was mid-range, does being paid my full salary for four MONTHS of medical leave really get overlooked in this scenario? I waived an annual raise because of their generosity in a time of enormous stress and worry and haven't regretted it for a second. Get some, give some...and vice versa.[/quote]

While that's great for you, I personally wouldn't ask a family to carry that burden for me. I mean if your DB was Bill Gates then congratulations, it won't hurt him, but for any family making under $500,000 a year I would never even consider accepting more than one weeks pay for free... that just isn't their responsibility and it's kinda of strange you seem proud of it.[/quote]

1) I did not ask, they offered.
2) I am not "proud," I am grateful. Extremely grateful.
3) It is relevant to the conversation at hand because families show their nannies how much they appreciate them ("care about their well-being") in a variety of ways, of which hourly pay is but one.
4) I feel zero shame for accepting their generosity but points for trying to make me![/quote]

We could all tell from your first post you have no shame, you don't need to convince anyone.[/quote]

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