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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our nanny has been with us for about 4 1/2 years.  After the first few months, we gave her a $1 an hour raid and then have gone up by $1 a year since then.  She brought up that she would like a bigger raise this year.  My pay actually went down this year (switched to a job with better work-life balance, but took a pay cut to do it), and DH's net pay went down since our cost for health insurance went way up.  We adore our nanny and think she does a great job caring for our kids, but we just can't afford more than $1 this year.  She is part time (her choice and it works ok for us), and we give benefits (paid sick days, paid holidays if they fall on her normal work days, paid vacation time) and a lot of flexibility both in terms of the schedule and letting her take care of personal matters or things for her family while she has our kids.  We don't ask her to do anything other than care for the kids (i.e., she doesn't clean up their toys, do their laundry, cook for them other than making a PBJ or something for lunch).  I'm concerned that we are pricing ourselves out of keeping her since, at this point, we could get an au pair for more hours per week and less money (and our kids are old enough now that it would be a good option).

What do other people do for raises?  Is it always every year?  How much do you give?  Have you parted ways with a great nanny because she got too expensive over time?  [/quote]

If you are just now after 4 years of raises reaching the point where an au pair is cheaper then you must pay an abysmally low amount...  Au pairs earn like $3 an hour.[/quote]

An au pair solution to childcare is very different than a nanny solution.  Rate is only one piece of the equation and having someone live with you full time is a pretty significant decision.  Don't make such rude assumptions about the OP simply because she hasn't chosen an au pair option previously.[/quote]

PP is accurate and so are you there are many reasons a family may choose an au pair over a nanny and op family needs may be best met with an au pair now, but that doesn't change that 4 years of raises and the nanny is just now above an au pair wages nanny started off very low. Op hinted at that and has conveniently not disclosed what nanny makes.
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