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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here - I found our first nanny (let's call her Nanny A) as a referral from my own boss.  Nanny A was her weekend babysitter for years and was looking for a full time position.  My boss's regular nanny, Nanny B, had a baby when my son turned 1.  My boss asked me if I would be willing to do a share for a month so that Nanny B could have a month of maternity leave.  I said it was fine with me if Nanny A felt up for it.  Nanny A agreed and I was paying her her normal salary and my boss was paying her as well though that was between them and I don't know how much.

As a result, my boss was able to give Nanny B a month of paid maternity leave.  After that month, Nanny B left her baby with her own mom and went back to work.  I know that she also started bringing her baby to work with her on occasion.

As my boss's kids got older (they were 2 and 5 at the time that Nanny B had her baby), Nanny B started to work fewer hours and transitioned into a part time nanny with a schedule that fit with what my boss needed for after school and vacation/sick day care.  It seems to be a relationship that has worked well for them since I believe that Nanny B has been with them for almost 10 years now.[/quote]

A boss should not be asking a subordinate if they can do nanny share. That's an inappropriate question!!!!!  No means awkward forever and possibility of promotion gone.

Imagine the upheaval on here, if an MB asked a nanny something similar, that involves sharing something that impacts the nanny's kids life so profoundly. That MB will be chewed out.[/quote]

PP here - I appreciate your concern, but it wasn't that big of a deal to me.  My boss and I are friends as well as coworkers - probably largely because we work in a primarily male industry and we were the only ones with babies and nannies, etc.  I will admit that I wondered if I should be paying less than my regular rate, but I didn't want to stiff my nanny and I looked at it as an extended playdate for my son who could walk and was just starting to talk and loved being around the bigger kids.

I will say that the one who this was unfair to was probably my nanny.  I did my best to make sure that she didn't feel pressured into it, but after a couple of weeks it was clear that caring for a 1 year old who was out of his familiar routine along with a 2 year old and 5 year old was harder than she had expected.  [/quote]

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