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[quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A mom's club which I will not name, but for you have to pay about a week's worth of nanny to pay to get in had a reputable nanny agency come and do a presentation. The agency is often asked about on here. They tried not to cite pay but did say for part time, you have to pay a bit more, which is in the $18/hr range.

This meshes with what care.com says about average nanny pay in my area, which is supposed to be $17/hr.[/quote]
Most of us know which agency it was. They market themselves more aggressively than any other. They're also well-known to try to drive down nanny wages. More money for them with their exorbitant fees. :) Top tier nannies earn more without such agencies.

Care.com isn't even worth commenting on, but you already know that.[/quote]

Every nanny agency I know of charges a placement fee equal to a percentage of nanny's gross income the first year. So dropping nanny rates would be so stupid I am not able to fully express the idiocy of your comment.

Nanny agency owner: "I know, we will mess with the nannies we place by dropping their hourly rate! And we will make sure their employers refuse to pay overtime too!"

Employee 1: "Great plan! Let's make sure nannies stop making $20/hour and make $16/hour instead, with no overtime."

Employee 2: " So the nanny we are sending on that interview tomorrow for a 50 hour a week job making $20 and $30 OT, or $57,200 would actually only make $16/hour, or $41,600? BRILLIANT!!!"

Employee 3: "That means our 15% placement fee would drop from $8580 to $6240. That's a 37.5% drop in income for us! YAHOO!"

Employee 4: "You have all lost your everloving minds. Are you on drugs?" [/quote]

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Placing a highly priced nanny takes a lot more effort on the part of an agency to represent her successfully. Nanny agencies tend to be driven by immediate profits. Their logic tells them placing cheaper nannies quickly, is overall more profitable than wasting time and effort on nanny with established higher rates.

This is precisely why I can't afford to be represented by agencies, with a forced reduction of my regular fees. I used agencies when I began my nanny career, but now it's only word of mouth. [/quote]

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