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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why the endless parade of disgruntled parents on this forum with all the complaining about their great(?) nanny?

Is it true? You get what you pay for? Yikes!![/quote]

I don't see the correlation with pay. An awful nanny, lazy nanny, bad attitude nanny, selfish nanny, poor judgment nanny, and argumentative nannies exist at all pay scales.

Typical bell curve of skills and preformance at each rate.[/quote]

I don't agree.  When you look for a woman who went to college in Early Childhood Development and has taught in preschools, you are going to weed out the "awful, lazy, bad attitude, poor judgement nannies".  Yes, you could easily still get an argumentative nanny.  But when you pay for someone who has put a great deal into becoming a nanny, the chances are great that you will find a wonderful nanny.

Just stay away from the 20 year old, barely finished high school, "Starbucks-was-too-hard-so-I became-a-nanny" nannies.  [/quote]

I'd say an argumentative nanny is synonymous with a bad attitude nanny.  Too difficult to work with so get rid of them. Not worthy the stress of everything and always clear that they don't out the kids as the priority. Too busy putting themselves or their pocketbook as the priority.

Agree with a former poster.  You start out and then earn your raises and above grade pay by outperforming. Then you get paid well. You want $20/hour? Ok, well start at this and here's what we want to see for $20/hour.  If that's happening then in 6 months you'll get that.  Otherwise don't waste everyone's time. Oh, and if you have a bad attitude, keep interviewing elsewhere. [/quote]

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