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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you so much. These are great ideas.  I know she wants to get a GED and we can pay for a course and perhaps a bonus.  I will talk to her and get her ideas.  I want to be fair.  She truly is a great person and nanny. [/quote]

You truly cannot afford a $1.00 an hour raise? She has been with you for a long resredgiven you reliable and trusted childcare and you cannot give her a token raise.  Cheap.  [/quote]

How do you know OP is cheap? You don't know what she is paying AND OP is paying health insurance. Most nannies dont get that. BTW, you do realize a $1/hr could amount to $2000 a month, depending on the hours, taxes, etc.  [/quote]

Not sure if you know this, but there aren't even 2000 hours in a month. There's not even 1000 lol.[/quote]

Ok, I'm completely dumbfounded.  24 hours per day * 31 days= 744 hours.  Even if the nanny were to make overtime every single hour of the month (not possible, of course), that would only be 1116.

Based on an average of 50 hours per week, a $1 raise per hour would require OP to pay $2080 extra for regular hours and $780 more in overtime pay for the year, it would also raise OP's employer taxes a very small amount.  There are many families for whom almost $3K could be a large part of their discretionary spending, but I don't know whether OP is cheap or not, we simply don't have enough information to decide.  We don't know how much the nanny is currently making, we don't know what else OP has in the budget.  All we know is that OP said that their family can't afford it.

With that said, OP's nanny may be able to get help through a literacy center, or her hours may be such that she can't.  If she can't, OP could pay for a class or one-on-one tutoring, but classes would be cheaper, and more within their budget.  Tutoring is expensive, and would likely amount to more than the $1/hour raise.[/quote]

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