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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nanny has been with us 5 years, and is now making $22/hour for nearly 50 hours a week - we started her at $18/hour and have given $1/ hour raise every year.  This is the year the youngest goes to FT school - 7:30 to 3:30 (includes a bus ride).  We realize we can't cut her hours to part time because we need her for vacation and sick days, and so we are willing to keep her on as long as she takes on additional tasks (errands, shopping, cooking, laundry).  However, it feels outrageous to pay over $50k/year for someone to sit around for 7 hours a day most days (we can't possibly give her enough to fill that time).  So this year instead of a raise we are proposing to keep her pay the same and reduce her hours (probably give her one morning a week she can come 2.5 hours later), so she is getting a raise in her hourly rate but not a raise in overall pay (but also not a reduction).

Is this unreasonable?   She is unhappy about it, but it seems fair to me.  I doubt she could find another job that pays her over $1000 a week so fast, and we could probably find someone who was happy for $20/hour for 40 hours a week with OT when kids are off, and save ourselves $200/week.  So I feel like we are trying to do right by her by not firing her or cutting her hours/salary, but she doesn't see it that way.  [/quote]
1. She probably has a better offer elsewhere. 
2. Do you have a written agreement?[/quote]
Op?[/quote]

OP here - I'd be shocked if she had a better offer for 2 reasons - is someone likely to offer her more than $1000 week without even checking her reference for her job of 5 years?  She doesn't have a M Ed or any of those criteria that draw the uber-wealthy or a starting rate over $20/hour.  And I have told her I wouldn't be offended if she looked for another job, she should just be transparent with me so we don't get left in the lurch.

And yes, she has a written agreement, but what does that have to do with anything?  It doesn't promise her an annual raise.  [/quote]
I don't have any degrees, but still earn $25/hr for one child.[/quote]

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