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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would find a new job first ...[/quote]

I’m [b]located in a city smaller than DC [/b]and would worry about them finding out through friends that I’m looking for a new job. I intend to give 30 days notice and I have enough money saved to get through the end of March without employment. [/quote]

If they fire you on the spot or don’t let you do the 30 days you can take unemployment. Just FYI. Also, you should ask 5 days sick not 3. So 15 days total. It’s standard [/quote]

Since you offered this, I just want to throw out there that there is no such thing as "industry standard" in the nanny business. I have lived in NYC, Silicon Valley, Boston, the Midwest, now outside of DC -- there is no standard. Nannies make anywhere from $10-40/hr. Benefits, if they exist, vary. So I think you need to think long and hard about what is negotiable for you and what is reasonable in your area, given the salaries people make and what they expect of you. You may see nannies making bank and collecting benefits and then find out they work 7 AM - 7 PM for people who are both surgeons and have little flexibility (for instance). Or they do more of a house manager role. Or whatever. In some areas what you're talking about is standard, in others not. It all depends on what the labor market can sustain.

I just want you to go into the conversation with realistic expectations, and not to expect that if you go on the market again with your new expectations there will definitely be lots of families who are up for it. I personally think for my area your expectations are realistic. That said, I have seen time and again nannies interviewing who are asking double the rate of their peers, benefits that no one will give, and they stay on the market for months because no one can meet their expectations. Usually those people don't have to work as nannies and have other income streams.[/quote]

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