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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. We are only expecting her to handle the baby housekeeping, meal prep ( chop veggies) maybe 2-3 times a week, and bring in any packages. As he gets older, we I’ll epdct her to make baby food on occasion, ask her to research activities, and clean up things like the high chair. We do not expect anything did us beyond meal prep. We are offering $20 for 40 hours a week, plus OT for 2 date nights a month. We will offer guaranteed hours,  5 weeks of paid vacation - grandparents will take baby 2 weeks out of the year, and the rest with be holidays, plus a week of her choosing, 5 sick days, and all federal holidays paid. We think this is a generous package. [/quote]

You are fine, OP.  It is a decent package but not a "generous" one.  $20 an hour (for a legal employee) is middle-to-low.

But I wouldn't describe as what you are asking for as "light housekeeping".  A nanny should do anything and everything for the child in her care (laundry, food prep, washing bottles, disinfecting toys, keeping the baby's room neat, emptying the diaper genie).  [/quote]

Agreed.  $20 in the DC, NOVA, MD area is average at best.  However, your benefits are quite nice, especially if you do date nights as her right to refuse if she has plans, but OT if she works.  5 weeks guaranteed vacation is great (does she have to be available in case your plans change, or is it truly vacation?), even if only one week is her choice; can she use her week consecutively with one of yours, so that she can have 3 weeks non-consecutive and then one 2 week vacation?  Think about a contribution to health insurance to bump your benefits package up into the outstanding bracket, and many nannies will cut you a break on the hourly rate, especially if you put something into your contract about yearly review and raise.[/quote]

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