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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have had the same nanny for 8 years. As the kids have grown up she’s morphed into more of a home manager/driver/cook. She is very valuable to our family and we now pay her $30/hour. We needed help while she was off this summer and our neighbor was looking for work for her live-in housekeeper. I spoke to the neighbor and she said they pay this woman $700/week for 50+ hours to cook and clean. We paid the lady $20/hour which she was happy with, and she did a good job though she doesn’t drive and her English isn’t great. Then our nanny came back and I think was pissed that we had someone else in the house, somehow she told the housekeeper about her $30/hr rate. The housekeeper sent me a text saying that she feels that we should have paid her $30/hr too and that we took advantage of her. WWYD? I’m pissed because we paid the lady what we both agreed to, but I’m also embarrassed as I don’t want our neighbor to think we didn’t appreciate using her housekeeper. [/quote]

You should have paid her the same as your housekeeper.  You cheaped out and now your housekeeper is upset, neighbor's employee now know they she is underpaid and is looking for a new job.  Pandora's box that you opened and Hope is no longer in the box [/quote]

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