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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should everyone make enough money at a full time job to live close to their work, have health insurance, a vehicle, and not worry about paying for food and basic utilities (including internet and cell phone)? Yes, I believe they should.

Should everyone make enough to single-handedly provide those things for themselves plus dependents? That's a harder question.

What seems to come up on this board over and over, though, is that nannies want to be seen as equals with their employers both as professionals and in socio-economic class. That makes sense since they work with them so intimately, and the disparities can be depressing. When yo work in an office, your boss's vacation home, Lexus, kids in private, lack of money worries, and more flexible schedule bother you less, because you can see a path to get there yourself, however fictitious that path may be in reality.

There is an argument to make that no one should earn more than they need, and that ethics would dictate providing a comfortable life for your employees, especially if you have one yourself. But there's also something weird in demanding that of working parents, but not, say, the owners of Marriott hotels.[/quote]

No employee makes the same as their boss.  When you compare a nanny’s salary to the parents, it’s not even close; it can’t be!  I’m the nanny who asks the parents what they can afford and what the parents think the position is worth.  I get a lot of answers in the range of $1-2k for worth and $200-1k for affordability.  As long as what a family values the position at is higher than affordability and the family wants to make up the difference in other ways, I’m willing to give it a shot.  I walk out of interviews when both numbers are low of value is low, but the family offers more “because they can’t seem to hire anyone for what they want to offer.”  A family who values the nanny’s job as integral to family function treats a nanny well, while the others treat the nanny horribly.[/quote]

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