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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One is asking for $15/hour the other is asking for $17.

Both of them have a child the same age as my oldest so it will be 3 kids in my house.

Obviously this is ridiculous but I'm wondering if I should let them know they're asking too much. Would you offer lesser money to them or just move on?[/quote]

These rates may not be ridiculous for these nannies, even if they aren't going to work for you. Typically a NWOC offers a percentage decrease in what they'd otherwise be eligible to make, so if Nanny B normally makes $20-22/hr for 2 kids, dropping her rate to $17 is the level of savings you'd expect to see in a nanny bringing her own child. You can by all means say that this is more than you're comfortable paying for someone who's bringing their own child along, but please don't attempt to offer an objective analysis because you can't do that (and neither can we).[/quote]
I think this is incorrect. A nanny making $20-22/hr for 2 kids would make that money in a nanny share, or alternatively (and less so), in a family with two kids.  A nanny like that may very well charge $17/hr if looking after one kid.  But in a scenario where that type of nanny wants $17/hr AND she wants to bring her own child works out to the nanny wanting to make a sole-child rate in a multiple-child environment.  So I don't see how that makes sense.[/quote]

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