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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A bonus is an industry standard. And when most agencies advertise a job, they usually mention "A discretionary end of year bonus" as one of the benefits.

OP is asking if she should get a bonus. She is asking on how she can educate her employers to the norm.

I think those MB's who say they don't get bonus's or they haven't given their nanny in years...obviously can't afford the luxury of employing a nanny.[/quote]

I love when posters who put this dig in, if you can't afford a bonus, you shouldn't have  a nanny.....if you can't afford to pay$25 an hour, you shouldn't have a nanny.....etc..etc..

Do you know how lame of an argument this is?  [b]While there are always going to be families who  truly cannot a nanny, most families can.  They may not be able to pay top notch dollars, but they probably will be perfectly fine with a newer nanny who tries hard, but doesn't have the experience yet to get a lot of money.  
 
  20 plus years ago, yes, employing a nanny wasn't for everyone, but for many families today, it is a good option.   And that woman who was called a babysitter 20 years ago for doing the same job is now called a nanny[/b].   And there are many nannies out there now who shouldn't try to qualify themselves as being a nanny.  Being a nanny is a lot more than just watching someone's child.

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A herein lies the issue. Many MBs on this board expressly desire an experienced, highly recommended, sometimes educated, bilingual, generally talented, above and beyond type nanny. No one wants to admit that they can't afford THAT nanny. If you hired THAT nanny, SHE deserves a bonus. If you hired an inexperienced middle of the road middle class nanny (read:babysitter), and you pay her a middle of the road, affordable on a middle class income type salary, with middle class benefits, a gift and a card is likely fine. The problem is when a middle class family pays middle class wages to a truly qualified highly recommended nanny, and they forgo the bonus she has, by any standards, earned. That is not fair, and you need to admit that you can't afford her.

I do agree though that the term nanny is far too overused. If you've never heard of a nanny bonus, you either haven't hired one, or you had no business doing so. And if you're working for bosses that don't know what they're doing being an employer of household staff, you can either do better, or you're not as amazing as you think. [/quote]

I can't afford to pay a bonus and choosing not to pay a bonus are two different things.

I also think many nannies are not as great as they think, but get so bent out of shape when they don't get "what they think they deserve."

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