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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Being a nanny (I have been one and now an MB) is not a professional job with a professional salary. You think too highly of yourself and forget that there is no master's degree in being a nanny (maybe in England but doubtful you trained there).  Its on the job experience with maybe a college degree you cannot or will not get a job in.  I would rather pay my nanny a good wage all year rather than her have to hope for a bonus that we may or may not be able to give (this year we are not.  We are not doing presents for ourselves, just a few people (like my husband's mom and its just clothing she desperately needs as she is in a nursing home) and a few gifts for the kids (main ones are coming from grandparents).  We can afford a nanny and it makes sense given our jobs.  Afford is a relative term.  If you live within your means, you can afford it.  Nanny's just feel very entitled seeing someone in a better house, better cars or what they perceive to be true (my parents live in a million dollar home they have owned for 40 years paying $40,000 for it).  [/quote]

I agree. How many times - even on this thread - do nannies complain about what other nannies get then either feel bitter or wonder if they should get the same? And yes, you can afford a nanny even if you don't give a bonus. What an idiotic remark.[/quote]

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