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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays]Good Lord. OP, a bonus is just that, an additional amount of money for doing an exceptional job. As a nanny, nannies who expect bonuses and/or try to play the "I'll leave if my bonus isn't X..." game with their employers PISS ME OFF.

Give your nanny what you can. Many nannies don't get bonuses at all.

And, in all honesty, if you are stretching so much to afford your nanny you might want to seriously look into a FT nanny share.
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Thanks - we tried for a FT share and it was very difficult because our nanny has pretty set/strict hours.  [b]It's rare in DC (actual DC not the burbs) that a family needs 8 hours a day of care[/b]. We had trouble, and our nanny was fine with a pt share.  It works great for all of us.  We're stretched to the point of $500-$700 is a lot.  We have savings for emergencies. I honestly don't think a bonus is an emergency.  However, maybe since we haven't had her for a full year, we can give her a bonus at "annual review" time to make up for not being able to pay her what seems to be expected by nannies in this area at holiday time. That will give us time to save money for that bonus. 
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More nonsense.

If you're not a troll you're exceedingly clueless.  What a mess.[/quote]

we tried for 5 months with our nanny to find a full time share (which would benefit her more than it would me in terms of finances) but finding a family that needs care from 8:30-4:30, and won't be late routinely (we tried, they were always struggling to get pick their child up at 4:30) is difficult due to the nature of many DC jobs.  Our jobs are 9 hour days but my husband and I make it work - he goes in at 6:15AM in order to make it work with the commute and his duty hours. We tried and it wasn't working.

Gotta love the nanny forum, where it seems anyone who doesn't believe exactly what you believe or do exactly what you would do is a troll.  Sheesh. [/quote]

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