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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there actually, in real life, nannies making $50/hr like in that other thread? Is that possible? What makes them worth that? I've seen threads about getting from $20/hr to $30, but $50 and above is such a huge jump..... I'm confused.[/quote]

You need to know the rate, number of hours a week, and the time of the hours (night nanny?), to get a better picture.  And city, and parents professions, travel, etc.[/quote]

Since this seems to have stemmed from my post in the other thread, I am the person that posted about making $51.75 an hour this year. I work for a family in DC, both parents work, neither are "famous." Their house is nice but not an enormous mansion. I only worry about the kids and don't to chores. I try to wash dishes (most of them) as the kids are eating but sometimes I don't get to them. Occasionally I will finish them up before I leave after the parents relieve me but many times I will leave dirty dishes in the sink, it's never been an issue. I have only ever wiped down the kitchen counter after cooking and water spots after bath time, that is the extent of any cleaning I have ever done. The family has a cleaner that comes in every Wednesday for half a day to do a deep clean and tidy up. My charges eat solid food so I cook all our meals from scratch with fresh, whole food from the fridge stocked by the parents.

I teach the kids, I have many years of experience educating pre-K children. I engage them, I spark their curiosity. I am teaching them a third language (another European language, they speak English and a second European language). I work 8am to 4:30pm. Parents have never been late unannounced. Occasionally DB has arrived home at the correct time but asked me if I had the time to stay for 15-60 minutes so he can jump on a call, which I have always not had a problem with. There have only been 2 times in the last year they have asked me to babysit, I know they have used another person to babysit on other occasions. If they asked me more often to babysit I would say yes, but they don't. They are very respectful, we have a very friendly relationship. They ask me about my day and I ask about theirs, we exchange brief stories.

Just thought I would throw out some of the details to give one example. Everyone seems to be under the impression if you are making over a certain amount or working for certain types of families that your job suddenly becomes horrible and you are working 24/7. [/quote]
Your job seems more like that of a governess than a nanny.[/quote]

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