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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you able to match the nannies request but want to know what value you get for the higher pay? Or, are you convinced that the nanny is overpriced for the market and want to set her straight? Only in the first instance would there be any legitimate reason for you to continue this conversation.[/quote]

If she thinks the job will include cleaning the entire house, doing all laundry, and making all meals, then I would consider the rate. It seems like that's what she did previously and now has in mind. It's not what I am asking for, but I want to understand what she is offering. [/quote]

That's a housekeeping position, not a house manager position.  A house manager position involves handling the household budget, paying bills, scheduling and paying maintenance, landscaping/mowing/shoveling.  A house manager can certainly command that rate, but it's doubtful that a housekeeper would.[/quote]

In the nanny world, that's a Household Manager. You're describing what the role might be in a fully (or more generously) staffed house. Most Household Manager positions are essentially SAHM positions; the "management" part is that the person in the role takes all of the decision-making and scheduling work off the employers' hands, too, so is figuring out what needs doing as well as doing in, planning menus, keeping on top of everyone's schedules, that sort of thing.[/quote]

:)  Actually you are both correct, our industry here in America does not have standard descriptions to Domestic positions. There are groups like INA and DEMA trying to standardize the industry but it has not happened and there is little point in debating the subject. The OP is making her case and her candidate is making hers, the OP can say she is not going to meet the price and the candidate does not want to lower hers. Sounds like to me that if they are this much at ODDS chances are it would not work out as the match is doomed already.[/quote]

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