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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's her weekly pay? In all honesty she may not be able to afford a plane ticket [/quote]

How is this OPs problem? Plane tickets are not a basic living expense and no one is entitled to make enough money to fly wherever they want whenever they want. If OPs nanny wishes to take a vacation she needs to budget and save for it like the rest of the world. [/quote]

I agree but my point is [b]she may not be able to afford to do so[/b]. My last family thought they paid me well but after taxes bringing home 500$ weekly didn't go far. After gas, paying bills, food and providing for my 2 kids I was lucky to have 10$ left to my name. [/quote]

Again, not OPs problem.  There seems to be some prevailing notion that nanny employers are under some obligation to pay enough to provide their employees with a certain standard of living (they are, after all, doing the most stressful job in the whole world and taking care of precious children  :roll: ) just by nature of their job.  This is false. There is a market rate for nanny positions, whether or not an individual can afford to live how they wish is up to them.  This is how EVERY OTHER JOB works, why should nannies have special dispensations?[/quote]

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