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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you paying her for 32 hours when she is only working 40?  [/quote]

Op here. I already explained it’s to keep a good nanny. Most nannies will not work for 32 hours very long. My husbands co-worker has had 4 nannies in a span of 6 months because they only need a part-time nanny. We don’t want to have to go through several nannies so we pay for a 40 hour work week. It’s more money but worth the hassle to look every couple of months.

We didn’t put homemade baby food in our contract, but that’s because we didn’t know what we were going to do until he started solids. I will keep doing it, but I think we pay her well enough that it shouldn’t be an issue. We will never go beyond anything for the baby.

For the poster this asked - we live in Great Falls. We both have high paying jobs and can afford it. I even posted this question a couple of times and everyone agreed that paying for 40 hours while only working 32 was a good perk. That’s what we chose.[/quote]

It's not about what you can afford, it's about the message it sends to your nanny.  You were offering every perk in the book from day 1 so she has no incentive to go above and beyond (or even do work that falls under a nanny job but wasn't part of her duties to start).  I agree with you that it can be harder to keep part-time nannies.  We too needed 32 hours and we made the position appealing by offering a higher hourly wage.  This is pretty common for part time nanny jobs.  You are already doing that so paying 8 unused hours as well is overkill.

Are you going to talk to her?  Stewing in silence will only create resentment and you will surely face this problem again.[/quote]

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