Reply to Please don't get angry that good nannies deserve a competitive wage.

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "Please don't get angry that good nannies deserve a competitive wage. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure, you find the best candidate for the wage you offer. For perspective We pay our nanny $18 an hour and proper overtime and paid vacation and we just did the taxes and her W2 it ended up at $41k in wages including taxes.  Which does not include employer federal tax contribution. So that’s another 6-7k we paid. That’s not bad considering it’s one easy kid, run of the house, 8 hours, no driving and we come home early regularly and let her go. [/quote]
If she's happy, that's all you need. But I still wonder what her monthly budget looks like. Does she have to live with someone to make ends meet?[/quote]

She bought a townhouse with the help of her kids (she’s older) and using her pay stubs for the bank. She rents out a basement suite to someone as well. [/quote]
So fortunate that her children are able to help support her on your low wages.[/quote]

If wages were as high as you’d like then a nanny would only be for one percenters.  [/quote]

Yes, and would that really be an issue?  Having a nanny is the most elite form of childcare.  Someone comes into YOUR home and raises your child YOUR way.  Nobody gripes that everyone should have a personal chef or a chauffeur, yet most people are able to feed themselves and get where they need to be.  If you can't afford a nanny, that's not a reflection on your success or you as a person, it just means that you don't earn enough money to pay someone else a yearly salary.  Stop trying to pay people next to nothing for a luxury.  [/quote]

Of course it would be an issue for the 90 percent of nannies who would be out of work.[/quote]

+1.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics