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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] They don’t follow contract.  Don’t pay on time.  Treat their employers poorly.  Are bad communicators.  Basically are terrible employers and don’t keep a nanny for more than half a year.

But they don’t seem to care.  Every time a nanny quits they don’t seem fazed.  On to the next poor soul.
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How are you privvy to this info? Are you their friend? Are you the nanny that has experienced these high HHI families? Are you aware that a HHI of $200k might seem high, but that they most likely can’t afford that $12-$16 hour nanny? The family pays taxes on their income, they incur expenses such as gas or metro fare to commute to work, plus incidentals such as extra work clothes. Then they have to pay the nanny. 
As an example, I earned around $85k. After paying income and SS taxes, my health insurance and 401k, and paying a nanny’s rate FT hours, I net about $1000 or something a month. The nanny’s take home pay was way higher than mine. Ok, so if we add back the amounts for health insurance and 401k as those are my personal stuff, I was still making a net amount LESS than my nanny. It was very discouraging.

Or think of it this way. To pay a nanny $20/hr, the parent has to earn at least around $40 to break even. For the parent to take home $20 after paying the nanny, they need to be earning $60. That translates into a six figures job, which is not easy to get.

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NP here.  Nothing in your post addresses the OP’s statement.

I am a nanny who has worked with extremely wealthy parents as well as struggling graduate students.  My graduate student parents always paid me on time, followed our contract, communicated brilliantly and were open with and respectful of me.  It has nothing to do with an employer’s income. [/quote]

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