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21:49 is the regular poster who repeatedly believes that there is no correlation between the quality of service you get, and the wage that you pay.

"You get what you pay for" applies to everyone except nannies, in her fantasy world.

Logic has it that if a nanny is paid more than all her nanny friends, she understands that it's because she's better than all her nanny friends, at least according to her employer.

If that employer feels it may be helpful, she can tell the nanny, "I pay you well above the average rate because....
"You are fully focused on your work rather than your cellphone." A professional nanny won't need to be told.

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I second the posters who comment that there is no clear correlation between quality and wages in the nanny world.  Some nannies charge above average rates because they deliver an exceptional service.  There is no question about that.  Others charge more because they want more, and they've heard on places like this board that some of their peers charge more.  Still others charge more because they feel entitled to earn more based on years in the profession, even though time-in-profession just makes someone older, not necessarily better at what they do.

Nannies who don't deliver on par with above-average rates can sometimes get them anyway, at least for a while, because in contrast to most non-domestic employment markets, there is a never-ending stream of inexperienced employers who don't have access to reliable data about what rates are typical, don't know what level of service can be expected, don't know how to manage toward improving poor performance, and let a lot of things slide because they are fearful of disrupting their child's presumed attachment to a mediocre or poorly-performing warm body.

In this case, it sounds like the OP's nanny is falling short of even the most elementary standard of adequate performance.  Even if she is paying at the low end of the market, she'd be overpaying.  [/quote]

Unlike the above poster, I would say that each parent may have her individual preference for a particular quality for which she is willing to pay top dollar. The more uncommon the skill is among nannies, the more that parent may pay for it. For some, it may be perfect command of Chinese, Russian, or Polish. For others it may be training and experience with a certain educational/parenting philosophy.

What one parent considers worthless, another parent may consider golden, and will compensate accordingly.

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