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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another whiny nanny who thinks she is worth more than she really is and wants to screw her employer because her friend makes more than she does.  [/quote]
I don't believe you have any idea what she's worth. If you continue with these troll posts, we will have to start reporting you. 
Please stop. Thank you.[/quote]

Not a troll, but it gets tiresome hearing from these nannies who agreed to a rate and then all of a sudden realize they should be getting so much more an hour. [/quote]

Do you also tire of parents who agree to a job, then desire to change the schedule, duties, or compensation? Or do you believe a nanny's purpose is to serve parents without regard to her own needs? OP is coming up on her one year mark. Is that not an appropriate time to reasses and renegotiate?[/quote]

A lot of this happens because things aren't clearly spelled out up front in the contract. My boss tried to get me to work on a couple of days I wasn't supposed to and I was able to go back to our contract and let her know I wouldn't be working. No issues. Some parents will try to add things, but you have to stand your ground upfront. But yes, I do believe a nanny's role is to serve the family, but not be a doorstep. And when I say serve, I mean be a help to the family, not bring her drama to her job, think she knows better than a parent what is best for the child, our job is to make their life easier and to work with and for them, not against them. 
  Sure  OP can try to renegotiate her contract and that is fine, but she shouldn't be doing it because she thinks that is what the other nannies are getting, but because she has gone above and beyond the call of duty and not just do the bare minimum, like so many other people do. [/quote]

You have no experience in a traditional job setting obviously. Of course salary negotiations are based on what other people are making. If OP does a good job, she should be making what most other similarly qualified nannies are making. The same goes for moderately qualified nannies that think they should make above market hourly rates because they are hard working, nice people. The market determines rates, and if OP is being paid under market, that is a completely legitimate reason to request a raise, just as it is a perfectly good reason to refuse a raise request from a nanny being paid at or above market.

As for the rest of your post, not sure why parents get a pass for constantly trying to change an agreement, but OP gets crap from you for asking for advice on a raise request at a perfectly normal time to do so. Methinks you're a buttkiss who likes to feel superior by ragging on other nannies, and giving parents a pass for anything. [/quote]

Yes, I do have experience in different job settings and negotiate when it is time for a raise.  While I believe some parents try to take advantage of nannies, trust me, I have worked for them, nannies also try to take advantage of parents. And I didn't say parents get a pass, but you have to stand up for yourself and get this stuff straightened out before it become an issue. Negotiations do not only include salary. [/quote]

Do you even remember what we are talking about? OP is trying to negotiate a raise at her one year mark. You called her a whiny nanny, and said she wanted to screw her employer. You clearly have a bone to pick on some unrelated issue and it colors your whole perception. No one was trying to screw anyone. OP wants a raise based on her merit, tenure, and what she has found to be the market for her skills and background. [/quote]

Looking at OP's original post, it said nothing about what she has done to earn her raise. She likes the baby and is happy with her job. She did not state what she did to earn quite an increase in salary. IF she had said I want to renegotiate because I have done this, this and this and I have these skills, it would be another matter.  OP made her case on what she thinks other nannies in the area make and that she should be making that much. [/quote]

If OP's work is as good as, or better than that of her colleague's, please explain why she SHOULDN'T be compensated accordingly. Don't you WANT a smart nanny? Or is OP too smart for your affordability?[/quote]

If she really is a great nanny and proven herself to her employers, that is what a raise should be based on, not on what she thinks other nannies make.  Will she get a raise, probably. As much as she thinks she should get, probably not. [/quote]

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