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[quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - this is why this forum is of limited value, and may scare you more than inform you.

I'm a local MB (montgomery county) who has a nanny we love, and who has been with us for several years.  She is experienced, legal, totally honest, great w/ our kids, etc...

We love her and hope to keep her for years.  She loves us too (loves our kids but also really appreciates the job and the way she's treated.)

We hired in your budget range.  9:59 (the MB above who got slammed) is totally right.

[b]If you're reasonable and flexible and a good boss (and not a micromanager) you can find qualified, great nannies in your price range.  If you have a long list of requirements and will be very particular in your parenting approach and demands then your price range is unrealistic. 
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This is what most posters have said, including nannies. Please stop trying to discount us. Most of you have hire one or two nannies. We have worked with and interviewed with countless families. Who do you honestly think has a better grasp on the market? Some of you have lucked out finding a nanny who undervalues her services, that doesn't mean its realistic. Just as there are some nannies who have lucked out and claim to make $30/hour. Doesn't mean its good advice to tell every nanny she should demand that rate.

I think OPs rate is fine if she has a basic job (she does) and realistic expectations about the kind of nanny she will get at that price point (not highly experienced or qualified). That doesn't mean she won't find a lovely young woman who, with some instruction and guidance can't be a great nanny for her family. At lower price points, as with all things, you simply have to work a bit harder or get lucky to find the quality, and you run the risk of getting precisely what you pay for; low quality. [/quote]

I'm not trying to discount your opinion - you're certainly entitled.  But you haven't hired a nanny.  I have.  I hired a very experienced nanny, not young.  I hired a US citizen.  I hired someone who drives, who has nannied w/ 5 prior families with an average tenure of 4 years in those positions.  [b]I hired in Montgomery County and I started her at what the OP is suggesting and that same nanny still works for us more than 2 years later.[/b]

[b]Experienced, mature, qualified, legal - all for $700/week for 50 hours (plus a competitive benefits package.) [/b] The OP does not have to compromise on quality or experience.  She won't find all of this for her rate from an agency nanny, but the odds of her having fantastic candidates from family/friend/neighbor referrals is excellent.[/quote]

Have you offered raises to your amazing nanny? OP indicated $700/week is their max budget. That usually means [b]no raises[/b].

What sort of benefits do you offer? Keep in mind that 15 days PTO and federal holidays the parents don't work are standard. OP didn't indicate anything about any benefits at all, did she?

So I don't think you and op share much in common at all.[/quote]

Jeez Nanny Deb.  You and I are usually on the same side here but you're really leaping to conclusions.  Of course our nanny has gotten annual raises and bonuses.  This past year we gave her a 12% raise and a week's pay as bonus.  She gets 2 weeks vacation, one week sick leave, 10 federal holidays, somewhere in the neighborhood of 4-8 additional days off when we go on vacation, and in the past year we actually paid her for 4 weeks of additional leave time beyond what she had accrued because of some illness.  (And, of course, we held her job for her during that time - while we paid twice for childcare- her ongoing salary and the cost of a short term replacement.)

Her rate today is not what OP is proposing, but that is where we started.  OP did not say that she would be unable to ever provide raises, in fact she said that perhaps they could go higher with additional penny pinching.

Anyway, I've been around DCUM long enough to know better than to get drawn into these arguments.  There is no chance of it resolving well.  OP has the info I wanted to give her and she can do as she sees fit, and as the market provides.  I wish her well and hope she finds someone as great as we did.[/quote]

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