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[quote=Anonymous]I work part time (18/24 hours per week apiece, 42 hours per week total) for two separate families with one child each

Location: portland, OR (nanny market is crummy here, I make a lot less here than I did in DC!)

Length of employment: 2.5 years (started working with both families at the same time)

Weekly salary: family 1 $230.   family 2 $310

Bonus: family 1 $230.    family 2 $200

Gifts: family 1 a beautiful scarf (brand new with tags and gift receipt from cute local gift shop)
family 2 a bottle of wine and a used leather wallet (both were pretty clearly just things from around their house)

Noteworthy: family 1 pays me guaranteed hours, so even though they gave me two days off over the holidays they still paid me for those hours in full and gave me the bonus on top of it.   family 2 does not pay me guaranteed hours and they basically forced me to take two days off over the holidays, unpaid. The bonus they gave me does not even fully cover the wages I would've earned if I had been able to work those days, so in the end I come away with less money--not much of a "bonus" at all.

I'm considering asking family 2 for either guaranteed hours or a raise in the new year (I'd like both but I feel it's unlikely to happen). I feel like since I've been with them for so long, have awesome qualifications, credentials and experience, and am always on time, rarely call out sick, and do a great job with her son that I deserve to be compensated better. They own a million dollar home, a large speed boat, and a freaking airplane (and they just bought a brand new Mercedes suv) so they can clearly afford it, even though they've chosen to nickel and dime me thus far. Anyway, we'll just have to see what happens with that...[/quote]

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