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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole scenario reminds me of much of the advice I read here on DCUM. I see some nannies advising each other to try to educate a prospective employer on what their rate should be and all that you're bringing to the table to earn that. My point in all of this - whether it's a boss who's offering too little or a nanny expecting too much - is that there's no point in trying to "educate" the other party on what you think is reasonable. We all bringing our own biases into this situation and we're not going to convince the other that we're right. People learn through the experience of spending months applying to jobs and not finding any at the rate they want; through spending weeks or months interviewing candidates and finding none of them meet even your most basic standards at the rate you want to pay. This real world experience is much more educational than hearing from a single individual trying to rewrite the job description. [/quote]

Maybe... but OP's willingness to continue to engage and then start this thread helped me re-anchor my expectations as a MB. Before I thought I had a strict cap on my hourly wage but I didn't really think about what else I might be able to get out of the arrangement for a higher pay. [/quote]

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