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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kensington Mom - thanks so much for your reply.  We are in Kensington also.  I am greatly heartened to hear of your experience.  Did you post the starting salary in your ad? I plan to list at least a range so applicants can know right off the bat if we're paying in a range they accept.

We have had only one nanny for several years, and got extraordinarily lucky w/ her through a neighbor referral.  So I'm glad to hear that the broader sources like care.com paid off for you.  We'll post on the neighborhood listservs but also with care.com and an agency we've used.

I like you framing the desire for a "no hassle" relationship.  My equivalent is no drama.  :-)

Thx so much for the detailed reply.[/quote]

No problem at all.  I really love sharing about our nanny because I know people have had bad experiences (both nannies, and employers), so I like to let people know there is another side to it.

I can't remember now but I think I did not post the salary in my initial ad, but instead asked for applicants to contact me with salary requirements (I could be misremembering though, and did give a range in the ad...it was over a year ago now).  Then when people contacted me, some gave a salary range, some didn't.  As a side note, almost EVERYONE stated a salary requirement of $15-20/hour.  Even our current nanny quoted $15-20/hour in her initial cover letter.  After that I wrote them back like I mentioned and I believe that is where I gave the salary range.  I may have said $500 - 600/week, and then at the interview we ended up letting people know that we would be looking to pay $600/week.  We knew that we could afford to go up to $650/week, but like I said, no one negotiated.  The job is 50 hours/week, so $600/week is $12/hour.  (We have the contract structured so the hourly rate appears lower and she is paid overtime after 40 hours/week, but now we are getting technical :) )

I don't know how you paid your last nanny, but in our situation it has been mutually beneficial to pay a flat rate (plus overtime and mileage), and I would highly recommend it.  I cannot imagine the work it would take to keep meticulous track of hours, and also feel it might cause tension between employer and employee.  For example, our nanny only worked 3 days last week (snow day, and then my Friday off), and was still paid her $650.  She knows what money she can count on, and we know how much we will be paying.  Plus, we have no time or desire to be nickle and diming her.

For what it's worth, my nanny actually saw my ad on DCUM, not Care.com.

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