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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is embarrassing for you, OP, and for every nanny who engages in over sharing her personal finances to guilt parents into paying above market rates. This is not the way to earn higher rates.

Your problem is not bad, evil MBs who don't care about you. Your problem is you have chosen a profession that is flooded with people who will work for a variety of rates and who have no particular way to distinguish themselves in a way that automatically commands higher rates.

It's true that you only need one family to accept an above market rate to employ you and I absolutely think nannies should market themselves to parents as exceptional nannies who are worth high rates.

But don't do it by claiming you should make more because you have a cable bill to pay. You chose to live in a high COL area in a low skill profession. Thousands of people make it work here on less than you make. Your expected benefits are really good and your PTO and other perks may well be equal to your employers, so sympathy rates won't work.

And you don't need sympathy pay. You need pay rates based on your skills and dedication. Focus on that and ask for the rate you deserve at every interview.[/quote]

OP here. I am not embarrassed. This is the best place to share personal stories and the whole point of DCUM is to allow ordinary people to get feedback about their experiences. I love that people share here because it allows us to crowd source the best answers to some of the most common concerns, doing a great deal of public service. Even though I wince when I see people resort to bad behavior I also am happy to see people get real help. A while back someone posted about a child injury that was hard to detect or diagnose. She was scared and upset because she believed she would be blamed for harming her charge. DCUM posters rose to the occasion, she got some great information that likely saved her employment because she had been on the verge of quitting.

Now you too have posted anonymously, sharing your beliefs about an issue that is of vital importance to all of us. If it is an over share then Perhaps its because your input was not useful. Mine was, as acknowledged by MBs who would like to know the cost of living in DC.[/quoV

Very noble OP.[/quote]

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