Anonymous wrote:
What IS surprising (at least to 13:55), is that a pediatric psychiatrist MB would choose an expensive nanny who brought her child to work.

Anonymous wrote:

It would be very unusual to find a family willing to pay $15-17 for a nanny who brings her own child to work. Not saying it has never happened, but outside of this board, I've never heard of anyone being willing to pay more than share rates ($9-10 per hour) for a nanny who wants to bring her own child to work.

This. Also, OP, do a search on these forums. Several parents and many nannies have been very articulate of what you need to consider before embarking on such an arrangement. Many think it's a very bad idea to have a nanny bring her own child, although there is one persistent nanny on one of the threads who thinks it's great. I suppose it isn't surprising to have a nanny happy about free childcare.

It would be very unusual to find a family willing to pay $15-17 for a nanny who brings her own child to work. Not saying it has never happened, but outside of this board, I've never heard of anyone being willing to pay more than share rates ($9-10 per hour) for a nanny who wants to bring her own child to work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One is asking for $15/hour the other is asking for $17.

Both of them have a child the same age as my oldest so it will be 3 kids in my house.

Obviously this is ridiculous but I'm wondering if I should let them know they're asking too much. Would you offer lesser money to them or just move on?

These rates may not be ridiculous for these nannies, even if they aren't going to work for you. Typically a NWOC offers a percentage decrease in what they'd otherwise be eligible to make, so if Nanny B normally makes $20-22/hr for 2 kids, dropping her rate to $17 is the level of savings you'd expect to see in a nanny bringing her own child. You can by all means say that this is more than you're comfortable paying for someone who's bringing their own child along, but please don't attempt to offer an objective analysis because you can't do that (and neither can we).

And FWIW, many of the parents I've known who hired nannies with their own children said that although the cost savings was not great (as it would be in a nanny share), these were the only nannies they felt comfortable hiring from the pool of applicants they interviewed. In a case like that, a great nanny with her own child really could command $15-17/hr.

It would be very unusual to find a family willing to pay $15-17 for a nanny who brings her own child to work. Not saying it has never happened, but outside of this board, I've never heard of anyone being willing to pay more than share rates ($9-10 per hour) for a nanny who wants to bring her own child to work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One is asking for $15/hour the other is asking for $17.

Both of them have a child the same age as my oldest so it will be 3 kids in my house.

Obviously this is ridiculous but I'm wondering if I should let them know they're asking too much. Would you offer lesser money to them or just move on?

These rates may not be ridiculous for these nannies, even if they aren't going to work for you. Typically a NWOC offers a percentage decrease in what they'd otherwise be eligible to make, so if Nanny B normally makes $20-22/hr for 2 kids, dropping her rate to $17 is the level of savings you'd expect to see in a nanny bringing her own child. You can by all means say that this is more than you're comfortable paying for someone who's bringing their own child along, but please don't attempt to offer an objective analysis because you can't do that (and neither can we).

And FWIW, many of the parents I've known who hired nannies with their own children said that although the cost savings was not great (as it would be in a nanny share), these were the only nannies they felt comfortable hiring from the pool of applicants they interviewed. In a case like that, a great nanny with her own child really could command $15-17/hr.

Anonymous wrote:

I do know a couple who pay their nanny $20 and she brings her daughter with her to work, so clearly this isn't a universal approach.

Right..I know a family who recently invested 100K in buying the Brooklyn Bridge. Really, its true.

Anonymous wrote:

I do know a couple who pay their nanny $20 and she brings her daughter with her to work, so clearly this isn't a universal approach.

Right..I know a family who recently invested 100K in buying the Brooklyn Bridge. Really, its true.

I do know a couple who pay their nanny $20 and she brings her daughter with her to work, so clearly this isn't a universal approach.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry PP but someone who is willing to pay in the $15-$20 range is not going to consider a nanny bringing her child. The only people who will consider this are ones who were thinking about a nanny share. A regular nanny share is cheaper with each family equally paying $7.50-$9 an hour, the kids get equal attention from the nanny, there is no issue of the nanny using her own parent philosophy because its her kid, you don't have to pay for the nanny's kid to go to activities. and you don't have the extra liability from an employee bringing their kid to work. At this point, you are just left with employers who want to pay share prices but can't find another family to share.

Anonymous wrote:One is asking for $15/hour the other is asking for $17.

Both of them have a child the same age as my oldest so it will be 3 kids in my house.

Obviously this is ridiculous but I'm wondering if I should let them know they're asking too much. Would you offer lesser money to them or just move on?

You'll find that some nannies are a little out of touch with reality when it comes to bringing their kids to work. They've actually convinced themselves that it benefits you and in no way alters the amount of attention they can give your kids.