Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is our share. Nanny makes a little over $800 total per week.

Ok, that is a competitive wage. I still would give one week for a nanny I really liked.

Anonymous wrote:I just saw this on the Today show yesterday morning and they said that a holiday bonus to give your nanny should equal a week's pay.

Yes,one or two or more...

Yes, that is our share. Nanny makes a little over $800 total per week.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. $400 would be a full week's pay. Give her that? Yes, we plan on employing her for a long time.

MB here, if you really like her, give her $400. For a 40 hour week, her salary is on the low side.

OP might be talking about her share of the nanny share. OP, does the nanny makes at least $800 total?

Another MB here. We had just hired our nanny in November as a PT baby sitter and then we ended up hiring her as our FT nanny for January. That first December, we gave her 1/2 of her week's pay and a Christmas gift. We really liked her and wanted to employe her for a long time (that was 3 years ago).

Anonymous wrote:OP here. $400 would be a full week's pay. Give her that? Yes, we plan on employing her for a long time.

MB here, if you really like her, give her $400. For a 40 hour week, her salary is on the low side.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. $400 would be a full week's pay. Give her that? Yes, we plan on employing her for a long time.

Give her a third of that, since she's worked for you for a third of the year.

I just saw this on the Today show yesterday morning and they said that a holiday bonus to give your nanny should equal a week's pay.

OP here. $400 would be a full week's pay. Give her that? Yes, we plan on employing her for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have any gift cards you can regift (used or full value, money is money)? That is always a nice and usually free gift.

Who the hell regifts partially used gift cards? That would be so insulting.

I would never forget that and it would most definitely change the way I feel about my job.
That is beyond insulting.
I once recieved a $20 gift card to Outback Steakhouse from my employers....they knew I'm vegan. That was my Christmas gift.
They were jerks, but that was the beginning of the end.

Anonymous wrote:Do you have any gift cards you can regift (used or full value, money is money)? That is always a nice and usually free gift.

Who the hell regifts partially used gift cards? That would be so insulting.

Do you have any gift cards you can regift (used or full value, money is money)? That is always a nice and usually free gift.

Our nanny started in October. She is getting $250 (about 1/3 of her weekly pay), and a small gift.

FWIW, though, I don't do a week's salary usually. I usually do $400-$500.

She's worked for a third of a year. So give her a third of a week's pay.

Do you intend to employ her for a long time? Is she doing a good job? If so, give her the full amount.
Doing things like this buys a lot of good will.

I am part of a nanny share. The nanny has been working for us for 4 months (same for the other family, more or less). I think that it is standard to give a nanny a week's pay as a holiday bonus. What is the right bonus when the nanny has been working for less time - four months? I want to give her a bonus that shows that we appreciate her, and don't know what her expectations are. TIA.