Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 18:50     Subject: Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
OK, but OP is starting over with a new nanny and older kids. She neither owes this new nanny the "lifetime loyalty" bonus nor needs someone who can handle, say, three toddlers. There is no reason for her to hire someone at those rates in Bethesda.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 17:14     Subject: Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't think $24/hour is all that great for three children. Some nannies get 25. for one child.


not all nannies work for bill gates


Nanny here getting $25 for one and I don't work for Gates or even a particularly wealthy family. (small house, old cars, etc.) They just choose to spend their money on the things they find most important. You see lots of people living barely within their means living in DC in a nice house with 2 or 3 high end cars and then only willing to pay $12 an hour for a nanny. There are families that do it the opposite way.


+1 I work for two Ivy League graduates, one who is still getting his doctorate and not working. They live in a rental apartment but choose to spend their money on me - a former preschool teacher with a masters in Early Childhood Development - for their one child. I started at only $22 an hour but they gave me a dollar raise last month after my first year anniversary.

It is not about wealth - it is about priorities.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 16:55     Subject: Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't think $24/hour is all that great for three children. Some nannies get 25. for one child.


not all nannies work for bill gates


Nanny here getting $25 for one and I don't work for Gates or even a particularly wealthy family. (small house, old cars, etc.) They just choose to spend their money on the things they find most important. You see lots of people living barely within their means living in DC in a nice house with 2 or 3 high end cars and then only willing to pay $12 an hour for a nanny. There are families that do it the opposite way.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 16:43     Subject: Re:Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
We are paying $26 an hour for two children in school until 3PM. Like a PP, she has always been our children's nanny and I want to keep it that way for the sake of my kids.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 15:09     Subject: Re:Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
Yes, we are currently paying $24 an hour for two kids, one in five-hour a day preschool and the other in elementary school. We are in Falls Church.

She has been their nanny since the their births. I anticipate being up to $28 an hour before both can handle after-care.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 14:36     Subject: Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
The main thing is that most nannies need to know you're paying as well as you can afford, in accordance with the quality of their work.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 14:28     Subject: Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
Anonymous wrote:I don't think $24/hour is all that great for three children. Some nannies get 25. for one child.


And you are one of them, no doubt.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 14:00     Subject: Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
Anonymous wrote:I don't think $24/hour is all that great for three children. Some nannies get 25. for one child.


not all nannies work for bill gates
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 13:44     Subject: Anyone else paying $24 per hour?
I don't think $24/hour is all that great for three children. Some nannies get 25. for one child.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2015 13:11     Subject: Re:Anyone else paying $24 per hour?

Anonymous wrote:
You're right. Post the job for $18 and let the new person negotiate up to $20 after their probationary period ends. That leaves you room to give raises and will make them feel good about their negotiating skills.


+1


Another MB in agreement.

Clearly your nanny told her friend what she was paid so the friend doesn't want to accept less. But hiring someone new, for a revised/part-time position, is not hiring someone to replace your long-term nanny who was at such a high rate. They are not equivalent jobs and you don't need to pay the same.

So you lose out on an easy hire, and the candidate loses out on an easy gig - but there are LOTS of people out there in the $18-20 range.


This. With all your children in school, there is no need to pay such a high rate. You'll find many good PT nannies in the $18-20 range. GL.