Anonymous
Post 07/24/2016 08:13     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
For 15Hr. per week, I seriously doubt that someone is relying on your job as a vital source of income OP.

Plus "less than" twenty hrs./wk hardly gets any side benefits at all.

Just pay her for the hours she takes care of your son at home.

Perhaps Dad can find things to do so your nanny can still have her fifteen hrs. of childcare that she normally does.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2016 06:59     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
How do your employers reciprocate, 6:12?
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2016 06:12     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A MB here - if you had a seat in a daycare you would pay for it even if you were on vacation. I vote you pay her. It is hard to keep a PT nanny, most will take the PT job as they look for more hours. Anything you can do to keep her if you are happy with her you should do. Don't give her a reason to look around.

Daycare and nannies are totally different arrangements.


Yes they are, but the point is you reserved someone's time for a service when you hired a nanny. It is completely unreasonable to expect to maintain the reservation of someone's time without compensation. That is why OP is getting jumped on. If she were actually considerate and decent the answer to this question would be a no brainer. The fact that OP has to ask says she doesn't respect the time commitment she has reserved and she deserves all the outrage she is getting here. Too many parents don't respect their nannies, and that's why we see so many of these nonsense questions.


It is not that everyone is outraged about my question. It's that you specifically are and you keep posting over and over again jumping all over me. Tell me what other job you've ever had that you worked at part-time (specifically less than 20 hours/week) and had 2 weeks PAID vacation plus paid holidays? Tell me one job. I work in corporate America and don't even get that so have no idea why you are so outraged. I am completely willing to pay my nanny her full amount but am just trying to have jobs for her to do while I'm away or have her do extra hours and then she can take the week off. It's up to her. You have obviously been mistreated by past employers and are taking your anger out on me.


This was my first post. Sorry, more than one person thinks you're a selfish MB. To address your points, most part time jobs have very high turnover. Do you want high turnover, and a noncommittal employee when it comes to the care of your children? If so, don't pay her, since the job doesn't matter that much. But if you recognize that the care of your child, even if part time, requires a greater commitment, and greater competency than your average part time "corporate" worker, you will recognize that you can't treat it the same.

To your next point, having her work extra hours or do odd jobs. You hired a nanny. You hired a nanny to do a specific job with a specific schedule at hiring. Everything you are suggesting disrespects the commitment you made to her when you asked her to work for you. You can't just suddenly ask her to do things that aren't her job, or work a schedule she never agreed to because YOU decided to go on vacation. That is why you are seeing outrage from multiple posters. You are selfish, you intend to take advantage of someone who made the mistake of relying on you for their income, and you still want a pat on the back for feigning to be "generous".

No one is taking their anger out on you. I'm hoping you'll see the error of your ways and do better. No one has EVER done this to me because I have standards regarding the type of people I will work with.


Well if there are several people that are outraged, there are also several who are not and have actually had helpful responses, unlike yours. For instance the pp who said have our nanny come over and do a job like organize the kids' closet. That was a great idea. Looks like someone else once had their nanny look after the dog and get the mail. There are other possibilities of making yourself useful when you are getting paid by someone and don't have your typical work to do. No, I did not hire a personal assistant or housekeeper, I hired a nanny. But thank goodness she is multi-skilled, flexible and shows incentive on a job. Unlike you it sounds like. I would never hire someone with your attitude. Every nanny position I ever worked I always helped out with other things besides just watching the kids. Not sure why that thought is such a stretch for you.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2016 21:57     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My nanny brings in the mail amd the trash cans while we are gone. When we had a pet, she would feed it.

How long does it take her to get to your house?


Half an hour.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2016 19:55     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A MB here - if you had a seat in a daycare you would pay for it even if you were on vacation. I vote you pay her. It is hard to keep a PT nanny, most will take the PT job as they look for more hours. Anything you can do to keep her if you are happy with her you should do. Don't give her a reason to look around.

Daycare and nannies are totally different arrangements.


Yes they are, but the point is you reserved someone's time for a service when you hired a nanny. It is completely unreasonable to expect to maintain the reservation of someone's time without compensation. That is why OP is getting jumped on. If she were actually considerate and decent the answer to this question would be a no brainer. The fact that OP has to ask says she doesn't respect the time commitment she has reserved and she deserves all the outrage she is getting here. Too many parents don't respect their nannies, and that's why we see so many of these nonsense questions.


It is not that everyone is outraged about my question. It's that you specifically are and you keep posting over and over again jumping all over me. Tell me what other job you've ever had that you worked at part-time (specifically less than 20 hours/week) and had 2 weeks PAID vacation plus paid holidays? Tell me one job. I work in corporate America and don't even get that so have no idea why you are so outraged. I am completely willing to pay my nanny her full amount but am just trying to have jobs for her to do while I'm away or have her do extra hours and then she can take the week off. It's up to her. You have obviously been mistreated by past employers and are taking your anger out on me.


This was my first post. Sorry, more than one person thinks you're a selfish MB. To address your points, most part time jobs have very high turnover. Do you want high turnover, and a noncommittal employee when it comes to the care of your children? If so, don't pay her, since the job doesn't matter that much. But if you recognize that the care of your child, even if part time, requires a greater commitment, and greater competency than your average part time "corporate" worker, you will recognize that you can't treat it the same.

To your next point, having her work extra hours or do odd jobs. You hired a nanny. You hired a nanny to do a specific job with a specific schedule at hiring. Everything you are suggesting disrespects the commitment you made to her when you asked her to work for you. You can't just suddenly ask her to do things that aren't her job, or work a schedule she never agreed to because YOU decided to go on vacation. That is why you are seeing outrage from multiple posters. You are selfish, you intend to take advantage of someone who made the mistake of relying on you for their income, and you still want a pat on the back for feigning to be "generous".

No one is taking their anger out on you. I'm hoping you'll see the error of your ways and do better. No one has EVER done this to me because I have standards regarding the type of people I will work with.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 15:34     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:Usually less than part-time nannies do not get paid for taking vacations on their own or even when their employers do.

I say "less than part-time" because she isn't even doing part-time which is 20/Hrs per wk.

So I would just compensate her for whatever hours she will perform w/your son while you are away.


Bingo.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 15:33     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A MB here - if you had a seat in a daycare you would pay for it even if you were on vacation. I vote you pay her. It is hard to keep a PT nanny, most will take the PT job as they look for more hours. Anything you can do to keep her if you are happy with her you should do. Don't give her a reason to look around.

Daycare and nannies are totally different arrangements.


Yes they are, but the point is you reserved someone's time for a service when you hired a nanny. It is completely unreasonable to expect to maintain the reservation of someone's time without compensation. That is why OP is getting jumped on. If she were actually considerate and decent the answer to this question would be a no brainer. The fact that OP has to ask says she doesn't respect the time commitment she has reserved and she deserves all the outrage she is getting here. Too many parents don't respect their nannies, and that's why we see so many of these nonsense questions.


It is not that everyone is outraged about my question. It's that you specifically are and you keep posting over and over again jumping all over me. Tell me what other job you've ever had that you worked at part-time (specifically less than 20 hours/week) and had 2 weeks PAID vacation plus paid holidays? Tell me one job. I work in corporate America and don't even get that so have no idea why you are so outraged. I am completely willing to pay my nanny her full amount but am just trying to have jobs for her to do while I'm away or have her do extra hours and then she can take the week off. It's up to her. You have obviously been mistreated by past employers and are taking your anger out on me.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 13:48     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Usually less than part-time nannies do not get paid for taking vacations on their own or even when their employers do.

I say "less than part-time" because she isn't even doing part-time which is 20/Hrs per wk.

So I would just compensate her for whatever hours she will perform w/your son while you are away.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 13:28     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:If you didn't pay me before you went on vacation, I'd have a new job by the time you came home. Surprise.


Exactly
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 12:39     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
If you didn't pay me before you went on vacation, I'd have a new job by the time you came home. Surprise.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 12:14     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A MB here - if you had a seat in a daycare you would pay for it even if you were on vacation. I vote you pay her. It is hard to keep a PT nanny, most will take the PT job as they look for more hours. Anything you can do to keep her if you are happy with her you should do. Don't give her a reason to look around.

Daycare and nannies are totally different arrangements.


Yes they are, but the point is you reserved someone's time for a service when you hired a nanny. It is completely unreasonable to expect to maintain the reservation of someone's time without compensation. That is why OP is getting jumped on. If she were actually considerate and decent the answer to this question would be a no brainer. The fact that OP has to ask says she doesn't respect the time commitment she has reserved and she deserves all the outrage she is getting here. Too many parents don't respect their nannies, and that's why we see so many of these nonsense questions.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 11:07     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:A MB here - if you had a seat in a daycare you would pay for it even if you were on vacation. I vote you pay her. It is hard to keep a PT nanny, most will take the PT job as they look for more hours. Anything you can do to keep her if you are happy with her you should do. Don't give her a reason to look around.

Daycare and nannies are totally different arrangements.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 11:07     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Anonymous wrote:I have a part-time nanny who works about 15 hours/week. She just recently took a one week vacation which I paid her for. Two of my kids and I are about to go on our first vacation in a long time. What do I pay her while we're gone? She will still drop in a bit to take care of DS that is staying behind with DH but will not come close to the 15 hours she normally works. Do I give her more hours the week before and after our trip to make up for it? Do I have her come in and do housekeeping while we're gone? Or what have others done in this situation?

If she still plans to come in every day, I would just find some kid-related projects for her to do. Perhaps go through the kids' closets (since they will be away), sort the stuff they outgrew, make a list of what's needed, go through the winter clothes, set aside stuff they outgrew, etc. Some organization stuff. Maybe ton of kid laundry. There's always stuff to do.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 10:52     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
A MB here - if you had a seat in a daycare you would pay for it even if you were on vacation. I vote you pay her. It is hard to keep a PT nanny, most will take the PT job as they look for more hours. Anything you can do to keep her if you are happy with her you should do. Don't give her a reason to look around.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2016 10:11     Subject: What to pay nanny when we're out of town
Since it's only 15 hours, I would have her come in anyway.
Even if your husband is home with your son--maybe your husband would like some free time to catch up on work, tackle a home improvement project, or even just workout or spend some time on his hobby.