Anonymous wrote:OP…..based on your recent replies. Yikes. Good luck to the nanny.

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Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

I would not hire you based on this attitude because you sound contentious.

What I’m thinking of doing is offering the base rate for the hours the nanny watches the baby and then increasing the rate she watches the second kid. This will mean she’ll make more on school holidays, etc. but I don’t have to pay for 30
Hours per week of her not watching my elementary age child, which I do not think is fair, especially given that I and my partner telework and are basically around and helping with the kids to some extent so the nanny will rarely ever be 100 percent responsible as we handle school drop off and pick up, lunches, and I’m still nursing so nanny doesn’t have to wash bottles or pump parts or even give bottles and gets a break when I feed.

Many, many nannies won't want to deal with two wahp, so please don't try to undercut with two different rates.

Also, how do you intend to handle OT?

I can offer a higher base rate but it’ll be a buck or two more at most. And I call BS on the nannies not wanting my job, I have had over 50 applicants.

Also, I find the perspective of nannies not wanting to “deal with” parents or the anger at me for posting a legitimate question to the employer forum distasteful. Why is that? Its an honest question. I want to handle salary fairly but not pay for someone to care for my older child when they aren’t doing it 9 times out of 10. Also - is is still a pandemic. Many offices are closed. So where should I go to work, exactly, nanny who is so inconvenienced by my own presence in my home? Some of us want to be involved in our kids day to day lives and not just push them off onto hired help for 40 hours a week. How is that bad? Is it because my presence makes it harder for a bad nanny to screw around? I’ve had a flexible job for years so have spent many hours at the park during the day with the kids and have seen plenty of bad nannying. Nannies who ignore kids to scroll, talk on the phone, or hang with their nanny friends are more common than not. And it seems that many of them frequent these boards, for some reason, even when this is an employer thread.

I didn't say all would have a problem with two wahp parents; I certainly don't. My last position was with two wahp, but the difference is that they respected me and I respected them. I was paid adequately for my time, and both parents also made sure to not text with me to find appropriate times to come out, for the sake of the children. To me, that's the key, and it doesn't sound like you understand how disruptive your in/out schedule is going to be for your children.

And as I said, don't try to undercut the rate. Those of us who are happy to work for wahp (and who welcome cameras, as we have nothing to hide) aren't going to be lowballed.

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Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

I would not hire you based on this attitude because you sound contentious.

What I’m thinking of doing is offering the base rate for the hours the nanny watches the baby and then increasing the rate she watches the second kid. This will mean she’ll make more on school holidays, etc. but I don’t have to pay for 30
Hours per week of her not watching my elementary age child, which I do not think is fair, especially given that I and my partner telework and are basically around and helping with the kids to some extent so the nanny will rarely ever be 100 percent responsible as we handle school drop off and pick up, lunches, and I’m still nursing so nanny doesn’t have to wash bottles or pump parts or even give bottles and gets a break when I feed.

Many, many nannies won't want to deal with two wahp, so please don't try to undercut with two different rates.

Also, how do you intend to handle OT?

I can offer a higher base rate but it’ll be a buck or two more at most. And I call BS on the nannies not wanting my job, I have had over 50 applicants.

Also, I find the perspective of nannies not wanting to “deal with” parents or the anger at me for posting a legitimate question to the employer forum distasteful. Why is that? Its an honest question. I want to handle salary fairly but not pay for someone to care for my older child when they aren’t doing it 9 times out of 10. Also - is is still a pandemic. Many offices are closed. So where should I go to work, exactly, nanny who is so inconvenienced by my own presence in my home? Some of us want to be involved in our kids day to day lives and not just push them off onto hired help for 40 hours a week. How is that bad? Is it because my presence makes it harder for a bad nanny to screw around? I’ve had a flexible job for years so have spent many hours at the park during the day with the kids and have seen plenty of bad nannying. Nannies who ignore kids to scroll, talk on the phone, or hang with their nanny friends are more common than not. And it seems that many of them frequent these boards, for some reason, even when this is an employer thread.

Anonymous wrote:No. We just pay basically a two child rate. It’s not much more and so much easier to compute. No one feels taken advantage of and nanny is always willing to help with older child as she feels she gets a break with kid being in school.

If you start nickel and diming at the onset, no one is happy. Just add a dollar to the rate for the baby.

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Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

I would not hire you based on this attitude because you sound contentious.

What I’m thinking of doing is offering the base rate for the hours the nanny watches the baby and then increasing the rate she watches the second kid. This will mean she’ll make more on school holidays, etc. but I don’t have to pay for 30
Hours per week of her not watching my elementary age child, which I do not think is fair, especially given that I and my partner telework and are basically around and helping with the kids to some extent so the nanny will rarely ever be 100 percent responsible as we handle school drop off and pick up, lunches, and I’m still nursing so nanny doesn’t have to wash bottles or pump parts or even give bottles and gets a break when I feed.

Many, many nannies won't want to deal with two wahp, so please don't try to undercut with two different rates.

Also, how do you intend to handle OT?

I can offer a higher base rate but it’ll be a buck or two more at most. And I call BS on the nannies not wanting my job, I have had over 50 applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

I would not hire you based on this attitude because you sound contentious.

What I’m thinking of doing is offering the base rate for the hours the nanny watches the baby and then increasing the rate she watches the second kid. This will mean she’ll make more on school holidays, etc. but I don’t have to pay for 30
Hours per week of her not watching my elementary age child, which I do not think is fair, especially given that I and my partner telework and are basically around and helping with the kids to some extent so the nanny will rarely ever be 100 percent responsible as we handle school drop off and pick up, lunches, and I’m still nursing so nanny doesn’t have to wash bottles or pump parts or even give bottles and gets a break when I feed.

Many, many nannies won't want to deal with two wahp, so please don't try to undercut with two different rates.

Also, how do you intend to handle OT?

I can offer a higher base rate but it’ll be a buck or two more at most. And I call BS on the nannies not wanting my job, I have had over 50 applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

I would not hire you based on this attitude because you sound contentious.

What I’m thinking of doing is offering the base rate for the hours the nanny watches the baby and then increasing the rate she watches the second kid. This will mean she’ll make more on school holidays, etc. but I don’t have to pay for 30
Hours per week of her not watching my elementary age child, which I do not think is fair, especially given that I and my partner telework and are basically around and helping with the kids to some extent so the nanny will rarely ever be 100 percent responsible as we handle school drop off and pick up, lunches, and I’m still nursing so nanny doesn’t have to wash bottles or pump parts or even give bottles and gets a break when I feed.

Many, many nannies won't want to deal with two wahp, so please don't try to undercut with two different rates.

Also, how do you intend to handle OT?

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Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

I would not hire you based on this attitude because you sound contentious.

What I’m thinking of doing is offering the base rate for the hours the nanny watches the baby and then increasing the rate she watches the second kid. This will mean she’ll make more on school holidays, etc. but I don’t have to pay for 30
Hours per week of her not watching my elementary age child, which I do not think is fair, especially given that I and my partner telework and are basically around and helping with the kids to some extent so the nanny will rarely ever be 100 percent responsible as we handle school drop off and pick up, lunches, and I’m still nursing so nanny doesn’t have to wash bottles or pump parts or even give bottles and gets a break when I feed.

Anonymous wrote:No. We just pay basically a two child rate. It’s not much more and so much easier to compute. No one feels taken advantage of and nanny is always willing to help with older child as she feels she gets a break with kid being in school.

If you start nickel and diming at the onset, no one is happy. Just add a dollar to the rate for the baby.

Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

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Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:

1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.

2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.

You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.

If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.

There's a 3rd choice: Pay the nanny more on the days she's responsible for both children.