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Anonymous wrote:It is really amazing to read how some nannies describe other nannies' employment status. We should be coming together as one, knowing that we are all in this because these families need us and we need them. But instead we are at each other's throats like wild animals.

I have been a nanny for over 38 years, am I more qualify as a nanny who just started two weeks ago in the business, I don't know or care. Let that be the person who hires me the judge of that.

However, I will tell you this though, I am an awesome nanny. When the persons who hires me go to their jobs they don't have to worry about whether their children are being cared for.

And when they come come their children are as happy as little lambs....clean, fed, smelling good with not a scratch on their head.

How much dollars per hour does this service means to employers are their business not mind. They could go and pay someone ten dollars an hours and get the same service maybe, let them be the judge of that.

Therefore, why are we being so nasty and underhanded to one another? We are all seeking payment for a service which we should be paid, because we have families and homes to maintain just as the people whom we are working for.

Please stop with the I have more education than she bit, when the day is done these people only cares about one thing, and one thing only, their children's happiness not the NANNIES'.

This thread is FIVE YEARS OLD! Why dig up a zombie thread?

And as an employer, I care deeply about a nanny's education. I want my kids to learn with a nanny and not just be clean, fed, smelling good without scratches.

Please just stop your complaining about "zombie" threads. Most of the issues we had five (or even ten!) years ago, we still have today. But maybe you're a new parent who wouldn't know.

Anonymous wrote:It is really amazing to read how some nannies describe other nannies' employment status. We should be coming together as one, knowing that we are all in this because these families need us and we need them. But instead we are at each other's throats like wild animals.

I have been a nanny for over 38 years, am I more qualify as a nanny who just started two weeks ago in the business, I don't know or care. Let that be the person who hires me the judge of that.

However, I will tell you this though, I am an awesome nanny. When the persons who hires me go to their jobs they don't have to worry about whether their children are being cared for.

And when they come come their children are as happy as little lambs....clean, fed, smelling good with not a scratch on their head.

How much dollars per hour does this service means to employers are their business not mind. They could go and pay someone ten dollars an hours and get the same service maybe, let them be the judge of that.

Therefore, why are we being so nasty and underhanded to one another? We are all seeking payment for a service which we should be paid, because we have families and homes to maintain just as the people whom we are working for.

Please stop with the I have more education than she bit, when the day is done these people only cares about one thing, and one thing only, their children's happiness not the NANNIES'.

This thread is FIVE YEARS OLD! Why dig up a zombie thread?

And as an employer, I care deeply about a nanny's education. I want my kids to learn with a nanny and not just be clean, fed, smelling good without scratches.

It is really amazing to read how some nannies describe other nannies' employment status. We should be coming together as one, knowing that we are all in this because these families need us and we need them. But instead we are at each other's throats like wild animals.

I have been a nanny for over 38 years, am I more qualify as a nanny who just started two weeks ago in the business, I don't know or care. Let that be the person who hires me the judge of that.

However, I will tell you this though, I am an awesome nanny. When the persons who hires me go to their jobs they don't have to worry about whether their children are being cared for.

And when they come come their children are as happy as little lambs....clean, fed, smelling good with not a scratch on their head.

How much dollars per hour does this service means to employers are their business not mind. They could go and pay someone ten dollars an hours and get the same service maybe, let them be the judge of that.

Therefore, why are we being so nasty and underhanded to one another? We are all seeking payment for a service which we should be paid, because we have families and homes to maintain just as the people whom we are working for.

Please stop with the I have more education than she bit, when the day is done these people only cares about one thing, and one thing only, their children's happiness not the NANNIES'.

Anonymous wrote:There is understandably a lot of bitterness from long term nannies without education and younger college grad nannies. Neither group does or does not deserve $20 an hour. The high paying jobs at the extreme end of the spectrum exist but they involve more unique situations. They aren't really about skill or even tasks being widely different from a job paying substantially less.

1. MBs with demanding and unforgiving work schedules will pay higher amounts to avoid needing to deal with nanny drama. The higher rate isn't because you are such an expert, its to unsure that you do your job and don't screw around impacting the parent's work needs. You need a stellar work history to get this job.

2. Higher profile families will pay more to keep you from selling gossip to tablets or other sources.

3. Parents who are very wealthy may pay more for a specific type of nanny. This type is unique to what they perceive is best. They may turn their noses up to the uneducated long term career nanny and prefer a younger college grad with a degree from a good university (not community college). They may want someone more like a grandma type nanny. They may want someone who cooks. Its all over the map.

4. Parents who need fewer hours may pay more because fewer hours is lower impact to their budget. I paid a former preschool teacher $20 an hour a few times to do evening babysitting. We weren't going out much so I didn't care about the rate. She wasn't worth $20...the high school sitter who comes over for $10 is far more engaged with the kids. It was more a reflection of it was often and it was easy to schedule her.

You are the bitter one, without much experience at all.

There is understandably a lot of bitterness from long term nannies without education and younger college grad nannies. Neither group does or does not deserve $20 an hour. The high paying jobs at the extreme end of the spectrum exist but they involve more unique situations. They aren't really about skill or even tasks being widely different from a job paying substantially less.

1. MBs with demanding and unforgiving work schedules will pay higher amounts to avoid needing to deal with nanny drama. The higher rate isn't because you are such an expert, its to unsure that you do your job and don't screw around impacting the parent's work needs. You need a stellar work history to get this job.

2. Higher profile families will pay more to keep you from selling gossip to tablets or other sources.

3. Parents who are very wealthy may pay more for a specific type of nanny. This type is unique to what they perceive is best. They may turn their noses up to the uneducated long term career nanny and prefer a younger college grad with a degree from a good university (not community college). They may want someone more like a grandma type nanny. They may want someone who cooks. Its all over the map.

4. Parents who need fewer hours may pay more because fewer hours is lower impact to their budget. I paid a former preschool teacher $20 an hour a few times to do evening babysitting. We weren't going out much so I didn't care about the rate. She wasn't worth $20...the high school sitter who comes over for $10 is far more engaged with the kids. It was more a reflection of it was often and it was easy to schedule her.

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Anonymous wrote:I make $22/ hour, but I will go further to describe the difference between me and them charging $20/hour - Me: I have 10 years of experience as a professional long term and full time nanny. I work in Bethesda/Chevy Chase/Potomac/NW DC; I drive to their house (I get in a car and drive to the family's home, and that includes my commute time, wear and year of my car and gas). I pick the kids up from school and drive them wherever they got to go, I make them dinner and clean up after them, and when the parents come home their kids are home with full tummies and their kitchen is clean. Ohh, I also help with laundry, picking up their toys, make the kids bed and help with extra projects and even run errands. Parents come home and everything is perfect, they don't have to do anything but leave their shoes at the door and the dishes for me to load in the dishwasher the next day I come in. They pay for this!

College kid with no experience as a nanny: They have no experience therefore they don't deserve $20 and hour. Do I need to explain it further?!

I don't see how you with 10 years of experience doing what you do means a big difference than someone with 1 year of experience doing the exact same thing for this type of work? It's picking kids up and taking them to activities, helping with homework and cooking dinners and cleaning up a bit. I can understand the difference if you are an infant/toddler nanny and you have many years more of experience which is helpful to the parents (especially if they are new first time parents), but after school gigs don't really utilize the experience factor quite as much. Someone with 1 yr of experience can do just as good of a job, and some could even do it better than some with several years of experience. The $20/hr thing for this type of position is mainly due to the fact that it tends to be PT hours and they want someone that will stick around with them for the full school year and so paying a good rate will find someone that will do that. It's harder to put together multiple PT positions that have schedules that mesh well so the pay gets upgraded a bit for that.

Yes i agree that it doesn't need many years of experience to do those basic and easy things, but the years of difference does make a difference when it comes to dealing with the kids, and educating them because I still have to help discipline them. It is not like i only drive them and do those light housekeeping dutties, with no interaction, And depending on the age and the kids, some relevant experience is required and mandatory. For example, in my case the kids are 6 and 8 and they have some special needs, they are completely normal so to speak but they require some special skills and experience with kids to be able to handle them. Someone who doesnt have experience with children wouldnt probably pick up on their special needs and wouldnt care for them accordingly. Not even the parents were able to do so and that is part of the problem. There is much more to just driving the kids around and preparing them dinner.

Anonymous wrote:I make $22/ hour, but I will go further to describe the difference between me and them charging $20/hour - Me: I have 10 years of experience as a professional long term and full time nanny. I work in Bethesda/Chevy Chase/Potomac/NW DC; I drive to their house (I get in a car and drive to the family's home, and that includes my commute time, wear and year of my car and gas). I pick the kids up from school and drive them wherever they got to go, I make them dinner and clean up after them, and when the parents come home their kids are home with full tummies and their kitchen is clean. Ohh, I also help with laundry, picking up their toys, make the kids bed and help with extra projects and even run errands. Parents come home and everything is perfect, they don't have to do anything but leave their shoes at the door and the dishes for me to load in the dishwasher the next day I come in. They pay for this!

College kid with no experience as a nanny: They have no experience therefore they don't deserve $20 and hour. Do I need to explain it further?!

I don't see how you with 10 years of experience doing what you do means a big difference than someone with 1 year of experience doing the exact same thing for this type of work? It's picking kids up and taking them to activities, helping with homework and cooking dinners and cleaning up a bit. I can understand the difference if you are an infant/toddler nanny and you have many years more of experience which is helpful to the parents (especially if they are new first time parents), but after school gigs don't really utilize the experience factor quite as much. Someone with 1 yr of experience can do just as good of a job, and some could even do it better than some with several years of experience. The $20/hr thing for this type of position is mainly due to the fact that it tends to be PT hours and they want someone that will stick around with them for the full school year and so paying a good rate will find someone that will do that. It's harder to put together multiple PT positions that have schedules that mesh well so the pay gets upgraded a bit for that.

Anonymous wrote:PP here- Now... Young girls who have barely any experience with sitting some kids part time trying to charge $20/hour is what upsets me as a nanny.

I once was looking for SAHM looking for to care for another child in her home to care for my child and I would drop off and pick up my baby at her house and all the responses I got was from teenagers HS and college students, and SAHM and they were all charging $20/hour in PG county. That was upseting because they either had no experience because they were too young and the others were asking for $20/ hour to care for my child at their own home while carig for their own child and other children, no driving, no nothing. Those people are the ones making it look bad for the professional nannies. I was blown away with te responses on care.com

That's kind of the normal rate here in SF for PT work with kids after school. Not all of them have years of childcare experience either, but $20/hr for one or 2 kids is pretty normal and what parents offer to pay.

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Anonymous wrote:
In in DC, I work 2 part time jobs. I make $20/hr at one, and $25/hr at the other. They exist in the DC area too, ladies.


because you're part time.
generally, people are not saying the jobs don't exist. they are saying they are not TYPICAL. there's a difference.

Duh, of course only the best nannies earn top wages and the rest earn average, just like in every profession.

No. There is no correlation between wages and nanny quality, in part because there is no objective way to measure a good nanny. No license, no standards.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In in DC, I work 2 part time jobs. I make $20/hr at one, and $25/hr at the other. They exist in the DC area too, ladies.

because you're part time.
generally, people are not saying the jobs don't exist. they are saying they are not TYPICAL. there's a difference.

Duh, of course only the best nannies earn top wages and the rest earn average, just like in every profession.

Anonymous wrote:In in DC, I work 2 part time jobs. I make $20/hr at one, and $25/hr at the other. They exist in the DC area too, ladies.

because you're part time.
generally, people are not saying the jobs don't exist. they are saying they are not TYPICAL. there's a difference.

Anonymous wrote:

PP here- Now... Young girls who have barely any experience with sitting some kids part time trying to charge $20/hour is what upsets me as a nanny.

I once was looking for SAHM looking for to care for another child in her home to care for my child and I would drop off and pick up my baby at her house and all the responses I got was from teenagers HS and college students, and SAHM and they were all charging $20/hour in PG county. That was upseting because they either had no experience because they were too young and the others were asking for $20/ hour to care for my child at their own home while carig for their own child and other children, no driving, no nothing. Those people are the ones making it look bad for the professional nannies. I was blown away with te responses on care.com

So you were pissed that a bunch of young sitters were asking for more than what you are making as a nanny? You were hoping to hire a nanny for $8 an hour and then come on this board to tell other parents that nannies like you should get $20.

Uh?! I am guessing that reading and comprehension is not your thing, clearly!

But let me answer your dumb response. First of all if you knew how to read you would've noticed that I started my post by saying "PP here" ( look at the post before) did you?! Ok now I can proceed. I am not mad at young sitters who make more than I do because they do not. If you look at my previous post I stated clearly that I make $22/ hour, but I will go further to describe the difference between me and them charging $20/hour - Me: I have 10 years of experience as a professional long term and full time nanny. I work in Bethesda/Chevy Chase/Potomac/NW DC; I drive to their house (I get in a car and drive to the family's home, and that includes my commute time, wear and year of my car and gas). I pick the kids up from school and drive them wherever they got to go, I make them dinner and clean up after them, and when the parents come home their kids are home with full tummies and their kitchen is clean. Ohh, I also help with laundry, picking up their toys, make the kids bed and help with extra projects and even run errands. Parents come home and everything is perfect, they don't have to do anything but leave their shoes at the door and the dishes for me to load in the dishwasher the next day I come in. They pay for this!

SAHM wanting extra cash and watching other children at the convenience of their home: They are at their HOmE, with her children, no driving, no wear and tear of her car, no gas, she doesn't even need to get off her pjs if she doesn't want to. She is at HER HOME again, she can clean her house, cook her dinner and no expense with childcare for her own child. I drop my kid off at her house, not at her door, but inside of her house and she doesn't even need to walk to my car to get my baby, and I pick my baby up. Her work day is over and she is in her home with her child. See the difference?!

College kid with no experience as a nanny: They have no experience therefore they don't deserve $20 and hour. Do I need to explain it further?!

Ohh dont forget the location- Chevy Chase/ Bethesda/ Potomac / NW DC vs. PG county.

PP, the poster was looking for a babysitter or a faux family daycare. People who babysit or provide daycare out of their homes are not nannies. They are...babysitters and family daycare providers.

Apples and oranges, for real.

PP here- Now... Young girls who have barely any experience with sitting some kids part time trying to charge $20/hour is what upsets me as a nanny.

I once was looking for SAHM looking for to care for another child in her home to care for my child and I would drop off and pick up my baby at her house and all the responses I got was from teenagers HS and college students, and SAHM and they were all charging $20/hour in PG county. That was upseting because they either had no experience because they were too young and the others were asking for $20/ hour to care for my child at their own home while carig for their own child and other children, no driving, no nothing. Those people are the ones making it look bad for the professional nannies. I was blown away with te responses on care.com

So you were pissed that a bunch of young sitters were asking for more than what you are making as a nanny? You were hoping to hire a nanny for $8 an hour and then come on this board to tell other parents that nannies like you should get $20.

PP here- Now... Young girls who have barely any experience with sitting some kids part time trying to charge $20/hour is what upsets me as a nanny.

I once was looking for SAHM looking for to care for another child in her home to care for my child and I would drop off and pick up my baby at her house and all the responses I got was from teenagers HS and college students, and SAHM and they were all charging $20/hour in PG county. That was upseting because they either had no experience because they were too young and the others were asking for $20/ hour to care for my child at their own home while carig for their own child and other children, no driving, no nothing. Those people are the ones making it look bad for the professional nannies. I was blown away with te responses on care.com