Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this is incredabily generous. You should be able to attract someone first rate. [b]We pay $300 a week for a similar setup (50 hours a week) in NArlington except we provide a car to use on the off-hours. APs make $190 a week for 45 hours, but there are other fees involved.

I would actually advertise this as a range and ask candidates what they are looking for. Also, I would include date night once a week in the contact.

Wow - this is not even minimum wage! I think the OPs $10/hour is fair - and NOT incredibly generous.

Nope, it's fair. This is a young women with no nanny experiance, right out of school. She has NO bills. We cover room, board, car, insurnace and cell phone. This is a substantial benefit, esp in a high-cost area. My friends with APs pay $200 a week and my live-in nanny who is the same age and experiance level is paid 50% more. Granted she works five more hours than the APs do, but I had tonss of candidates apply at this salary level. PP who is paying $13 an hour for 50 hours a week is waaaaaaaay over paying, just as she suspects.

I made $425/week for my first live in job almost 15 years ago. This was taking care of two small children 45-50 hours a week with a separate apartment, car, holidays, sick days, vacation days, health insurance stipend, etc. I don't know how you MB's convince yourself that paying someone $200-300/week is "fair" pay. What I've learned over the years is that you can almost always find for the job, but that doesn't mean that they are not complaining behind your back about how little they make and biding their time before they can find something better. This is true for Au Pair's as well. I can't tell you how many Au Pair's I've met over the years that were seriously unhappy with the amount of money they were being paid. A lot of you would be shocked to hear some of the things that they say about your families.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this is incredabily generous. You should be able to attract someone first rate. [b]We pay $300 a week for a similar setup (50 hours a week) in NArlington except we provide a car to use on the off-hours. APs make $190 a week for 45 hours, but there are other fees involved.

I would actually advertise this as a range and ask candidates what they are looking for. Also, I would include date night once a week in the contact.

Wow - this is not even minimum wage! I think the OPs $10/hour is fair - and NOT incredibly generous.

Nope, it's fair. This is a young women with no nanny experiance, right out of school. She has NO bills. We cover room, board, car, insurnace and cell phone. This is a substantial benefit, esp in a high-cost area. My friends with APs pay $200 a week and my live-in nanny who is the same age and experiance level is paid 50% more. Granted she works five more hours than the APs do, but I had tonss of candidates apply at this salary level. PP who is paying $13 an hour for 50 hours a week is waaaaaaaay over paying, just as she suspects.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this is incredabily generous. You should be able to attract someone first rate. [b]We pay $300 a week for a similar setup (50 hours a week) in NArlington except we provide a car to use on the off-hours. APs make $190 a week for 45 hours, but there are other fees involved.

I would actually advertise this as a range and ask candidates what they are looking for. Also, I would include date night once a week in the contact.

Wow - this is not even minimum wage! I think the OPs $10/hour is fair - and NOT incredibly generous.

We pay our live in nanny $13 an hour for 50 hours a week. She has a room, bathroom, living room. No car but she has her own and we We pay legally so this is before tax. 2 Small children under 3. At many times I feel I am overpaying her since she is very young and has no experience. AP are far less expensive in many ways, taxes etc. I think a fair amount would probably be more around $500 a week pre tax if they don't have a degree or a lot of years of experience

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Anonymous wrote:We actually plan to pay overtime for this position (OP here). Required or not - we feel like it's the right thing to do. Even if I don't get overtime at my own job.

A sucker is born everyday.

If by sucker you mean someone fair and considerate, I sure hope you're right!

OP, could you provide an email address or phone number for those interested in your job?

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Anonymous wrote:We actually plan to pay overtime for this position (OP here). Required or not - we feel like it's the right thing to do. Even if I don't get overtime at my own job.

A sucker is born everyday.

Lots of parents really do love their children and will do their best for them. Kudos to them!

Anonymous wrote:We actually plan to pay overtime for this position (OP here). Required or not - we feel like it's the right thing to do. Even if I don't get overtime at my own job.

A sucker is born everyday.

hi op, could you please give me your e-mail address? or e-mail me at aurora151989 at comcast dot net?

500 a week is great, I don't need overtime either

We actually plan to pay overtime for this position (OP here). Required or not - we feel like it's the right thing to do. Even if I don't get overtime at my own job.

Anonymous wrote:Also, if you are in NVa, no overtime is required. Huge plus on those weeks where work is insane!

Regular time still has to be paid for all hours live-in domestic staff works because they are AL
WAYS hourly employees. CheOskates.

hi there, I would be very interested in helping out if you're still wanting a nanny. My e-mail is aurora151989 at comcast dot net, please let me know.

OP here. We are in Silver Spring. Job includes travel and food stipend, paid vacation/holiday/personal days, all federal holidays, 50 hours per week with weekends off.

Honestly, the individuals most likely to want to live-in are younger, under 25. These are typically nannies at the very beginning of their careers. This is part of the reason live-in wages are typically so much lower. If you are providing a private room/bathroom, all meals, and a car w/ insurance that can be used off hours, I don't think $300ish per week is too far off for 45-50 hours. Good luck OP!!!

Have you started your search, OP?
How is it going?