Anonymous wrote:
Yes, this is how it usually happens. I swear some nannies act so entitled. How much time off do you think the above Average American family gets? Even though we are in corporate positions, we still only get 3-6 weeks a year. I do not have the luxury to give you double the time off.

Get over yourself. You’d get way less vacation (and way less money) working at a child Center, etc.


You obviously need more vacation if your job makes you this miserable.

Plus 1000.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't get any paid time off for vacations?

Unfortunately not, and it’s totally my fault. I accepted my current position a few years ago when I was desperate to escape another job. Their terms sounded great at the time, but I think they just can’t afford to pay for their time off and mine.

They’re not bad people and I love the kid, though. It’s just not the best job for that and other reasons so I’m actually job-hunting at the moment.

Good luck! When our nanny hit the top of the pay scale we were able to manage, we added more time off in lieu of a raise.

Why do you have a nanny that you obviously cannot afford? You get a raise every year--Do not bother to deny--time is money and a nanny deserves a salary increase every year at a minimum 1.00/hr for COL!

I am not a nanny but I have domestic help and give a minimum COL of $1/he every year. Prices go up for everyone.

FWIW many, many people do not get raises every year. I've had two in the past 10 years (plus a third where I moved to a new role at a higher salary, which doesn't count). DH works in the public sector so got COL raises each year, and we did offer the same to our nanny.

$1/hour is not a COL raise, though. It is based on the percent increase in cost of living, so it varies based on the salary the nanny is getting in the first place. It's generally in the 2% vicinity, though, so you'd rarely see a $1/hour raise unless you were extraordinarily highly paid. I think ours were usually ~50 cents per hour, and some years that was higher than the official cost of living increase but we rounded up for simplicity.

Anonymous wrote:Of course nannies are not slaves. That is why they get paid.

_15/hr is becoming the new minimum wage and the cheap employers are going to have to start paying a minimum of $20-$25/hr?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don't get any paid time off for vacations?

Unfortunately not, and it’s totally my fault. I accepted my current position a few years ago when I was desperate to escape another job. Their terms sounded great at the time, but I think they just can’t afford to pay for their time off and mine.

They’re not bad people and I love the kid, though. It’s just not the best job for that and other reasons so I’m actually job-hunting at the moment.

Good luck! When our nanny hit the top of the pay scale we were able to manage, we added more time off in lieu of a raise.

Why do you have a nanny that you obviously cannot afford? You get a raise every year--Do not bother to deny--time is money and a nanny deserves a salary increase every year at a minimum 1.00/hr for COL!

I am not a nanny but I have domestic help and give a minimum COL of $1/he every year. Prices go up for everyone.