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Anonymous

06/21/2013 15:45 Subject: Re:I found a cheap nanny

Anonymous wrote:The market isn't about what someone deserves to make. No nanny deserves to make more than minimum wage. How much they make depends on supply and demand.

Da fuuhk? (intentional spelling errors) You don't deserve to make over minimum wage, along with ANYONE who shares that same opinion. If you can't grasp the concept of what a nanny does, all the talents and qualities she/he needs to have and the training involved with becoming a nanny, then you may actually deserve less than minimum wage, because you my friend..... are an idiot.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 15:08 Subject: Re:I found a cheap nanny

Anonymous wrote:The market isn't about what someone deserves to make. No nanny deserves to make more than minimum wage. How much they make depends on supply and demand.

No nanny deserves to make more than minimum wage? Could you explain that a little further?

Anonymous

06/21/2013 14:50 Subject: Re:I found a cheap nanny

The market isn't about what someone deserves to make. No nanny deserves to make more than minimum wage. How much they make depends on supply and demand.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 14:34 Subject: Re:I found a cheap nanny

Anonymous wrote:
We are friends with several families who are first generation Americans. They all paid their nannies around minimum wage or maybe $1 or $2 more. They were highly educated but more focused on saving for college and supporting other family members than paying extra for a nanny. They also were far more comfortable hiring someone with more basic english skills as they themselves once didn't know english. My $17/hr nanny was honestly no better than their $8-$10 an hour nanny other than English fluency. In fact, their nannies had a much better work ethic while mine certainly had an interest in entertaining herself and not doing housework. In hindsight, I really did waste $7 an hour a year which adds up to 18K before even factoring in the $100 a week for a housekeeper since my nanny enjoyed her down time during naps. If I had it to do over again, I would hire a $10 nanny with a good work ethic and work through the language issues.

If you're more focused on saving money for college or taking care of family, don't choose the most expensive childcare option. If you don't want to spend a ton of money on say a house, you don't go out and offer $200K on the $1.5 million home, you go out and look for options in your price range. A nanny like you describe, good work ethic and attitude who is good at their job and cares for your children deserves to make more than $17K per year don't you think ($8/hour @40 hours/week)? I think your issue is that you didn't find a good nanny, not that you paid $17/hour.

The employers paying $8-$10 are much smarter than the employers paying $17. You can find just as good a nanny for $8-$10. 18K is a lot of money to waste. $8-$10 is above minimum wage and the same as what daycare employees make but being a nanny is far easier work than being a daycare worker. If you want to give money away for charity then you should find a reputable charity not just overpay one person.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 11:46 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

OP if you ever come back and explain yourself

Can you live off $7/hr?
How would you like your boss or your spouse's boss to hire you at such a low wage, than turn around and say I got a cheap employee.

I am a nanny and no I don't make 20/hr but I do make enough to live off. I set my rate with my current family a little lower than my normal rate for a few reasons 1 was distance. I can walk if needed. They live around the block from me. 2 was they are triplets I wanted to enhance my resume.

Now my sister has a sitter for her kids pays her next to nothing because she says she can't afford care. The sitter sits the kids in front of the tv all day. My sister told me she had a nanny and I very nicely pointed out she did not.

Too many people throw out the word nanny. No matter who you are or who your child care provider is It's a nanny. Wrong! Just saying you have nanny makes people feel superior. Any jack ass can watch a kid but not everyone can be a nanny - a true nanny

You my friend have a sitter. Deal with it. Please don't tarnish my profession by calling people what they are not.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 11:33 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

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Anonymous wrote:There's always a bimbo out there like op who believes that any warm body that is not a corpse, is a nanny. Lol.

There is always a bimbo out there who believes any random person who claims to be a nanny and charges $20/hr. Damn, this explains why the nanny population is getting larger and larger. Because it's easy money and anyone can do it.

Wait anyone can be a nanny - really!? Well I guess not everyone can be a parent (right PP).

Anonymous

06/21/2013 10:23 Subject: Re:I found a cheap nanny

Anonymous wrote:We are friends with several families who are first generation Americans. They all paid their nannies around minimum wage or maybe $1 or $2 more. They were highly educated but more focused on saving for college and supporting other family members than paying extra for a nanny. They also were far more comfortable hiring someone with more basic english skills as they themselves once didn't know english. My $17/hr nanny was honestly no better than their $8-$10 an hour nanny other than English fluency. In fact, their nannies had a much better work ethic while mine certainly had an interest in entertaining herself and not doing housework. In hindsight, I really did waste $7 an hour a year which adds up to 18K before even factoring in the $100 a week for a housekeeper since my nanny enjoyed her down time during naps. If I had it to do over again, I would hire a $10 nanny with a good work ethic and work through the language issues.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 10:09 Subject: Re:I found a cheap nanny

We are friends with several families who are first generation Americans. They all paid their nannies around minimum wage or maybe $1 or $2 more. They were highly educated but more focused on saving for college and supporting other family members than paying extra for a nanny. They also were far more comfortable hiring someone with more basic english skills as they themselves once didn't know english. My $17/hr nanny was honestly no better than their $8-$10 an hour nanny other than English fluency. In fact, their nannies had a much better work ethic while mine certainly had an interest in entertaining herself and not doing housework. In hindsight, I really did waste $7 an hour a year which adds up to 18K before even factoring in the $100 a week for a housekeeper since my nanny enjoyed her down time during naps. If I had it to do over again, I would hire a $10 nanny with a good work ethic and work through the language issues.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 01:46 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's always a bimbo out there like op who believes that any warm body that is not a corpse, is a nanny. Lol.

There is always a bimbo out there who believes any random person who claims to be a nanny and charges $20/hr. Damn, this explains why the nanny population is getting larger and larger. Because it's easy money and anyone can do it.

If you believe anyone can do it, you clearly don't know what a nanny is. Lol.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 01:02 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

Anonymous wrote:There's always a bimbo out there like op who believes that any warm body that is not a corpse, is a nanny. Lol.

There is always a bimbo out there who believes any random person who claims to be a nanny and charges $20/hr. Damn, this explains why the nanny population is getting larger and larger. Because it's easy money and anyone can do it.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 00:55 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

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Anonymous wrote:OP- Honestly, you have to do what you have to do. If you are in the situation that you need and can only afford a nanny for $7/hr then okay, but there is no reason to brag about finding a nanny for that price and then discrediting a nanny who costs more than that.

DAYCARE!

Nannies are not for low income people, we have to live off of what YOU pay us.

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If you can't afford to pay a nanny a living wage, you cannot afford a nanny. Period.

NP here. I don't condone paying below minimum wage, but clearly OP can afford a nanny, because she just hired one.

No, OP can afford a daycare and this extremely (and unusual) cheap nanny. OP could POSSIBLY afford a nanny $10-12/hr which could be on the lower end of market depending on where she is. She is either really cheap and doesn't want to spend that much, OR she can't afford to spend that much and therefore really can't afford a nanny, she just got lucky this time.

I no several people who have nannies for $8-$9 dollars taking care of multiple children. Just like some parents overpay their nannies, some underpay. There is always someone out there who will accept it and that's why some parents offer it. Heck, I just read a post about a (live-in) nanny taking care of 3 troubled children for $100 dollars per week.

If you can hire a nanny for below min wage then you can afford said nanny.

OP is this you? I notice you both like to spell the word "know" as "no".

I was going to say the same thing! Both OP and "poster" used the word no as know.

Looks like she's trying to get people on her side-even if it's only herself.

Alot of people spell no instead of know. Or their instead of there or they're / they are, you are / you're. There is NO smoking gun here, move along.

Anonymous

06/21/2013 00:53 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

I only pay my nanny $9 per hour and she is wonderful and has been with us for almost two years. I would never pay over double unless she is Mary Poppins.

Anonymous

06/20/2013 18:43 Subject: Re:I found a cheap nanny

Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP!! You are paying her less then minimum wage. You THINK she is a great nanny but I guarantee she isn't very hands on with your children. My guess? She was desperate for a job and took your position until she finds something else.[/quote I agree

Anonymous

06/20/2013 15:28 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

I was going to make the same comment about the "no" versus "know" thing...

Anonymous

06/20/2013 14:57 Subject: I found a cheap nanny

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Anonymous wrote:OP- Honestly, you have to do what you have to do. If you are in the situation that you need and can only afford a nanny for $7/hr then okay, but there is no reason to brag about finding a nanny for that price and then discrediting a nanny who costs more than that.

DAYCARE!

Nannies are not for low income people, we have to live off of what YOU pay us.

+1

If you can't afford to pay a nanny a living wage, you cannot afford a nanny. Period.

NP here. I don't condone paying below minimum wage, but clearly OP can afford a nanny, because she just hired one.

No, OP can afford a daycare and this extremely (and unusual) cheap nanny. OP could POSSIBLY afford a nanny $10-12/hr which could be on the lower end of market depending on where she is. She is either really cheap and doesn't want to spend that much, OR she can't afford to spend that much and therefore really can't afford a nanny, she just got lucky this time.

I no several people who have nannies for $8-$9 dollars taking care of multiple children. Just like some parents overpay their nannies, some underpay. There is always someone out there who will accept it and that's why some parents offer it. Heck, I just read a post about a (live-in) nanny taking care of 3 troubled children for $100 dollars per week.

If you can hire a nanny for below min wage then you can afford said nanny.

OP is this you? I notice you both like to spell the word "know" as "no".

I was going to say the same thing! Both OP and "poster" used the word no as know.

Looks like she's trying to get people on her side-even if it's only herself.