Anonymous wrote:I started in Jan 2013 with my current NF so by dec I had been there a year and I got 2 weeks pay for a bonus. I think that 1 week is a very nice bonus to someone who has been with you only a few months. If you plan on having your nanny long term I think it's a great sign of goodwill. However I DO NOT think as a nanny that it's necessary to give a full week after only a few months and that half a weeks pay is definitely acceptable. You may even consider giving her the other half on her bday depending on when that is with the caveat that it's the rest of her holiday bonus, and that you are so happy that she's with your family.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, this thread has evolved entertainingly.

Now we're debating the standard bonus as defined by Mary Poppins and norms that people presume applied to royalty.

That's helpful.

You all should be glad most employers don't know about this forum or we'd have an incredibly hard time getting employed. You're making nannies sound like raving lunatics with nightmare attitudes and limited intelligence.

Not to mention the unabashed snobbery from those who are in the purest terms the "hired help."

Anonymous wrote:Well, this thread has evolved entertainingly.

Now we're debating the standard bonus as defined by Mary Poppins and norms that people presume applied to royalty.

That's helpful.

You all should be glad most employers don't know about this forum or we'd have an incredibly hard time getting employed. You're making nannies sound like raving lunatics with nightmare attitudes and limited intelligence.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks Kathy, was hoping you'd chime in on this one!