♥Rolo♥Elijah♥ asked:
I am currently using a nanny share with a friend of mine. I use her 3-4 days a week, my friend uses her 5 days a week and when she has both of our children she gets paid $20 an hour ($10 each) and when they are separate she charges $12. Today she asked us for a raise. I am a little confused, almost dumbfounded that she did. She has only been with us since mid October. I was so taken aback that I told her I would talk it over with my husband and get back to her. I asked Ashley if she asked her too and she said no. But I am usually the first to pick my son up, so maybe she thought I would just tell her? Is she only wanting more money from me? I don’t understand why she would only ask me, my son is 10 months where my friends is only 5, and my son is relatively easy compared to hers.
I would be more than happy to offer her a dollar raise (each, my friend and I discussed this) after she has been with us for year, but I think it is a little too soon to be asking for more money.
I am currently using a nanny share with a friend of mine. I use her 3-4 days a week, my friend uses her 5 days a week and when she has both of our children she gets paid $20 an hour ($10 each) and when they are separate she charges $12. Today she asked us for a raise. I am a little confused, almost dumbfounded that she did. She has only been with us since mid October. I was so taken aback that I told her I would talk it over with my husband and get back to her. I asked Ashley if she asked her too and she said no. But I am usually the first to pick my son up, so maybe she thought I would just tell her? Is she only wanting more money from me? I don’t understand why she would only ask me, my son is 10 months where my friends is only 5, and my son is relatively easy compared to hers.
I would be more than happy to offer her a dollar raise (each, my friend and I discussed this) after she has been with us for year, but I think it is a little too soon to be asking for more money.
Question: How do I tell her no without loosing her as a sitter?
*******my friends son is 5 MONTHS old.
And this is done from our homes, one week at my friends house the other week at my house so our children will have the comfort of their own homes once in a while. We live only a block away from eachother.
Yes I just asked this, but nobody answered me.
I wanted to start her at $16 an hour, $8 bucks each, but my friend insisted that we pay more. She used to be a nanny and was getting $14 an hour to start when she was 21, when she left she was making around $20 an hour. And that was for 1 child!
Thank you, your input was very helpful.
3 comments
Comment by Tori on August 11, 2009 at 1:48 pm
This is from a nanny’s perspective:
It is very early for her to be asking for a raise. 6 months at least, a year is really more appropriate. 12/hour for one child is what I got paid last summer for one 21-month-old, high energy kid. After a couple weeks they raised it to 13 because I did a fair amount of housework and also made dinner for the family a couple nights a week (I didn’t ask for the raise). She is getting paid a decent wage, more than average. It’s reasonable for you to say you talked with your husband and decided not to raise her salary at this time, but will reconsider it when she’s been with you 6 months (or 12 months, up to you). Make sure you tell her you appreciate what she does for you and your family and enjoy having her as your nanny (if you do). She will stay if she’s the right person for the job. If she isn’t, this might be your indication right here, and you might be better off without her.
PS 20 dollars/hour for two kids is LOTS of money and any nanny I know would be thrilled….Especially 2 infants! I nannied 2 infants in the UK (6 and 11 months old) and got paid 7 pounds/hour, which was about 14 dollars then. And I thought that was a lot.
Comment by kathiangel711 on August 14, 2009 at 1:19 am
I think you have to look at what you pay her, not what she makes together between you and your friend, that should not matter, I think paying her $8.00 an hour is fair, and you should tell her that you feel as though she has been with you just a short time of 4/5 months and at this time it does nor warrant for her to get a raise, and that you will consider it after 1 yr, or unless her work load was to change in anyway, and then she will get paid accordingly, then is she feels she needs to make more from your friend she should take that up with her, I don’t feel the 2 should be brought together…they should each stand alone.
Comment by ஐ♥ #3 came early!! 12~8~08!! ♥ஐ on August 14, 2009 at 2:45 pm
My husband gets a $.40/hr raise yearly…this year he got lucky and got $.45.
Give her a 50 cent an hour raise and call it at that lol….seriously!