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Minimum £72k salary required to allow me to take home same as my 19 year old nanny

266 replies

knakered · 10/02/2007 10:02

Nanny nick has done the "big sums"...so we need to earn £72k to to take home the same as my nanny - lets not get into disposable income...4 kids/mortgage etc...vs living at homewith parents ..ho ..hum..

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WideWebWitch · 10/02/2007 10:22

My costs are £8/900 a month for 2 children BUT I have to earn more than that gross to be able to pay it out. The OPS costs are a lot higher I think.

Soapbox · 10/02/2007 10:20

£900 a month?????

Where did that come from?

On her other thread she says she pays £500 a week net? Nice nanny Nick has worked it out for her, and it amounts to £25k gross.

WWW's costs are £900 a month because she uses a nursery not a nanny - is that what you mean?

Soapbox · 10/02/2007 10:18

The MMJ - she has 4 children, so a nanny is likely to be by far the cheapest option for her - assuming that they are not all in school (where afterschool club might be cheaper).

fortyplus · 10/02/2007 10:17

Soapy - £900 a month is £10,800 not £25k.
That sounds like cr*p to me!

themildmanneredjanitor · 10/02/2007 10:17

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morningpaper · 10/02/2007 10:16

Yes you ARE comparing apples and oranges

The nanny is an (optional) expense because you have chosen to have (optional) children

The Nanny has not chosen to have (optional) children so does not have that expense

It is like saying I'M ADDICTED TO HEROIN SO I HAVE TO EARN 72K TO TAKE HOME THE SAME AS MY CLEANER!

Well, you know, you made that choice, it was optional

Soapbox · 10/02/2007 10:12

WWW

Can' help myself, can I

Soapbox · 10/02/2007 10:12

Fortyplus - I am surprised that you think £25k a year for what tends to be relatively young people, is a crap income.

Many teachers don't earn that amount!

WanderingTrolley · 10/02/2007 10:10

"My ex-wife? Yes, she was a CEO. My new girlfriend? Oh, she's a babysitter, dontcha know. The sex is crap but she's taking me to Necker for Christmas."

fortyplus · 10/02/2007 10:08

Ahhhh...
...but in 10 years' time you will be earning megabucks whereas she'll be a 29 year old nanny still on the same cr*p money!

WanderingTrolley · 10/02/2007 10:08

Well, I think this sheds new light on the myth of the husband-running-off-with-the-nanny:

it's for the dosh.

WideWebWitch · 10/02/2007 10:06

Soapbox, you wouldn't be an accountant by any chance would you? and

WideWebWitch · 10/02/2007 10:05

It's going to feel like winning the lottery (well, a small win, £900 a month gross ish) for me when dd goes to school. In 200andbloodyEIGHT!

How old are they all?

Soapbox · 10/02/2007 10:05

I think you are comparing apples and oranges here!

What you should compare is how much disposable income you would each have if your circumstances were exactly the same.

So she earns x, but has to pay for a nanny and raising 4 children compared to you?

Or

You living at home with no children.

Otherwise you are comparing the fact that you have made different choices (so far) than she has.

WideWebWitch · 10/02/2007 10:04

Can you go for childminders/nurseries/after school clubs instead?

WanderingTrolley · 10/02/2007 10:04

OH

MY

GOD