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blimey I'm naive!

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Kewcumber · 26/03/2008 13:59

Just thread a thread on NannyJob, no need to discuss why

I haven't read it before and the thing that shocked me most was the repeated references to half a day pay being "nothing" to their employers.

Fuck me as an employer of a CM half a days pay is the differnce between me having a night once a month and not going out at all

AIBU to be shocked by the cavalier approach to employers money!

Yours naively, KC.

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Kewcumber · 26/03/2008 14:06

no it isn't rachel childcare costs are a huge part of my salary money is tight, if I have a second and it makes more financial sense to employ a nanny, money will be equally (in fact more) tight.

No doubt there are wealthy nanny employers out there but if ordinary run of the mill not particularly well off people didn;t employ nannies too there presumably wouldn;t be many nanny jobs around.

I was just really shicked at the attitude that employers money mattered less to then than to a nanny. I'm prepared to bet I have less disposable income than most nannies.

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AtheneNoctua · 26/03/2008 14:05

KC, typical NJ thread. I'm loaded, don't you know?

nannynick · 26/03/2008 14:04

Not sure what you mean RahRahRachel... it's not much different at all really - it's just the type of relationship. Childminders are their own boss, whereas nannies are employees. Major difference is where the childcare takes place.

nannynick · 26/03/2008 14:02

I was also quite shocked by that. Childcare costs can often be a very high proportion of a parents salary.

RahRahRachel · 26/03/2008 14:01

Using a CM and employing a nanny is pretty different though.