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Should I be able to get a decent live in nanny for £300 per week net in London?

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hohohoIdolikeTurkey · 17/12/2008 21:47

I have been really struggling. By decent I mean anyone with experience of being a nanny (rather than an au pair). I am going to start offering £350 but am pissed off that we can't attract good people for £300.

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frannikin · 17/12/2008 22:19

What are you minimum requirements in a nanny? 2 years FT, 1 year FT, 1 year PT, 1 holiday job? Do you want them to have a qualification? Be eligible for OFSTED registration? A little more info would probably help in advising you whether the salary is realistic or not.

Personally I wouldn't work for £300/week now but I would have for my second job (my first was PT, 3 days a week, live out with a baby boy) and possibly my third (my second job was live-in, 2 children aged 5 and 3, FT but only temp).

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hohohoIdolikeTurkey · 17/12/2008 22:18

Dh reckons that as they have to live in and therefore have less independence and don't exactly have huge earning potential ahead of them that it is fair enough. They will have more disposable cash than we will as a family of 5!

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Desiderata · 17/12/2008 22:16

I guess it is, but surely if they're live in, £300 is pretty much all spending/saving money for them?

It seems a tidy packet to me, for not much outgoing expenditure.

I wish you luck, Turkey. I guess it isn't the money incentive, but the vocation involved. There can't be many women who are childless, who have the time or inclination these days to full-time nanny.

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hohohoIdolikeTurkey · 17/12/2008 22:11

Thank you Desiderata. Unfortunately it seems nannies with any experience can expect more, sometimes much more. Maybe it's a bad time of year to recruit?

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Desiderata · 17/12/2008 22:07

Bloody hell! That's one shed-load of money

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hohohoIdolikeTurkey · 17/12/2008 22:06

We are in zone 2. It is for 55 hours with 2 dcs for 3 days and 3 for 2 days (3.5 and under). God that sounds awful - but they are v. good children and play well together. Accomm is lovely but not en suite. I turned down aussie today because they only have 1 yr visa and I can't bare the thought of going through all this again next year.

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MGMidget · 17/12/2008 21:58

It may depend where you are in London, what the hours of work will be and how good the accommodation is! Could you take someone with overseas nannying experience but no UK experience for example, e.g. an Australian just arrived on a work visa?

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