Live in nannies can you tell me about pay ???

I sit here and have a cup of tea and MN while the floor is drying...well thats my excuse anyway
I didn't know it was this much work when I took the job. Some things they neglected to mention in the interview. Still the family are nice so that makes it easier. Would like to have a life though. Have only 2 friends in the whole UK. Never ever get to go anywhere are night.Cant join a sporting team or anything so thats depressing but given the current nanny job situaion I am staying where I am.

How in the world do you manage all that? No matter what the pay, that is a lot to ask of anyone. Some jobs, I think, are just too exhausting no matter what the reward.

Im live in in London for 4 school aged kids and I get 355/week. I am contracted to work 7-7 with 2 babysits per week but I work 7- when the mum gets home, sometimes midnight every day. The dad works abroad. I do pretty much everything from mopping, laundry, servicing the car, attending school concerts etc etc....Hope that helps give you another perspective.

athene is absolutely right - the nanny I eventually hired wasn't sent to me by one agency -the only reason I can see is that she was asking less than the numpties candidates this agency should

Agencies have a vested interest in inflating nanny salaries. I'm sure I save myself buckets of money by hiring myself. You will get much better advice by typing on MN than you will from any agency.

You should be able to get a full time live-in nanny in the midlands for more like £250 net per week in this market, especially if you don't required a lot of experience. Say someone who has been an au pair and worked in a nursery for a couple of years.

She is 26 years old (so started with us when she was 24).

No, just nursery duties. Though i have been known to nick some of her leftover stirfrys or home made soup . Most of the time, she has cooked enough food so i can give it to the kids on the weekend (so they don't eat the same tea back to back)

She does help keep the house nice and tidy (like the kitchen for example)- but i wouldn't be expecting her to be mopping floors or anything like that IYSWIM. Also does some shopping for us if i have forgotten things from the weekly shop.

no1andno2..Where are you based? This would help to say how much to pay as salary varies place to place.

oh, also there are at least 3 or 4 families in DD's school and a couple of neighbours (friends of ours) that use her for babysitting on nights we don't use her. She is able to do this at least once every couple of weeks, which is a nice £40 for her.

I pay my nanny £340 net per week. She gets up to get kids ready for school (720 am?) and then i get back between 630pm and 700pm. DD is 5 and is in school from 830am to 330pm
DS is 3 and is nursery 3 times a week, 845am to 1pm (lunch at nursery)

Contractually 2 babysitting nights per week (except friday and weekends), but hardly use it (maybe 3-4x per month).

If i use her to babysit on a friday or a weekend, i pay her £40.

4 weeks paid hols, 2 weeks her choice, 2 weeks mine. We normally give her an option if she wants to come with us on hols. In last 2 1/2 years, she has said yes to Barbados, Portugal (2x), Barcelona, France/Geneva, and no to Italy, Cornwall (haha), Portugal, Manila/Singapore. If she goes on hols with us and ask her to definitely be with us (normally if we are on hols with another family and we would want babysitting), the other family gives her extra money (maybe £100 per week?)

Use of car. At night or on weekend for personal use.

London (clapham).

Hope that helps.