What would be reasonable rate of pay for this nanny?

[BoffinMum]

I live in East Anglia. I've been advertising a nanny job recently, offering what local agencies recommended, for a full-time permanent post. Then one nanny who used to work for my friend got in contact, who has a child of her own, who would have to be part of this arrangement, and she told me all the nannies locally were earning £8.50-£10 an hour net regardless of whether they brought a child to work or not. And they didn't do any cooking for children, or cleaning of their rooms for that either. So £36,000 a year or so gross for a job where you have no childcare costs of your own and your employer presumably does a fair bit of running around getting things ready for you behind the scenes.

This sounds a bit so I wonder if the Michael is being extracted here, as they say? What does everyone think?

Ooo, flaming.

FFS read the blardly thread. I wasn't the one who mentioned heating, it was a nanny actually, moaning about an ex-employer, and we were 'aving a laff about it. And my nanny (who has stayed with us 2 years) loves this family and is only moving for career reasons, she may come back one day, and she would certainly be welcome. We have been incredibly supportive of lots of very big things happening in her personal life, and frankly gone beyond the call of duty on many occasions, cos she's lovely and worth it and all that, and she knows she's had a good time here with us.

I know she knows, because she took me out to lunch to tell me so. After I had spent the day in A and E holding her hand and stroking her hair when she got very ill, and arguing with the medics on her behalf so they treated her properly.

You don't half leap to conclusions, you lot.

Anyway, I am hiding this thread now before it all kicks off. And the nasty people are not getting to share my choccie biccie stash.

Tara folks.

FWIW, I have a nanny with her own child, and she cooks, cleans the children's rooms, does their laundry, empties the dishwasher, puts the shopping away AND sews on name tags, gym badges etc, amongst other things.

We have a NWOC because our needs are part time (before and after school) and those hours didn't (understandably) appeal to full time nannies - therefore we pay near-ish full rate because of supply and demand - supply was tight and therefore the nanny was in demand! Having said that, it has worked out well.

I quite agree that the jobs you've said are part and parcel of a nanny job... I think you have come across a bit of a jobsworth with the nanny who is refusing to do 'the usual'.. I'd steer well clear.

Give us a biccie before you go!

You mentioned using your heating eating your biscuits . Red glow Mentioned heating later, I just think it was well rude and you gave the impression that you resent how much nannies earn.

tbf boffinmum you said 'I am not shelling out for you to sit in my house with your child with my heating on'. That was before anyone mentioned heating.

I think in regard to this nanny you're right, but your rant isn't about she it's about they meaning not just her but nannies in general. I'm sure what you say is true about some nannies, but not all, not the majority.