Pay rise and Christmas bonus for nanny

[MrsNoodleHead]

We are coming up to a year with our nanny and are extremely happy - delighted - with how it's all working out.

We'd like to give her a pay rise in January (the anniversary of her contract). We were thinking of a 5% increase which takes her rate from £11 to around £11.50.

Does that sound fair?

Also, is there a "done thing" re Christmas bonuses?

Mental health issues are not good for nannies? What are we? Robots?

Previous poster just said ahe didn't live well the way she had been fired (I can't blame her), she didn't deserve that bitchy answer.

Thank you for your comment.
Is'not it weird how someone can be so quick to judge a person just from a post that shows I am a normal person with normal feelings. Clearly a strange comment ......maybe they should diagnose themselves firstly before a complete stranger.

We were thinking of a 5% increase

that's very very generous. I work in the NHS and my salary has gone up 10% in 12 years. you are setting a precedent though, can you afford it every year?

oh bollocks, zombie thread.