HOW MUCH!!!?????

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I am currently looking for a live in nanny and have tried all the ususal routes,avoiding where possible,agencies.

I had a response today from a girl on GreatAupair and she was demanding a salary of £500+(net) a week!!!!!

That grosses up to over £39k a year with all accomodation,food and a car provided I am absolutely staggered.I don't earn that much net so I don't think I will be contacting her....

WTF????

Hi

Where abouts are you?

shes being silly advertise yourself on nanny job . com you will get loads of replys .

Jles-we are in Herts...

WakeUp-I have doen but had limited replies-not sure if it time of year,salary,one child, or what.

Just am amazed at this salary demand-lady in question is Czech and is 26 with apparently good experience but I just cannot afford it-I don't make that much and I certainly do not have that amount of money to spend on me each week like Jura.

Am just amazed that anyoen can afford this type of salary-or am I just a pauper living in dreamland?

she's at it!

please don't think this is typical.

what about gumtree.co.uk

good luck!

ok what are you offering . loads of nannys read this site .

Eh? £39k plus room and board. I'll have that job.

Advertise on nannyjob, greataupair.com, gumtree.com.

I've never used an agency and I always have loads of applicants. I'm not rich and I don't pretend to be. I'm very upfront with nannies that we don't live in a posh neighborhood of London, and there's no car on offer. (hmmm... not yet anyway) I pay less than what I see quoted on mumsnet, but hey I offer what I can.

Have you considered pinching staff from a local nursery. £200-£250 week take-home is probably more than what they are paid at the nursery when you factor in that they have no living expenses.

Sounds like we are in exactly the same boat Uwila!!!!!!!!!!-except we did invest in a "nanny car".

Have advertised most places except Gumtree as am not in London.

As for pinching nursery staff-love the idea but not too sure how to go about it-other than lurking in the bushes at the end of the day adn accosting them

Perhaps she's confused by the exchange rate? (she asked , completely unconvinced)
Our nanny works a 40 hour week, so gets 80% of what a 50 hour nanny would. We're both happy with this. Is that an option?
Also try nannyjob.
Nursery nurses here (Berks) don't want to live in, but do get paid

LOL! She's read that the streets of London are paved with gold. She might well think that's normal. I had no idea what to offer when recruiting an Australian nanny, wages are so different here.

I love greataupair, have you searched yourself or are you just waiting for them to come to you?

Well here is most of the actual letter she sent me....

My name is XXXXXX XXXXXXX, 28 yeas old, single, I have been working as a nanny almost six years, I am an experienced nanny with checkable references, clean international driving licence and currently employed as a sole charge, full time, live in nanny.
My current job is in Sevenoaks, Kent and I?m available to start with a new job in the end of October 2006.

I?m looking for a sole charge, full time live in permanent position in U.K., preferably London area, Kent or Surrey, also I would be very interested to work in overseas countries like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Switzerland?

I?m happy to work long hours and over six days a week and baby sittings too, but I am looking for a good salary of £500+ per week.

Please find my CV and photo as attachment.

Admittedly quite a bit of experience although when you go through the CV it isn't really 6 yrs and she isn't a nanny in my book but she certainly knows what she wants!

You could write her back and recommend she keep the job she has.

Oh, tell her to sign up for a course in geography where she might learn the the only country she listed is Switzerland. The UAE is the country of which Abu Dhabi and Dubai are a part.

Of course if it was me, I'd just write her back and say "You are a pompous twit."

Oh I'm going to be in really big trouble for this post, but I'm in a really good mood today and I just don't care.

FFS I am a nanny with 23years yes 23 years experience and I would only expect to get 350 to 400 pounds a week for sole charge and I would expect those to be 12 hour days as well and thats in the Surrey area (more expensive) so a live in i would expect 200 to 250 max a week .

So pleased at the response to this-was beginning to think I was either a tight-arsed idiot or had been living on another planet for a year and something bizarre had happened to nanny salaries.

Don't know why I am mentioning it but she happens to be Czech-maybe this is why her geography isn't too hot Uwila
She also says in her letter her employers are happy to be contacted for references-complete with phone number-am SO tempted to call,just to see what they are paying her currently andwhat she does for it!

WakeUp.... wow,with that experience you deserve the salary-just wish I was able to afford someone as experienced as you.As it is,we are offering just what you suggest for a live in for one child,fully expensed car for sole use and nursery duties only...

I don't think it's because she's Czech. Would have sooner guessed English or German. Have you tried Aussie or New Zealand? I hear good things about them. Never hired one myself though so can't really say.

Oh damn. I should read more carefully. I was thinking of the high salary request when I said English or German and not geography ignorance.

Oh I'm bound to be in trouble now.

Nah...wouldn't worry about it....we all knew what you meant!

OMG she's already in the UK?! I would love to know what she's currently being paid.

It's amazing what some people will try to get paid.
As a live-out nanny, I'm on less than 15k gross. Ok, so I don't work 48 weeks a year, but even so, think net hourly equivilent is around £7 per hour (for 3 children), so no why near £500 a week!

Fishy....shall I ring her current employers and ask....dare me?

NannyNick-it seems these days that there is little difference between live-in or live-out salaries.You seem to be tremendous value!

I know a lot of people have nannies when they have two or more children and it works out sometimes cheaper than a nursery but I only have one and know that a nanny is a better option for her,plus my work hours are never 9-5.

Uwila-I hear good things of Oz and Kiwi nannies but not sure any want to work outside London and other than an agency not sure where to find them-have put adverts in all ususal online places.

Oh, and Canadians are lovely. My nanny is Canadian and she spent this morning killing the wasps that I shyed away from. There were about 20 of them. She has now arranged a wasp exterminator to come round this afternoon... and agreed to babysit tonight at the last minute (only asked her about an hour ago). She's lovely.

And I dare you!!! Ask her current salary... PLEASE.

awww that's Canadians for you. Nice people!