Nannies would you leave your job if not getting a raise

[Rwgirl21]

What the title says really ... But a bit more complicated .
I've been with the family for the last three years , when I first started I was on 7.3£ net / h . I took a paycut from my previous position but really liked the family and loved my charge from the first moment I saw her . The day was much easier back then , with a 1y old toddler , but now I have 2 childrenand I also cook for the family everyday .
I am also qualified , gained my level 3 qualification at the beggining of last year and although I adore the children I feel like I am working for nothing . ( I now have 8 years experience as a nanny)
I got a 20 pence raise more than a year ago ( I asked for that one aswell )so I am now on 9.50£ gross / h in west London . All the nannies that I know take 10-11£ net and I feel like I am not worthy ...
I have decided to email mb this weekend and ask for a review but it keeps on crossing my mind , that if she refuses to give me a raise , will I be able to leave them ?! I adore the children and my employers are nice people but I feel like deserve more . I am not sure if they can afford to pay me more but would a 10% raise sound ridiculous? That would still not be close to 10£ net but at least I am not close to the minimum wage .

Not every job pays £10 nett about £13 gross and that is around the top figure as a nanny. Rarely you will earn more but some jobs obv do pay - but also want blood

I was one of the highest paid nannies in my area 7yrs ago at £13 gross - now most of my friends have caught up - as a nanny I still earn about that.

As in once you hit £10 nett you may be on That figure for the next 5:10yrs if still nannying then

As a mn /night nanny I earn a lot more

You were happy with that salary / yes I agree it is a tad low so you have two choices - ask for a payrise. You get get one or you don't

You then decide whether to leave or stay if you don't get one

Only you can answer that

No harm in asking for a pay rise. I'd keep it very factual.

State that you've only had a 20p per hour increase in 3 years, but scope of job has increased - 2 DC rather than 1 and you are now qualified. I'd do some actual research on how much nanny jobs are paying around the area so that you can state that you saw x, y, z job advertised paying more per hour.

You then have to have a think about what's your tolerance levels. If they say no, or increase it by a paltry level, then what are you going to do? They can't refuse to give you a reference because you went for another job.

I think it would have been helpful for your employer to explain why they weren't giving you a Christmas bonus this year. I can totally see why that would have felt unfair to you, having had one for the previous 2 years.

Circumstances do change of course but they should have explained the reason to you so you understood or knew not to expect it xxx

Look for a new job, then if they want to counteroffer they will.

I would say that £10 net per hour is about the going rate in London. But so is 20 days per annum with bank holidays on top. I think you need to look at your overall package and work out what the discrepancy is before you start to renegotiate.

Have you had much illness this year? Domestic employers no longer get any sickness benefit back and now there is a pension provision too so while your pay is static you could be costing them quite a bit more.

One option is to sign up with a babysitting agency and ask for a reference for that if this family have been your sole employers and you can't get one elsewhere.

I agree that you need to look at your overall package and try to weigh up what it is worth to you.

We pay our nanny higher wages than you get (she gets about £11.50 net), but she has standard holidays rather than the extra you have, and we do expect a lot in terms of flexibility (apparently - to me it is part of working as part of the family!). She is also extremely skilled at what she does (our dc all have ASD so experience essential) and so we are happy to reflect that in the wage - it's not always a straightforward day in the Panda household!

On our side, as well as the above average wage, we are happy to offer ongoing training (eg we have regular input from various consultants, and are happy for our nanny to attend and gain accreditation - it is, after all in all our interests!) and happy to recognise that where we ask for give and take/flexibility, it is sometimes necessary to be on the other end of that - all part of keeping the world going round.

And so it is worth examining what your package overall means to you - you might find a higher wage elsewhere, but with substantially less holidays and potentially more children to look after.

That's a lot of holiday and your employer has probably factored that in.