Live in Nanny, salary question

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Claire2014

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What is a reasonable monthly salary for a live in nanny in Johannesburg:

Days: 5 days a week
Hours: 8am - 5pm
Years experience: 16 years of being a nanny and domestic worker
Duties: Both cleaning & nannying a 6 month old baby
House: Small 3 bedroom duplex - no pets
Living arrangements: Own domestic quarters with a kitchenette

1) What is a reasonable monthly wage? (excluding any overtime outside of these hours and days and excluding a bonus)
2) How do we arrange food etc for her - one big monthly grocery shop?

Or is it best to pay her more and she sorts her own food out? We arent really in walking distance of a nice big grocery store.

Recommendations from people who have similar situations please :)

Thanks!
 
Minimum wage is R5700 per month, work from there on how much more you think they are worth and what benefits you're giving.
You could look at the food and board as an extension to their salary, plus all the other things you'd need to do, the UIF, medical or no medical.
 
You are asking for trouble. If you need a domestic, rather use a service a few times a week.

Send your kid to a good pre-school - you just need to be prepared for them getting sick. But the sooner you start building their immunity and socialising them, the better. Some private schools start from 6 months all the way to matric, so they are socialised with the same group of children to give them stability...
 
We had nanny cum domestic helper for 2 years from 2018-till covid lockdown. 5 days a week, 7.5 hours a day.

If I vaguely recall, we paid her 5.5K per month or 5K. Transport was extra - probably R30 per day or something like that. Not live-in. She brought her lunch box from home. Time off on public holidays and sick leave. She didn't exploit sick leave though. Hardly once in a while.

No bonus but we paid her for about 5 months after covid lockdown, even if we discontinued her services after lockdown was lifted. She was grateful for the payment - which we are thankful because people just take any help for granted.

Main point - We both worked from home during those 2 years so son was always under our observation.
 
I do agree with Mike and Jean, rather send to pre-school, will cost the same. But will be far better.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Don't do it.
Take your kid to a GOOD nursery school where they will develop your kids brain with set development programs and your kid will also learn social skills playing with other kids.
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Yip, when the nanny\Au Pair gets sick or f-cks off then you get royally screwed.

Kids need interaction with other kids+adults.

Even if you get the perfect nanny, at some point the kid needs to go to school and then you basically have to fire their second mom. It usually ends badly.

Don't get a young nanny unless you want trouble in your marriage.
 
Get the child to a pre-school/creche/ECD whatever they called these days.

Less stress on everyone. Child will make friends. No stress when the nany is sick. No worrying about the law, UIF and taxes, no risk of CCMA.
 
Just out of interest, I need a domestic just once every two weeks.
What's a fair going rate?

I was thinking R350-400 per day?
 
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