Thinking of a career change? You may want to head to New York, New York where the Times Magazine reported on the nanny with the mostess.
In “The Best Nanny Money Can Buy,” one nanny apparently earns—when you factor in the annual bonus, $3,000-a-month rental apartment, and vacations—in excess of her $180,000 salary. (OK, you can put your eyeballs back in your head now.)
So what, you ask, does this Mary Poppins, and others in her caretaking ivy league, do to earn her bob? Well, some drive the Zamboni around the family’s private ice rink, ride and groom a horse, or cook macrobiotic dishes. Still no mention of the children.
Really, the Pavilion Agency's nanny makes Gwyneth Paltrow's offer seem pathetically stingy in comparison. The question is, does money buy you a better nanny? Or simply a glorified slave? For that price tag, you better believe the nanny in question is 'on call' 24/7 365 days a year.
If pigs flew under a blue moon and you suddenly won the 649, what dream skills would your nanny possess? Or—now here's a wildly progressive thought—with that sort of money, you could actually afford to stay at home and look after your own kids yourself.
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