Writing no phone use into a nanny contract

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We want to make it clear upfront that we will not accept any phone use when out baby is awake. We plan to put it in our ad and mention it during interviews. As suggested here, we plan to give our new nanny a new Apple Watch for emergencies. We are sure of our decision so no need to debate.

My question is how to include no phone use in a contract? Just state agreed to expectations or under cause for dismissal? Or after the ad, the interview and our reminding nanny, is it necessary to put into the contract at all?

HAHAHAHAHA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No nanny in her right mind would accept that condition.

Get used to it, PP. What OP is talking about is the future. Like nanny cams, get over it or get out.

It’s not “the future” at all. Cope harder, control freak.

[Anonymous]

This is totally unreasonable. No one will accept your job, nor should they.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF! She isn’t allowed to use her phone AT ALL? I am a SAHM and use my phone a lot. Pulling up nursery rhymes on you tube to dance around with the baby. Checking the temp and radar before going for a walk to see if I’ll need an umbrella. Taking pictures when the baby does something cute. Googling a question about how to use a product or something.

Hire a nanny you trust and then trust her to use her judgement. Banning her from using a phone at all, ever, seems insane. If you hire someone who is scrolling social media for hours, then fire her, but you sound awful.

No, not when the baby is awake. She’ll have full breaks when he’s asleep as she’ll have no “chores”. She can pull up the weather, etc on her watch.

I assure you I am not awful. I’m simply not addicted to my phone.

And she can ask Alexa or Google to pull up any song or rhyme she wants. We have both and Alexa in every room.

Paranoid about reasonable phone usage but ok with Alexa in every room. SMH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF! She isn’t allowed to use her phone AT ALL? I am a SAHM and use my phone a lot. Pulling up nursery rhymes on you tube to dance around with the baby. Checking the temp and radar before going for a walk to see if I’ll need an umbrella. Taking pictures when the baby does something cute. Googling a question about how to use a product or something.

Hire a nanny you trust and then trust her to use her judgement. Banning her from using a phone at all, ever, seems insane. If you hire someone who is scrolling social media for hours, then fire her, but you sound awful.

+1. How is she going to send you cute pics of the baby? What if someone needs to reach her for an emergency? What if she has an android phone? I don’t have an Apple Watch, so what if she has an Android phone, does that mean you have to buy the nanny an apple phone to go with the watch or can you use the watch without the phone?

Op, I know you said this was not up for debate, but why did you make this decision? Were you thinking of hiring some 18 year old fresh out high school for a nanny, so you’re worried about all day phone use?

OP here. This site and others scared me about nannies and phone use.

[Anonymous]

OP is the kind of person who would have had slaves in the 1800s.

[Anonymous]

That is ridiculous.. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

The nanny won’t be able to be a mother herself then, because no mother would after to be permanently unreachable at work.

Come to think of it the nanny wouldn’t be able to have sick parent, or a spouse, or any medical issues herself that might entail receiving a phone call from a doctor.

Why does it have to be ZERO phone use? Why not allow very limited phone use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF! She isn’t allowed to use her phone AT ALL? I am a SAHM and use my phone a lot. Pulling up nursery rhymes on you tube to dance around with the baby. Checking the temp and radar before going for a walk to see if I’ll need an umbrella. Taking pictures when the baby does something cute. Googling a question about how to use a product or something.

Hire a nanny you trust and then trust her to use her judgement. Banning her from using a phone at all, ever, seems insane. If you hire someone who is scrolling social media for hours, then fire her, but you sound awful.

No, not when the baby is awake. She’ll have full breaks when he’s asleep as she’ll have no “chores”. She can pull up the weather, etc on her watch.

I assure you I am not awful. I’m simply not addicted to my phone.

And she can ask Alexa or Google to pull up any song or rhyme she wants. We have both and Alexa in every room.

Paranoid about reasonable phone usage but ok with Alexa in every room. SMH.

I think you missed OP’s concerns. She clearly isn’t anti-technology and is giving away Apple watches. She just want the nanny engaged and paying attention to her child when the child is awake. Millions of people can’t use their phones while working. And it sounds like the nanny will have breaks during the day.

I really don’t get the nannies-go-berserk uproar. And I do think it’s something we’re going to see more and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The nanny won’t be able to be a mother herself then, because no mother would after to be permanently unreachable at work.

Come to think of it the nanny wouldn’t be able to have sick parent, or a spouse, or any medical issues herself that might entail receiving a phone call from a doctor.

Why does it have to be ZERO phone use? Why not allow very limited phone use?

Do you guys know how Apple watches work? The nanny can be reached in an emergency.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

We trust our nanny and she is almost never on her phone, but she’s got her own children and needs to be reachable if their school or a doctor calls. I trust that she uses her phone sparingly and only when necessary. Why wouldn’t this be a workable solution? I’d say she has only ever been on her phone a handful of times ever in the last 2 years, but if I’d told her she couldn’t touch her phone while working then I do think she wouldn’t have accepted this job. But we don’t pay a super high wage either. Maybe if you were offering $30-40/hour, you could find someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The nanny won’t be able to be a mother herself then, because no mother would after to be permanently unreachable at work.

Come to think of it the nanny wouldn’t be able to have sick parent, or a spouse, or any medical issues herself that might entail receiving a phone call from a doctor.

Why does it have to be ZERO phone use? Why not allow very limited phone use?

Do you guys know how Apple watches work? The nanny can be reached in an emergency.

How do they work?

Op-would you allow nanny to accept calls on Apple Watch from her kids school or a doctor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The nanny won’t be able to be a mother herself then, because no mother would after to be permanently unreachable at work.

Come to think of it the nanny wouldn’t be able to have sick parent, or a spouse, or any medical issues herself that might entail receiving a phone call from a doctor.

Why does it have to be ZERO phone use? Why not allow very limited phone use?

Do you guys know how Apple watches work? The nanny can be reached in an emergency.

How do they work?

Op-would you allow nanny to accept calls on Apple Watch from her kids school or a doctor?

And I posted earlier not knowing about an Apple Watch…what if the nanny has an Android? Wouldn’t she then need an Apple phone?

[Anonymous]

My Apple Watch doesn’t work unless I’m near my phone.