viral San Francisco nanny ad

[Anonymous]

I think one off-putting aspect is the “all-in-one” bit. Super-athletic, which implies young, but also the knowledge to meal plan with some extreme restrictions, which is a skill that takes some life experience to develop, and travel planning around the globe, which again is a life skill that few people have during the time they’re young enough to be advanced skiers and “river swimmers”. And the person should have no further ambition for themself than to be someone’s nanny for a few years, and are presumably unencumbered by a family if their own. The combination of everything is what’s ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I am a GS-15 but don't qualify for the job.

[Anonymous]

Lean in. Must love the kids. This is a tricky one. I can do all of that but I don't think I cannot love the mom and the kids. Just. Can't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t see why this became viral. What is wrong with wanting an amazing nanny for your children? She is very clear in her expectations up front, so will end up hiring someone who knows what they are in for.

+1.

+2

She’s probably an intense woman but at the end of the day she wants a stay at home parent who plans vacations, activities and cooks... all while kids are in school most of the day and there’s an au pair to help out. Good for her for being thorough

What's this I hear? Working women admitting that SAHPs have value? Gasp, will wonders never cease.

+3 except for the quip about SAHPs. This is so not about this.

Personally I would love this nanny (we already have a great one that does many of the things on this list but no allergies / cooking for us). And I agree that the person who posted it is very clear about what she needs. I think that is a good quality in a boss.

[Anonymous]

Base pay plus overtime will probably be $100k to $115k. If you add in the benefits listed (health benefits, car, pool house), that’s easily another $50k a year in benefits. She has high expectations,’but she’s not going cheap on the comp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The “River swimming” must be a west coast thing because here you might swim in a creek or at a “swimming hole” or around a boat but no one “fights the current” in a river like the Potomac or they die.

River swimming in California is a different thing. They aren't wide flat things like the east coast. They are mountain runoff, cold and can be deadly. People drown in California rivers every spring when they underestimate the current.

[Anonymous]

If a male single parent CEO had posted this, he would be universally applauded.

[Anonymous]

Wow. That ad scares me and I can do all listed except ski and play basketball!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think one off-putting aspect is the “all-in-one” bit. Super-athletic, which implies young, but also the knowledge to meal plan with some extreme restrictions, which is a skill that takes some life experience to develop, and travel planning around the globe, which again is a life skill that few people have during the time they’re young enough to be advanced skiers and “river swimmers”. And the person should have no further ambition for themself than to be someone’s nanny for a few years, and are presumably unencumbered by a family if their own. The combination of everything is what’s ridiculous.

This is why this model works when the care giver is a parent. What this person is trying to do is outsource being a parent. Even with all of the outsourcing she has done throughput with her kids, in the end, the mental and emotional needs of the children has grown not lessened with their age. She wants a rich and educated SAHM of DCUM.

[Anonymous]

What happened to the father of her children?

Is she a single mom by choice or did he die or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to the father of her children?

Is she a single mom by choice or did he die or something?

I think it's implied (via her nanny employment history) that she's a single mom by choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think one off-putting aspect is the “all-in-one” bit. Super-athletic, which implies young, but also the knowledge to meal plan with some extreme restrictions, which is a skill that takes some life experience to develop, and travel planning around the globe, which again is a life skill that few people have during the time they’re young enough to be advanced skiers and “river swimmers”. And the person should have no further ambition for themself than to be someone’s nanny for a few years, and are presumably unencumbered by a family if their own. The combination of everything is what’s ridiculous.

This is why this model works when the care giver is a parent. What this person is trying to do is outsource being a parent. Even with all of the outsourcing she has done throughput with her kids, in the end, the mental and emotional needs of the children has grown not lessened with their age. She wants a rich and educated SAHM of DCUM.

+1

Women who fit this criteria and want to be with kids all day will want to be SAHMs to their own kids. Most likely they are looking to get married not nanny for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a male single parent CEO had posted this, he would be universally applauded.

Agree. And she says that in the interview.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don’t see why this became viral. What is wrong with wanting an amazing nanny for your children? She is very clear in her expectations up front, so will end up hiring someone who knows what they are in for.

+1.

+2

She’s probably an intense woman but at the end of the day she wants a stay at home parent who plans vacations, activities and cooks... all while kids are in school most of the day and there’s an au pair to help out. Good for her for being thorough

What's this I hear? Working women admitting that SAHPs have value? Gasp, will wonders never cease.

+3 except for the quip about SAHPs. This is so not about this.

Personally I would love this nanny (we already have a great one that does many of the things on this list but no allergies / cooking for us). And I agree that the person who posted it is very clear about what she needs. I think that is a good quality in a boss.

It is though because on this website, when this topic comes up, it is mostly working women bashing SAHMs as useless leeches.

And here we see a highly successful women admitting that she wants/needs one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think one off-putting aspect is the “all-in-one” bit. Super-athletic, which implies young, but also the knowledge to meal plan with some extreme restrictions, which is a skill that takes some life experience to develop, and travel planning around the globe, which again is a life skill that few people have during the time they’re young enough to be advanced skiers and “river swimmers”. And the person should have no further ambition for themself than to be someone’s nanny for a few years, and are presumably unencumbered by a family if their own. The combination of everything is what’s ridiculous.

This is why this model works when the care giver is a parent. What this person is trying to do is outsource being a parent. Even with all of the outsourcing she has done throughput with her kids, in the end, the mental and emotional needs of the children has grown not lessened with their age. She wants a rich and educated SAHM of DCUM.

Yes and she admits that in the Slate interview.