Reply to Nanny resentful

Forum Index » Childcare other than Daycare and Preschool

Reply to "Nanny resentful"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote]
Anonymous wrote:
OP---your nanny sounds like an entitled brat. Watching a 10 year is a cushy nannying job. You were totally within your rights to essentially make it a "nanny/household assistant" position and if that was what was advertised, then she needed to be doing the minor errands/chores and not complaining.

Your problem was in letting her get away with too much for too long. You've now learned that you need to nip behaviors early---sounds like she just continually pushed.

Then OP should have no problem attracting and retaining quality employees. Let's see how that goes.[/quote]

Actually, I was that OP.  I had the same nanny for over 4 years with our older kids.  I was organized and fair, i.e., I had a contract with detailed responsibilities, I paid health care, and used a professional payroll service for direct deposit taxes and payment.  The key is that if you expect a nanny for older kids to really be a household assistant with broader responsibilities than child care, and you make it clear at the beginning, then everybody is on the same page.  Our nanny is still in touch with our family and uses me for references, which I gladly give. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics