Reply to Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Would anyone want this job (live in nanny/house keeper)?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I did not explain myself well enough. I did not post a job offer yet. I posted the same original message I posted here in the general discussion in the nanny forum. I was trying to educate myself and whether there was anything I should have considered. Nobody answered in the nanny forum and I decided to try my luck here. I am not in a huge rush since my nanny won’t be leaving for months, my mom can help some and while everyone thinks the babysitting work is a huge amount of work, it really isn’t.

While nanny picks up 3 kids from school 3 days a week (I pick up and take care of my youngest 2 days), 2 of those days my older kids are in a 2 hours long activity near home. We basically drop them off and we are back home for 1.5 hours before we have to pick them up. I take care if the little one 2 afternoons a week (pick him up and take him to activity). I also take care of older 2 on 2 other days (take them to activity, supervise homework, etc.)
There is only 1 day a week where the nanny has all 3 kids in her own for 3 hours. She does however make dinner for all three kids 5 days a week (I hate cooking and feeding kids).

Anyway, while the schedule I admit is complicated, it does not change throughout the year since the kids are all in the same activities the whole year. It’s working out really well for us.

I don’t need a nanny with a graduate degree to drive my kids home or to activities and make them dinner (or clean my house). I need someone reliable and trustworthy. We also [b]speak multiple languages at home[/b] so English proficiency is not a must.[/quote]

OP are you from a culture that uses a lot of domestic help? I grew up in DC among a lot of expats. They were always shocked by the differences in how Americans viewed domestic help vs back home. Maybe this is a case of cultural disconnect. [/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