What's your WORST nanny job?

[Anonymous]

I worked in a millionaire family once, they brought a "friend" to live in for a while, this friend was having drug problems, talked s**t about me to take over my job and by the end, this lady killed herself at home. A shot gun woke everyone up, and the parents found the body. I left weeks later after I caught the mom having a lesbian affair. It was way too much drama in one family...

[Anonymous]

OMG

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Omg x 2

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Anonymous wrote:The worst I had was a sort of mother's helper though they advertised for a nanny for an 18mo boy. The mother would micromanage to the point where I was afraid to breathe in her presence in fear I would do it wrong and will be nagged at. She hardly ever left us alone (advertised that she's be out), overdressed the child - and by overdressed I mean that in a well heated and warm flat when she and I were in tshirts, the boy would have on three layers including a woolly jumper, and she told me that if he gets sweaty to just continue to wipe off the sweat from his back and face but not to take off a layer or open the window.

I was required to use basically industrial strength bleach on his dishes and toys daily.

Then she would always come in when he cried, and of course he cried when she left the room, so I would have him almost calmed down and engaged in an activity when she'd come back to check up on him and start it all over again.

Once she was putting on make up to go out and the boy came into the bathroom, and she said, 'oh, i really shouldn't be doing that in front of him, he's a boy'. Yup, ladies, men should think we naturally have pink glossy lips and have no need to shave our legs.

Then she told me one day in stage whisper that she 'had to fire Mark the cleaner because it turned out he was gay' and that she was worried because of her son. Just to repeat, she never left her son with Mark the cleaner, but I do hear those gay spores are really contagious. Moreover, later that day she phoned someone and said, 'hi, Mark gave me your number because it turns out Mark is... well'.

Which was when I quit and said 'by the way, lady, I'm gay'.

Well, I haven't, but I should've. I did quit at the end of that week, but I didn't say that. It's really one of my biggest regrets in life! I would've liked to see her face.

Oh wow.. This women is gonna do good damage to her son and she's clueless to even realize it! Glad you left.

[Anonymous]

worst I had was a temp job. 2 very spoilt kids(aged 6 and 9) who I did feel very sorry for as they were bought a lot of material goods to make up for the fact the parents were never around(and I mean they would go out of their way to not be around-out every night and at wkends kids always had a nanny with them)
They lived abroad and were over for a month. I took them to their grans and gran wouldn't let me in the house-had to sit in the hallway for about 3hrs.
I worked 6 days a wk and never knew what time I would be finishing. Dad spoke to me like I was something he stepped in and mum expected some kind of miracles-all the housework done on top of cooking and entertaining the kids in a short amount of time(few hours) as normally she would have multiple staff to do the work and forgot that she was relying on just me to do it over here

[Anonymous]

The worst job I had was:

1. When I worked for this family and they started demanding so many things from me like cleaning the entire house even if they're on vacation.
2. Wanting me to stay with the kids for 2 weeks while mom is on work abroad and refused to pay me.
3. Making me buy the food at the grocery and cook them.
4. Mom always come home late without paying me for extra hours.

It was hell. I ended up quitting.

[Anonymous]

Weirdest job ever: Worked for this family who is a know-all type. Mom has a huge notebook reminding me of loads of nonsense, common sense stuff that I should do for her child. One time I gave the baby small pieces of cheese and she said it's too much. One time dad came home and saw me reading to the child on the couch and told me "We are reading in the room, not on the couch." I don't know how I lasted.

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Anonymous wrote:The worst job I ever had was as an au pair - I arrived in Europe on a Wednesday and on Friday both parents left the country for a week leaving me, at 18, alone with 3 children I barely knew (also you are NOT ALLOWED to leave the AP and kids home alone 24hr/day within AP programs). When they came back, at the end of my first week of work, the mom only paid me half of our agreed upon stipend, saying her friends had said she'd be overpaying if she gave me our agreed upon wage. I protested and ended up getting the full amount but she resented me massively for it. And she'd fuss about how I ironed the socks (THE SOCKS) and how I folded the shirts, asking me to do it one way and then complaining that I was doing it that way the next day. She was a monster and her whole family knew it - DB was perfectly pleasant and the kids were just kids, crazy and undisciplined but hard to blame them for that fact.

That's terrible! How are pepper such selfish inconsiderate people, and after they left you with the most important job- caring for their children?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worst job I ever had was as an au pair - I arrived in Europe on a Wednesday and on Friday both parents left the country for a week leaving me, at 18, alone with 3 children I barely knew (also you are NOT ALLOWED to leave the AP and kids home alone 24hr/day within AP programs). When they came back, at the end of my first week of work, the mom only paid me half of our agreed upon stipend, saying her friends had said she'd be overpaying if she gave me our agreed upon wage. I protested and ended up getting the full amount but she resented me massively for it. And she'd fuss about how I ironed the socks (THE SOCKS) and how I folded the shirts, asking me to do it one way and then complaining that I was doing it that way the next day. She was a monster and her whole family knew it - DB was perfectly pleasant and the kids were just kids, crazy and undisciplined but hard to blame them for that fact.

That's terrible! How are pepper such selfish inconsiderate people, and after they left you with the most important job- caring for their children?

Drinking and DCUM are never a good combination

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The worst job I ever had was as an au pair - I arrived in Europe on a Wednesday and on Friday both parents left the country for a week leaving me, at 18, alone with 3 children I barely knew (also you are NOT ALLOWED to leave the AP and kids home alone 24hr/day within AP programs). When they came back, at the end of my first week of work, the mom only paid me half of our agreed upon stipend, saying her friends had said she'd be overpaying if she gave me our agreed upon wage. I protested and ended up getting the full amount but she resented me massively for it. And she'd fuss about how I ironed the socks (THE SOCKS) and how I folded the shirts, asking me to do it one way and then complaining that I was doing it that way the next day. She was a monster and her whole family knew it - DB was perfectly pleasant and the kids were just kids, crazy and undisciplined but hard to blame them for that fact.

I hope you banged the DB to get back at her.

[Anonymous]

Most of the nanny-employing folks on DCUM have absolutely no interest in raising their own children.

In the DC area I never see parents making any attempt to reduce their work hours or change jobs/careers to spend more time raising their children. Most of them made a big mistake having children, and it's obvious from their lack of interest in them.

i wish more nannies had the guts to really tell their employers what jerks they are. Best wishes to all of you who could!

[Anonymous]

I've had several difficult jobs. However, the one that was the worst was one where the dad was unemployed and supposedly searching for work when I came. He would come out and talk to us a lot, go to park, etc. with us. He would boast that the mom made $500,000 per year at her job, so he didn't have to work. Meanwhile, they kept canceling my hours at the last minute without paying me. Then they needed last minute care for a holiday weekend. I referred my friend to them, who really needed cash, and then they cancelled on her the morning of the day she was supposed to work, without paying her, because dad wanted to take kid out. They said they had a lot of trouble keeping nannies that year, and I can see why. Since then, I've asked for guaranteed hours and haven't had a problem...