Pros and Cons of hiring a Career nanny?

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Anonymous wrote:I consider myself to be a career nanny. It's the only job I've ever said since graduating from college with a degree in early childhood education. I did work at a daycare in high school and a after school program in college. For the last 14 years I've been a nanny.

Pro:
*I've worked with all ages from newborn-17 year olds
*I've worked long hours. Working 6 am-10 pm Monday -Friday has been common. I've had a few 24 hour 7 day a week jobs as well.
*once a job is a good fit for me I don't leave until I'm no longer needed. I've had a lot of 4+ year jobs .
* I personally tend to charge on the lower end. ( my friend 12 yr old daughter charges more then me )
* I know what I want in a job and a family. I take my time in picking new jobs and I hold out for my perfect fit as to not waste anyone's time.
* I have worked for a lot of families and have learned to adapt to different parenting / lifestyles.

Cons : I can't think of any. A lot of people say career nannies are stuck in there ways and entitled. I'm about as far from that as can be.

i like how you can spin relatively little experience into a honestly interesting sounding profile of yourself.

Little experience? I would call 14 years " little experience". Get off this page if you have nothing nice to say. You are obnoxious.

Well considering she said she has 14 years and "a lot" of 4+ year jobs, let's say that's 4, 4, and a 5 to justify the "+", so thats 13 years with only 3 families, add a final year to make it 14 and she has only worked with 4 families. That is not a lot of experience. I certainly wouldn't hire her.

Are you serious? 4+ years with each family (minimum, at that) shows that she is doing something right. If you're the right family, she'll stay with you.
You prefer to find a nanny who has worked for 14 different families for a year? That'll end well.

If this website has taught me anything it's that 1) NFs are extremely lazy and don't look forward to the hiring process so are unlikely to fire and replace a nanny with a new one reason except the most egregious and 2) most people here support the notion of never firing a nanny and always working with her to change her and hope things get better and adopting the "you hired her, you are stuck with her" outlook. So, those 2 things combined mean it is very very unlikely for a nanny to get fired, no matter how bad she is. So for me, just because you worked with one family say for 6 years doesn't really tell me anything because you might still be miserable and insufferable but it was just easier to let you continue.

I have been a nanny for over 10 years. I worked 4 years for 2 families and 2 with my current family. I stayed because I like my NF. They employed me because I'm a good nanny. Nobody will employ someone for over 4-5 years if they're unhappy with her. It seems as though your understanding of the nanny/employer employment process is based on what you read on DCUM. This website is really not representative of the real world.
I've never known a family to keep a shitty nanny because they don't want to deal with the hiring process.

Families realize you can't get a perfect nanny that does everything you want, as the months go on you get used to your nannies shortcoming. After a year, even though she might not be great is it worth it to let her go and go through the crap shoot again?

I agree that most families will only fire for another nanny as a last result. But hiring a nanny is super expensive, so a family with a mediocre nanny will definitely be more inclined to say yes when their kid gets off a day-care waitlist, or sign a kid up for before/aftercare. If a nanny's been with a family for a number of years, it's a sign that the family deemed her better than all the childcare options.

I hired my nanny almost 5 years ago initially as a last resort, because my kid didn't get into daycare. I've kept her because I love and value her, and because she contributes to the family and kids' welfare. This means turning down daycare slots, many times, and saying no to before/aftercare, which would save me tens of thousands of dollars a year.

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The only "con" in hiring a career nanny is the cost. They are more expensive.

PS I chose my career based on my passion and so did my daughter's nanny. I pay more but it is worth it.