Opinions please! ???Nanny bullying???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would this be considered out of line?

I have worked for a family for 18months. The childcare job morphed slowly into dog walking, laundry for baby, laundry for the family, bed linens for parents, making parents beds, putting away groceries, empty dishwasher, and the ultimate---washing the guest's laundry.

I def have boundary issues to go along with all of that.

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These people have a home in another part of the country and will leave for months at a time. Vague about their travel plans, but will contact me a couple of weeks before they return and let me know when they 'need me.' Different hours every day, some weekend, and ALWAYS only when the child was awake, eliminating any possibility of down time to relax the entire day. This time I balked, as I was down for 28 days in the first month, including 55 hours in one week. I responded that this wouldn't work for me. In the future, I would be available only two days a week, as that was the original agreement.

Now the woman is mad, demanding that I work the hours she requested for the next six weeks as she is out of town and not in a position to hire someone else.
I love the kid, and that is what the mother is counting on.
THOUGHTS?

My god. Be thankful you have a job. You are a nanny, and there is lots of downtime where you can be assisting in house-care and etc. You are posting this on a pro-nanny forum so while a lot of the nannies might think this this is out of line, the majority of parents do not. After all your making way more then 15.00 an hour!!

I bet you go through nannies/sitters like water through a sieve!

[Anonymous]

Actually, in reply to last poster, I had absolutely zero ‘downtime’ . None. The toddler was not napping while I was working -the parents have me come
Very early in the am and get the child up and he is off and running . I was instructed not to allow the child to nap until late afternoon , which is right before a parent arrives home . If the child is not asleep when parent arrives home, parent is peeved .Developmentally delayed and minimal childproofing in home. I feel extremely proud of the fact that he has only bruised his head minimally one time. I was doing the job of nanny , laundress, housekeeper and dog walker . In fact both their housekeeper and dog walker were fired after they pushed those jobs off on the ‘no boundaries’ nanny.
I was also told to bring my breakfest , lunch and morning coffee and an insulated lunch sack .
I quit last week .
To the last poster -I’ll bet you are a real pleasure to work for !

[Anonymous]

This doesn't sound like bullying to me, but it's good that you quit because this clearly isn't the type of job you were hoping for. Some nannies want a full-time position, and some do household chores. You're clearly wanting something part time with fewer responsibilities. You should have made your boundaries clear earlier. Is this the first time you let them know you didn't like the situation?