I hate babysitting for my nanny family
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Anonymous
| I have been working for this family for almost 4months. And I don't think they have any idea that I'm unhappy and try to avoid watching there kids outside my work hours. They are nice people but I don't think they really did there research on having a nanny and everything it really means. Like Sick days, Paid time off, Guaranteed hours, Sick days, acting working together with someone in regards to their baby and etc. Also I hate that I work part time not because of the money but I think it's confusing for the baby. I honestly will never do a schedule like this again with a baby this young and EBF. One day she is a EBF baby with her mom and constantly on her hip and when I come I have to do things different and mom just seems unwilling to work with me. When I come back from my three day weekend the baby has forgotten everything I tried to teach her before I left why because they won't practice with her. Her parents will leave there dirty breakfast dishes for me to put away and leave me loads of laundry to fold. When mom jobs gets called off work she still has me come in but does not use me to do my job which is watch the baby but more like her personal assistant/housekeeper. She calls this making up the hours. They keep track of the hours they don't use and force me to make them up watching there children for free on weekends. To me this is a slap in the face. Then they toss my baskets of laundry to fold also and leave there dirty dishes. I never have had this issue with any of my other familes I babysit for. I work 7 days a week all part time to make ends meet I never get a break. When I still agree to watch there children why must they still try to squeeze more out of me and for FREE. They are not rude to me other then these things they invite me for dinner, invited me to the baby's christening, got me birthday presents. I believe they are honestly kind hearted people. Its not like they don't have the money to pay me for the hours they ask me to set aside for them each week. I've watched them blow money on new tvs, furniture sets and a hot tub. Am I wrong for starting to dislike this family. |
Anonymous
| Tell them hrs they don't use are only bankable for similar hours, not weekend hours. If you go home early on Tue, you'll stay late on another m-th and only if you're already working. You won't come in extra unless it's 6 hr min or whatever. If there are housekeeping duties they want you to do that aren't considered normal nanny duties then negotiate each hour of non-normal cleaning is worth 2 hrs banked or whatever. You need to have a convo with them becauae they prob don't realize they're being asshats. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, you need to figure out what you want from this job (none of your requests are unreasonable), write it all down clearly, and sit down and having a meeting with them. They might be jerks or they might just be first time nanny employers who don't know what they're doing is widely considered unacceptable. |
Anonymous
| Just leave because these people will never change. |
Anonymous
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I know how hard it is for passive people to speak up in a personal/home setting but just think of it as a regular job. Don't look at it from a personal point of view. If they want a nanny they need to pay. I'm sure their employers don't bank on hours and I'm sure they wouldn't work weekends. Don't be nervous, lay it out and be professional. The wont take you for granted if you let them know the deal. If you don't then things will continue the way they are and you will build up even more resentment.
Goodluck! |
Anonymous
| It's the novelist again. Since she got called out last time with always having the same writing style, she tried to change it by running all the text together this time. But it still comes out. |
Anonymous
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Then look for a new job and quit whining!
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Anonymous
+1000 |
Anonymous
| Yes, look for a new job, if you have talked to your employers and they don't agree to change.And correct your grammer please- it's not there children, it's their children. |
Anonymous
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What does your contract say?
What did MB say when you talked to her about this? |
Anonymous
*cough*grammar*cough* |
Anonymous
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No you are not wrong for starting to dislike this family - however it is partially your fault. When you sat down to an interview did you talk about these things? You say that this family hasn't done the research about having a nanny but this is something you should have checked BEFORE you started working for them! Before you started you should have made a contract/ work agreement that covered things like sick days and paid time off.
Also the family shouldn't work with you about the baby you shoudld work with them. If the mum wants to carry the baby around all day and your style is more put the baby down YOU are working for the wrong family! You need to work for a family who has the same style as you! Look for a new job using the advice above. Don't repeat your mistakes, good luck |