Are you and your nanny truly on the "same page?"

[Anonymous]

I've been a temp nanny for many years, and lately these things have really come to mind. Currently, I work for a family that I absolutely adore, but a few things have been extremely getting to me, what do you think?

Pay. They treat me with so much respect, and work hard to make me feel a part of the family, and I work very hard for them. Literally every moment of my day is filled with tending to children and cleaning. They pay me 12 dollars an hr, but I'm doing 15$ per hour work. They are hoping for me to work for them longer than our agreed upon end date, but at this rate, absolutely not. They'll ask me to do this by this time, or that, and it gets to the point where I'm feeling very cheapened. I've been in other positions such as this that pay me 15+/ hr, and pay for our outings, and money is not an issue. It's interesting how even though they treat me with so much respect, I can't turn my head away and stop feeling like... dog food.

Micromanagement, and allowance of time. Does your nanny seem to be running around like a chicken with her head cut off? If so, she probably is doing too many things in too little of time. I do believe in working my @$$ off for them, ESPECIALLY when they treat me with respect, but if they remind me to do something that I "forgot" or asks something to be done a certain way that is not super important, it absolutely wrecks my mind. Dealing with micromanagement is difficult mental work. I am willing to do things "to a tee" for the right pay. In other words, give all of my mind to everything how you wish it to be done, in order to reap my full 464$ net pay at the end of the week

And to you nannies, although we live in such a large world, where the competition for a position is fierce, I DO see patterns in the workforce, where families who are not offering enough pay, do struggle to find a good fit. The mother I work for usually complains that she cannot find a good candidate for when my contract is through. I guarantee these candidates can clearly see what you are expecting of them, and running in the other direction when they hear what you are offering to pay.

[Anonymous]

You brought this on yourself. I hate to say it but you are agreeing to work for them. A simple case of overworked and under payed

[Anonymous]

I would have a very blunt conversation with them that they're asking you to do a $16/hr job and they either need to raise the pay or lower their expectations in order to find a better nanny. Just be blunt.