Nanny Rights

[Anonymous]

It is reasonable to ask a nanny to take whatever tests are normally asked of daycare workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is reasonable to ask a nanny to take whatever tests are normally asked of daycare workers.

And preschool teachers. That's typically a TB test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

All us nannies need to assert ourselves more on the job.

Let's face it, families are desperate for childcare and if we say no more often eventually they are going to runout of nannies to hire after they've fired us all. If we are all saying no more often to unreasonable requests that is a great start to assert our rights.

All this abuse carries on because we let them walk all over us because we are afraid to lose our jobs.

I propose that this week we all say the word "NO" at least once in our job.



I'm going to do it = my job is not worth having anyway - who knows maybe saying no once in a while might make it better and i'll want to stay. I'll keep you posted.

This is a terrible idea. Families are not desperate for nannies. There are more nannies than jobs. If you're job isn't worth having, than quit.

Your standards are apparently shamefully low. If there was a glut of good nannies, you would not be having so many problems on this board.

You need to keep up with current events. There are a lot of unemployed people in this country that are desperate for work. There are more workers than jobs. Quit a job only when you have another one lined up. Also, this board is hardly statistically representative of the real world.

[Anonymous]

Being desparate for work, does not automatically make a person a good nanny, unfortunately. As many families there are desparate for a good nanny, there are fewer good nannies to fill the needs.
It's the rare MB who has no complaints about her nanny. By the same token, it's the rare nanny, who has no complaints about her MB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being desparate for work, does not automatically make a person a good nanny, unfortunately. As many families there are desparate for a good nanny, there are fewer good nannies to fill the needs.
It's the rare MB who has no complaints about her nanny. By the same token, it's the rare nanny, who has no complaints about her MB.

Being desperate for work means that a person will take a job that they normally wouldn't--one with less pay and benefits or worse working conditions in order to pay the bills. There are many more workers than jobs in America I recommend you watch two recent documentaries: "Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" and "American Winter".

[Anonymous]

This article is talking about something that happened in a country where beheadings are common for murder. A child died in her care, she deserved a punishment, it just would not have been so cruel in our own country.
IMO nannys have just as many rights as any other profession, but if a nanny lets things get too far without speaking up, she's the same as any other person who stays in.a job that's not right or fair just for the job.

[Anonymous]

It's sad that so few parents have a clue as to the harm they are causing their children, by resorting to the cheap, inadaquate, and illegal "care" they hire.
Sad. Sad. Sad.