Do you allow your nanny help youself with some food in your house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Food is always provided for any employee who cannot leave the employ for meals.

Hahaha tell that to every nurse in the hospital.

Your hospital doesn’t have a cafeteria?! How do they feed their patients?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Food is always provided for any employee who cannot leave the employ for meals.

Hahaha tell that to every nurse in the hospital.

Your hospital doesn’t have a cafeteria?! How do they feed their patients?

Every hospital has a cafeteria or food service. They have to by law. That laughing nurse is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

At the interview you TELL tell the nanny she will be leaving you a list of the foods you need to purchase to feed her breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner. She does not / should not depend of eating the scraps left by the children. Nanny may be a completely different ethnicity or race from you and needs you to stock *her* typical foods in the house.

Even at my firm when admins order food for us for a long day of client meetings they ask each of us what we want to eat. One time they made the mistake of ordering all non-veg food when 5 of us (out of 14, including 2 of the clients) ) are strict veg (no meat, no fish). You need to ASK the nanny what she wants and have her write it down for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the interview you TELL tell the nanny she will be leaving you a list of the foods you need to purchase to feed her breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner. She does not / should not depend of eating the scraps left by the children. Nanny may be a completely different ethnicity or race from you and needs you to stock *her* typical foods in the house.

Even at my firm when admins order food for us for a long day of client meetings they ask each of us what we want to eat. One time they made the mistake of ordering all non-veg food when 5 of us (out of 14, including 2 of the clients) ) are strict veg (no meat, no fish). You need to ASK the nanny what she wants and have her write it down for you.

We tried doing this for a while with our Indian nanny but found it difficult to find her preferred foods at the local Giant. So we gave her cash to buy her own food at the Indian food store where she normally buys her groceries. She stores them in a cupboard we set aside for her. Our nanny works M-Th for us, 10 hours per day. We absolutely felt we should provide *at least* 1 per day for her, but really 2 is fair-- she works without a break, pretty much. We made sure we gave enough to cover 2. Who knows? Maybe she sent it home to her family in India, but that's her choice. She would not eat any of our typical fare at our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the interview you TELL tell the nanny she will be leaving you a list of the foods you need to purchase to feed her breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner. She does not / should not depend of eating the scraps left by the children. Nanny may be a completely different ethnicity or race from you and needs you to stock *her* typical foods in the house.

Even at my firm when admins order food for us for a long day of client meetings they ask each of us what we want to eat. One time they made the mistake of ordering all non-veg food when 5 of us (out of 14, including 2 of the clients) ) are strict veg (no meat, no fish). You need to ASK the nanny what she wants and have her write it down for you.

Professionals provide their own food. Its a nice thing to do to provide food but no one should expect it. I've never ever worked at a job where lunch or a meal was ever provided. It depends on the profession. If you are working at a firm it may be different but most jobs are not like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Food is always provided for any employee who cannot leave the employ for meals.

Hahaha tell that to every nurse in the hospital.

Your hospital doesn’t have a cafeteria?! How do they feed their patients?

Every hospital has a cafeteria or food service. They have to by law. That laughing nurse is an idiot.

Depends on the size of the hospital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Food is always provided for any employee who cannot leave the employ for meals.

Hahaha tell that to every nurse in the hospital.

Your hospital doesn’t have a cafeteria?! How do they feed their patients?

Every hospital has a cafeteria or food service. They have to by law. That laughing nurse is an idiot.

Depends on the size of the hospital.

How do they feed their patients? I’ve been a nurse for over 25 years and have never seen a hospital without some kind of cafeteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the interview you TELL tell the nanny she will be leaving you a list of the foods you need to purchase to feed her breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner. She does not / should not depend of eating the scraps left by the children. Nanny may be a completely different ethnicity or race from you and needs you to stock *her* typical foods in the house.

Even at my firm when admins order food for us for a long day of client meetings they ask each of us what we want to eat. One time they made the mistake of ordering all non-veg food when 5 of us (out of 14, including 2 of the clients) ) are strict veg (no meat, no fish). You need to ASK the nanny what she wants and have her write it down for you.

Professionals provide their own food. Its a nice thing to do to provide food but no one should expect it. I've never ever worked at a job where lunch or a meal was ever provided. It depends on the profession. If you are working at a firm it may be different but most jobs are not like that.

Have you ever worked at a job where you were unable to leave even to just grab a lunch?

Trust me. In home workers are always provided their meal if they choose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the interview you TELL tell the nanny she will be leaving you a list of the foods you need to purchase to feed her breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner. She does not / should not depend of eating the scraps left by the children. Nanny may be a completely different ethnicity or race from you and needs you to stock *her* typical foods in the house.

Even at my firm when admins order food for us for a long day of client meetings they ask each of us what we want to eat. One time they made the mistake of ordering all non-veg food when 5 of us (out of 14, including 2 of the clients) ) are strict veg (no meat, no fish). You need to ASK the nanny what she wants and have her write it down for you.

Professionals provide their own food. Its a nice thing to do to provide food but no one should expect it. I've never ever worked at a job where lunch or a meal was ever provided. It depends on the profession. If you are working at a firm it may be different but most jobs are not like that.

Have you ever worked at a job where you were unable to leave even to just grab a lunch?

Trust me. In home workers are always provided their meal if they choose.

I think this is nuts. Nannies - don’t listen to this poster. If someone in an interview started telling me what food I should buy for them, I would not hire them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the interview you TELL tell the nanny she will be leaving you a list of the foods you need to purchase to feed her breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner. She does not / should not depend of eating the scraps left by the children. Nanny may be a completely different ethnicity or race from you and needs you to stock *her* typical foods in the house.

Even at my firm when admins order food for us for a long day of client meetings they ask each of us what we want to eat. One time they made the mistake of ordering all non-veg food when 5 of us (out of 14, including 2 of the clients) ) are strict veg (no meat, no fish). You need to ASK the nanny what she wants and have her write it down for you.

Professionals provide their own food. Its a nice thing to do to provide food but no one should expect it. I've never ever worked at a job where lunch or a meal was ever provided. It depends on the profession. If you are working at a firm it may be different but most jobs are not like that.

Have you ever worked at a job where you were unable to leave even to just grab a lunch?

Trust me. In home workers are always provided their meal if they choose.

Yes, or didn't have time. I either brought food, skipped it or found a few minutes usually around 2-3-4 to grab something to eat from a vending machine. In home workers are not always provided with meals. That is absolutely not true. Its the right thing to do, but its not a given.

So, do you provide construction workers, repair men, etc. food? (yes, we do if they are here for more than a few hours).. they are in home workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At the interview you TELL tell the nanny she will be leaving you a list of the foods you need to purchase to feed her breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner. She does not / should not depend of eating the scraps left by the children. Nanny may be a completely different ethnicity or race from you and needs you to stock *her* typical foods in the house.

Even at my firm when admins order food for us for a long day of client meetings they ask each of us what we want to eat. One time they made the mistake of ordering all non-veg food when 5 of us (out of 14, including 2 of the clients) ) are strict veg (no meat, no fish). You need to ASK the nanny what she wants and have her write it down for you.

Professionals provide their own food. Its a nice thing to do to provide food but no one should expect it. I've never ever worked at a job where lunch or a meal was ever provided. It depends on the profession. If you are working at a firm it may be different but most jobs are not like that.

Have you ever worked at a job where you were unable to leave even to just grab a lunch?

Trust me. In home workers are always provided their meal if they choose.

Why should we trust you? Most people pay for their own lunch.

[Anonymous]

The cheapness of posters on this board is raw. I really hope your nanny leaves you in a lurch when a better offer comes along.

Our nanny as been with us for 8 years. She tells me horror stories of how her nanny friends can be treated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cheapness of posters on this board is raw. I really hope your nanny leaves you in a lurch when a better offer comes along.

Our nanny as been with us for 8 years. She tells me horror stories of how her nanny friends can be treated.

You are being ridiculous. It’s neither cheap nor heartless to expect an adult to pack his or her own lunch. And yes, people forget their lunch and yes, it would be petty to not let them make a sandwich, etc. But I employ a nanny to make my life easier. I don’t want to spend extra time making sure I procured the items on my nanny’s shopping list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cheapness of posters on this board is raw. I really hope your nanny leaves you in a lurch when a better offer comes along.

Our nanny as been with us for 8 years. She tells me horror stories of how her nanny friends can be treated.

If a nanny wants to claim being a professional, professionals are responsible for their own food. Yes, its the right thing to do to provide food but it should not be an expectation of a professional to expect their employer to grocery shop for them and provide meals.

[Anonymous]

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