the nanny has a hatred of me and makes my work harder

[Anonymous]

hi

i am not a nanny but do have a question for nannies and the bosses. i am a full time housekeeper who works alongside a full time nanny. hours are very much the same and she does not like me. i dont mind except she has been making things harder for me.

my job is to clean, cook and organize for the family. the nanny cares and teachers the children. she will make a big mess so i have to spend a lot of time cleaning it up and not have time to do my other chores. at first i did not think this was on purpose but now i know it is true. she will have the children leave big mess for me and tell them its my job to clean it up. she cut out shapes to decorate and left the papers all over and told me to clean it up. i do like my job but not being treated like this. i do not have time for extra messes made to spite me. i tried to talk to her but she was unkind.

i need to know if i speak with my boss or to the nanny again. it makes my day very hard. i dont want to tell my boss and make more trouble but i am not getting all what i need to get done because of this situation.

thank you

[Anonymous]

I don't know what to tell you to do, as I know multi staffed household dynamics can be complicated.

But I'm sorry you are having to deal with this.

[Anonymous]

You need to tell the boss. Maybe the nanny is skimping out on her own duties. Maybe she's respondible for cleaning up the mess related to her taking care of the children and she is not doing it. The boss needs to know what's going on esp if it's making your job harder and making you do less then you could be doing. The nanny sounds like an awful woman. What spoiled kids too. She needs to teach them to clean up after themselves too instead of degrading you in front of them. ((((Hugs)))$

[Anonymous]

Gosh, this sounds awful. Definitely talk to the boss since since the nanny wasn't helpful or considerate. I hope the boss has more sense than that horrid nanny.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't talk to the nanny about this issue because it sounds like she is not playing with a full deck and it could tip her off and she may go to the parents ahead of you and make something up before you get to them.

Do not let her know you are on to her and simply remain professional around her.

Then when you get a chance to, discuss this matter with your bosses and ask them how you can deal with it. Tell them you do not understand why this nanny does not like you and that you feel the household staff needs to work together in a cordial manner in order for the household to function efficiently. Stress to them that by having to take extra time to clean up her extra messes, this is taking time from your job that you need to perform your work optimally.

Do not badmouth the nanny or throw her under the bus. Remain professional and diplomatic.

Hopefully your bosses can knock some sense into her.

Good luck.