What is your opinion on this

[Anonymous]

Found this question on another nanny page, would you work with an agency that told you to do this? MB what are your thought if you found this online about a candidate you are looking at?


Nanny Asks: My nanny agency asked me to remove my public political links on social media.
I personally don't mind and would prefer working for a family that has similar views. Do I have to follow their advice?

[Anonymous]

If they were a trump supporter, it would give me pause. Other than that, I wouldn't care.

[Anonymous]

I'm an MB. I think it's good advice. It's smart to keep one's political and religious views to oneself in most workplaces.

As an MB, I would not want to employ someone who wanted to embody or discuss their political or religious views in my house if they were markedly different than mine. (An extreme example, but one that illustrates the point, would be someone who has a tattoo of the confederate flag in a place that would be commonly viewable by my kids. That would be something that would mean that candidate and I would not be a good fit for an employer/employee relationship.)

Someone who has good boundaries and keeps their views to themselves is fine. I respect honest differences of opinion. But there are certainly values that I hold dear and would not want to hire in conflict with any of those.

It's solid advice from the agency, but if the candidate wants to seek an employer who shares his/her political viewpoint that is certainly fine for that individual to do.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. I keep my personal and work life very separate, even when I'm working 24/7. My personal facebook is only accessible to friends outside of my career; my social media for work has all of my work contacts (including past charges), but it doesn't have any of my personal friends. I don't discuss politics with my employers unless I've been with them for several months and I know them well enough to know whether they would welcome friendly debate AND they bring it. I will answer questions about religion if brought up during the interview and/or asked in a polite manner after hire; I steer away from politics as much as I can, because parents are less understanding about someone having conflicting views.

[Anonymous]

If you prefer not to share a home with someone different in any particular way, of course you should proceed accordingly. Period.

[Anonymous]

MB here. I think either having similar political views is good or not letting your employer know about them at all is good.

I've taken my DDs to prochoice rallies and had the nanny hand the kids off to me there. If that deeply went against their beliefs, it could cause friction.

[Anonymous]

what sort of agencies do you people work for? My agency is wonderful and very hands off. they don't know anything about my social media and neither would my family if I decided to accept a position.

[Anonymous]

If you are in serious need of a job stat, then removing the information may give you a leg up in your job search.

If you don't need to secure a position right away then you can afford to buy more time and be choosy.

If you are #teamtrump then you're basically going to be looking for a long long LONG time.

Just some food for thought......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what sort of agencies do you people work for? My agency is wonderful and very hands off. they don't know anything about my social media and neither would my family if I decided to accept a position.

I respectfully disagree PP.

I'm pretty sure that 100% of families considering you for hire will at the very LEAST check your Facebook page.

I've even seen ads where prospective families request a direct link to it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what sort of agencies do you people work for? My agency is wonderful and very hands off. they don't know anything about my social media and neither would my family if I decided to accept a position.

I respectfully disagree PP.

I'm pretty sure that 100% of families considering you for hire will at the very LEAST check your Facebook page.

I've even seen ads where prospective families request a direct link to it!

Ridiculous. Anyone that complies deserves what a handful those people will end up being. I don't even mention to families that I have sm. Its absolutely none of their business. Now if they decide to snoop and be nosey and Google me, that's a different thing. But running a background check is enough. They need to know I'm not a criminal.

My social life is separate from my job. If they were to even ask for my Fb info I'd tell them to look for other candidates. I've been nannying for 4 years and working with children in school settings for over 10. The only time my fb was ever mentioned was my last family wanted to make sure I wouldn't post the kids on my page without permission. My pictures from vacations. when I go out or have celebrations, thoughts and timeline is NONE of their business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what sort of agencies do you people work for? My agency is wonderful and very hands off. they don't know anything about my social media and neither would my family if I decided to accept a position.

Which agency is that? You will not say, will you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what sort of agencies do you people work for? My agency is wonderful and very hands off. they don't know anything about my social media and neither would my family if I decided to accept a position.

Which agency is that? You will not say, will you?

Your happy nest agency. What do I win?

[Anonymous]

Pp and that's the Cincinnati branch in case any fellow nannies are interested. They are wonderful and have other cities they handle also

[Anonymous]

You need to change your security settings if the nanny agency rep can see your posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what sort of agencies do you people work for? My agency is wonderful and very hands off. they don't know anything about my social media and neither would my family if I decided to accept a position.

I respectfully disagree PP.

I'm pretty sure that 100% of families considering you for hire will at the very LEAST check your Facebook page.

I've even seen ads where prospective families request a direct link to it!

Ridiculous. Anyone that complies deserves what a handful those people will end up being. I don't even mention to families that I have sm. Its absolutely none of their business. Now if they decide to snoop and be nosey and Google me, that's a different thing. But running a background check is enough. They need to know I'm not a criminal.

My social life is separate from my job. If they were to even ask for my Fb info I'd tell them to look for other candidates. I've been nannying for 4 years and working with children in school settings for over 10. The only time my fb was ever mentioned was my last family wanted to make sure I wouldn't post the kids on my page without permission. My pictures from vacations. when I go out or have celebrations, thoughts and timeline is NONE of their business.

12.32 here. I've had several families google me and/or look me up on facebook, and I'm fine with that. I don't post anything on sm that I would be embarrassed for my great-grandmother to see (let alone a possible employer), and everything is set to friends only, so they can't see anything. My profile picture isn't a picture of me (or any other human), and I make it clear that I only take pictures and videos of my charges so that I can switch data cards with the parents each week.