Families who move their f/t nannies to p/t -- what are you thinking?

[Anonymous]

I keep seeing posts on the Del Ray/Old Town list serves from families who are advertising that their nannies are available for morning jobs. For example, 9AM - 12PM, 1PM or 2PM.

Just so you know, it's hard for nannies to find part-time, morning-only positions, and even harder to coordinate days off, etc. I just think it's crappy if your nanny needs to work full-time to support herself, to try to keep her working part-time for your family while looking for the purple unicorn family whose part-time needs match up with yours.

[Anonymous]

Families?! It’s the nanny’s choice and decision! Nannies aren’t indentured servants.

[Anonymous]

They are thinking they don't need all day care. If you don't want part-time you don't take the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are thinking they don't need all day care. If you don't want part-time you don't take the job.

This. And also they're thinking that they'd love to find a way to still keep a loved, trusted nanny when they no longer need the same level of care - so they're trying to find a way to ensure he/she can still have a full-time income.

[Anonymous]

I have had this work out for me two times.
I found matching families who needed morning care with my first nanny, who was with us six years, and my second, who was with us four years.

It’s dumb not to. Aside from the filthy rich, no one can keep a full time nanny long term when they don’t need full time. And if you try, the nanny gets stuck with housecleaning duties she may not love, or resentment builds and it falls apart.
Why not find a matching family and keep everyone employed and happy?

[Anonymous]

A nanny/that level of child care, except for the rich or those who don't want to parent, is a temporary need. Most nanny jobs are short term, not long term/life long jobs.

[Anonymous]

I have two kids in elementary and this works well for us as well as several friends, at least for a couple years. Our nanny has been with us for 7 years and really doesn’t want to leave my kids so this is a nice compromise. She works for a stay at home mom 4 mornings per week and it has been great.

[Anonymous]

I’m a nanny and hoping to move to part-time when my charge starts school. If I didn’t want to or couldn’t swing it financially, I would find a new job.

This isn’t an employer/parent issue, OP, so I have no clue why you’re so angry. If offered, nannies can say no. No one is forcing any nanny to stay in a now part-time position.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have had this work out for me two times.
I found matching families who needed morning care with my first nanny, who was with us six years, and my second, who was with us four years.

It’s dumb not to. Aside from the filthy rich, no one can keep a full time nanny long term when they don’t need full time. And if you try, the nanny gets stuck with housecleaning duties she may not love, or resentment builds and it falls apart.
Why not find a matching family and keep everyone employed and happy?

Why do people like you have children they cannot afford to care for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had this work out for me two times.
I found matching families who needed morning care with my first nanny, who was with us six years, and my second, who was with us four years.

It’s dumb not to. Aside from the filthy rich, no one can keep a full time nanny long term when they don’t need full time. And if you try, the nanny gets stuck with housecleaning duties she may not love, or resentment builds and it falls apart.
Why not find a matching family and keep everyone employed and happy?

Why do people like you have children they cannot afford to care for?

OMG, you are one tiresome bore!

[Anonymous]

Morning jobs work for SAHM with babies, but these jobs tend to turn over more quickly. I’m a SAHM and have seen among my friends that the mom usually goes back to work after a year or the child starts part-time preschool, which is cheaper than having a nanny, removing the need for her. The big exception to this is families that have more than one kid, making it useful to keep the morning nanny around longer. If I had a long-term nanny, I’d feel bad about her having to find a new morning job every year or two.