Would like a reality check here please

[Anonymous]

Did you not know that she neither drives or speaks English? Whatever your problems with her, it is grossly unfair for you to hold these two things against her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you not know that she neither drives or speaks English? Whatever your problems with her, it is grossly unfair for you to hold these two things against her.

OP here. I am not sure why is it coming across that I "hold these two things against her". I am actually trying to accommodate both of these qualities of my nanny

[Anonymous]

Wait wait wait.....this is the Russian nanny nonsense again? Have you posted before OP? Back then everyone told you to get rid of your nanny! Why keep posting if you're going to ignore the advice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait wait wait.....this is the Russian nanny nonsense again? Have you posted before OP? Back then everyone told you to get rid of your nanny! Why keep posting if you're going to ignore the advice?

No, we are not Russian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you not know that she neither drives or speaks English? Whatever your problems with her, it is grossly unfair for you to hold these two things against her.

I don't think it sounds at all like OP is holding those things against her. In fact she was concerned for her nanny that she may have difficulty finding another job because of those issues and was considering keeping her despite the fact that she isn't doing the quality of work she should be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is her skill set "below average"?
Do you need her to drive?

Because she doesn't drive or speak English. Both of these limit what she is able to do with her charges. There is nothing wrong with nannies who don't drive or don't speak English, but they do not command the same rates that driving, English-speaking nannies do. I can see getting by without driving if the family lives in a walkable area, but it doesn't sound as if that's the case. If she can't speak English, she is essentially useless to the children outside of the house.

OP here. The nanny not driving was OK at first. Now, it is actually a slight limitation. Our oldest is now going to preschool. We ended up settling for the place where the nanny can walk to to pick him up. Our preference was actually a different school but it is a few miles from the house and we cannot just leave work in the middle of the day. In addition, she cannot take kids to story time, puppet show and they are limited by a couple of parks nearby

Her not speaking English is also limiting. She cannot organize or host a play group. She cannot always explain to the kids what's going outside when they see it

OP said she wanted nanny speaking to the children in her native language, didn't she?

[Anonymous]

OP got her stories screwed up.