Does anyone have a nanny, or is anyone a nanny who...

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Anonymous wrote:Our nanny is never late and always in a good mood (or pretends to be) - but the texting is a definite problem. She is on that damn phone far, far too much for my liking and I have told her as much. Fine if she needs to text or call on her lunch break when my children are napping but I have warned her repeatedly that I do not want her on the phone or texting at any other time. If I catch her texting in the park one more time I will fire her.

Perhaps you can parent your children better than she can.

Obviously I can parent my children better than she since she is not their parent. She is their nanny. And yes, I can demand that a person in my employ hired to watch my children watch my children and not her phone.

Grow up, PP - you are not a child anymore.

I bet your kid has a few demands to, no?

Honestly, are you drinking? I have no clue what you are trying to ask me or insinuate, PP. Are you asking if my children demand things? No, my children do not demand anything - they can ask but they have no "demands" of either me, DH or their nanny.

What are you trying to say?

You may "demand" anything you want. And just the same, the nanny may walk out anytime she wants. Good luck to you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our nanny is never late and always in a good mood (or pretends to be) - but the texting is a definite problem. She is on that damn phone far, far too much for my liking and I have told her as much. Fine if she needs to text or call on her lunch break when my children are napping but I have warned her repeatedly that I do not want her on the phone or texting at any other time. If I catch her texting in the park one more time I will fire her.

Perhaps you can parent your children better than she can.

Obviously I can parent my children better than she since she is not their parent. She is their nanny. And yes, I can demand that a person in my employ hired to watch my children watch my children and not her phone.

Grow up, PP - you are not a child anymore.

I bet your kid has a few demands to, no?

Honestly, are you drinking? I have no clue what you are trying to ask me or insinuate, PP. Are you asking if my children demand things? No, my children do not demand anything - they can ask but they have no "demands" of either me, DH or their nanny.

What are you trying to say?

You may "demand" anything you want. And just the same, the nanny may walk out anytime she wants. Good luck to you.

I hate to break it to you, PP, but this is true of any job in any field. Your boss is the one who does "demand" certain things and the employee always has the right and ability to quit.

And thank you but I don't need luck - I already understand what "employer" and "employee" means and I already have a good job.

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Anonymous wrote:Our nanny is never late and always in a good mood (or pretends to be) - but the texting is a definite problem. She is on that damn phone far, far too much for my liking and I have told her as much. Fine if she needs to text or call on her lunch break when my children are napping but I have warned her repeatedly that I do not want her on the phone or texting at any other time. If I catch her texting in the park one more time I will fire her.

Perhaps you can parent your children better than she can.

Obviously I can parent my children better than she since she is not their parent. She is their nanny. And yes, I can demand that a person in my employ hired to watch my children watch my children and not her phone.

Grow up, PP - you are not a child anymore.

I bet your kid has a few demands to, no?

Honestly, are you drinking? I have no clue what you are trying to ask me or insinuate, PP. Are you asking if my children demand things? No, my children do not demand anything - they can ask but they have no "demands" of either me, DH or their nanny.

What are you trying to say?

You may "demand" anything you want. And just the same, the nanny may walk out anytime she wants. Good luck to you.

I hate to break it to you, PP, but this is true of any job in any field. Your boss is the one who does "demand" certain things and the employee always has the right and ability to quit.

And thank you but I don't need luck - I already understand what "employer" and "employee" means and I already have a good job.

I actually hope she is drinking. Does a sober adult, even a sober young adult, actually think there is something so unusual about employers demands? As you pointed out, PP, all employers have demands - fulfilling your employers demands is what we all get paid to do regardless of our occupation. Do these "girls" not know this?

Reason number 1,891 to hire an older nanny. And older nannies are not addicted to texting. Think about it when you replace your current nanny, MB.

[Anonymous]

Check out the "Nanny Demands" thread. Again, anyone can demand anything they want. The other side may engage in negotiation, or not.

Thank God, this is America. The age of slavery is long gone, or at least SHOULD be. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out the "Nanny Demands" thread. Again, anyone can demand anything they want. The other side may engage in negotiation, or not.

Thank God, this is America. The age of slavery is long gone, or at least SHOULD be. Thank you.

What are you babbling about? Yeah, we know nannies can have demands. But hopefully you know that a nanny is working FOR someone and they have to do what they negotiated as part of the job.

Come on, PP - you are really making the nannies on this board look bad. You get a job and you do your job. You are getting paid and NO ONE IS A SLAVE - not matter how unfair you think your MB is for making you come to work or time and put down your phone!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Check out the "Nanny Demands" thread. Again, anyone can demand anything they want. The other side may engage in negotiation, or not.

Thank God, this is America. The age of slavery is long gone, or at least SHOULD be. Thank you.

What are you babbling about? Yeah, we know nannies can have demands. But hopefully you know that a nanny is working FOR someone and they have to do what they negotiated as part of the job.

Come on, PP - you are really making the nannies on this board look bad. You get a job and you do your job. You are getting paid and NO ONE IS A SLAVE - not matter how unfair you think your MB is for making you come to work or time and put down your phone!!!

Agreed. Just as you must show up at the contract stipulated time, to relieve the nanny of your child are responsibilities. Hope she actually has a life beyond you. Or do you "demand" that she stay put, until whenever you appear at your front door?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out the "Nanny Demands" thread. Again, anyone can demand anything they want. The other side may engage in negotiation, or not.

Thank God, this is America. The age of slavery is long gone, or at least SHOULD be. Thank you.

What are you babbling about? Yeah, we know nannies can have demands. But hopefully you know that a nanny is working FOR someone and they have to do what they negotiated as part of the job.

Come on, PP - you are really making the nannies on this board look bad. You get a job and you do your job. You are getting paid and NO ONE IS A SLAVE - not matter how unfair you think your MB is for making you come to work or time and put down your phone!!!

Agreed. Just as you must show up at the contract stipulated time, to relieve the nanny of your child are responsibilities. Hope she actually has a life beyond you. Or do you "demand" that she stay put, until whenever you appear at your front door?

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[Anonymous]

I see nothing wrong with a quick text message here and there as long as it does not distract from the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out the "Nanny Demands" thread. Again, anyone can demand anything they want. The other side may engage in negotiation, or not.

Thank God, this is America. The age of slavery is long gone, or at least SHOULD be. Thank you.

What are you babbling about? Yeah, we know nannies can have demands. But hopefully you know that a nanny is working FOR someone and they have to do what they negotiated as part of the job.

Come on, PP - you are really making the nannies on this board look bad. You get a job and you do your job. You are getting paid and NO ONE IS A SLAVE - not matter how unfair you think your MB is for making you come to work or time and put down your phone!!!

Agreed. Just as you must show up at the contract stipulated time, to relieve the nanny of your child are responsibilities. Hope she actually has a life beyond you. Or do you "demand" that she stay put, until whenever you appear at your front door?

Hey, poster - stop embarrassing yourself and just STOP POSTING. You really are making all nannies look bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny is never late and always in a good mood (or pretends to be) - but the texting is a definite problem. She is on that damn phone far, far too much for my liking and I have told her as much. Fine if she needs to text or call on her lunch break when my children are napping but I have warned her repeatedly that I do not want her on the phone or texting at any other time. If I catch her texting in the park one more time I will fire her.

I feel the same way and so does every MB I know. The texting must stop or our nanny will be given final notice as well. We have told her several times and actually put it in writing this last time. Like you, I encourage her to use her entire lunch break (2 hours) to text or talk to her friends while the baby is asleep - but that is it.


And to the drunk nanny who keeps throwing out incoherent barbs - I have never once been late coming home, I have never once asked our nanny to do anything beyond our agreement, and I respect her off hours and personal life 100%. It's time she respected the DEMANDS of her job as outlined and agreed upon by both of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny is never late and always in a good mood (or pretends to be) - but the texting is a definite problem. She is on that damn phone far, far too much for my liking and I have told her as much. Fine if she needs to text or call on her lunch break when my children are napping but I have warned her repeatedly that I do not want her on the phone or texting at any other time. If I catch her texting in the park one more time I will fire her.

I feel the same way and so does every MB I know. The texting must stop or our nanny will be given final notice as well. We have told her several times and actually put it in writing this last time. Like you, I encourage her to use her entire lunch break (2 hours) to text or talk to her friends while the baby is asleep - but that is it.


And to the drunk nanny who keeps throwing out incoherent barbs - I have never once been late coming home, I have never once asked our nanny to do anything beyond our agreement, and I respect her off hours and personal life 100%. It's time she respected the DEMANDS of her job as outlined and agreed upon by both of us.

Sounds unbalanced. You really need to get over her and move on to a professional. Can you afford that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with a quick text message here and there as long as it does not distract from the kids.

If your employer agrees with you then you're fine. As an employer, I do not want my child's nanny texting or talking to her friends at any time during her work hours except her lunch break - and it makes no difference to me what my nanny sees as right or wrong with this. We agreed to no texting/calling and I expect her to live up to our agreement.

[Anonymous]

1) Our child's nanny is late three mornings out of five per week. Usually no more than ten minutes.
2) Our child's nanny is always tired when she arrives and does not even pretend to be happy to see the baby.
3) Our child's nanny is texting constantly.

4) Our child's nanny is going to be fired on Wednesday. Her replacement starts after the holiday weekend. She is an older woman (50) who doesn't own a cell phone - we agreed to get her one (and pay for it) for use when she is working. Her last employers told me that she was never late and was always smiling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with a quick text message here and there as long as it does not distract from the kids.

If your employer agrees with you then you're fine. As an employer, I do not want my child's nanny texting or talking to her friends at any time during her work hours except her lunch break - and it makes no difference to me what my nanny sees as right or wrong with this. We agreed to no texting/calling and I expect her to live up to our agreement.

Can she answer a call from her doctor? Or her landlord? Or her parents?

I send/receive fewer than five non-work-related texts every day because I'm just not that into texting, but I will absolutely answer important phone calls. Friday I had to speak with the hospital billing department while holding the baby and chatting to the toddler at the same time...unfortunately those calls can't wait until I finish work at 6pm and I don't ever have more than 20 minutes of calm during the day - I sure as heck don't want to spend it on hold trying to reach someone.

Of course the employer has the right to set expectations and guidelines but I do think being reasonable about them goes a long way toward building goodwill and having a happy nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny is never late and always in a good mood (or pretends to be) - but the texting is a definite problem. She is on that damn phone far, far too much for my liking and I have told her as much. Fine if she needs to text or call on her lunch break when my children are napping but I have warned her repeatedly that I do not want her on the phone or texting at any other time. If I catch her texting in the park one more time I will fire her.

I feel the same way and so does every MB I know. The texting must stop or our nanny will be given final notice as well. We have told her several times and actually put it in writing this last time. Like you, I encourage her to use her entire lunch break (2 hours) to text or talk to her friends while the baby is asleep - but that is it.


And to the drunk nanny who keeps throwing out incoherent barbs - I have never once been late coming home, I have never once asked our nanny to do anything beyond our agreement, and I respect her off hours and personal life 100%. It's time she respected the DEMANDS of her job as outlined and agreed upon by both of us.

Sounds unbalanced. You really need to get over her and move on to a professional. Can you afford that?

We are currently paying our nanny $20 an hour with generous benefits. Yes, I will gladly pay more to get a nanny who is good and does not text when she is being paid to watch my child.