WiFi Code

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, maybe you could bring this up to your MB since this is what I do with my nanny and it works wonderfully.

I gave the nanny our wifi code, but since shes only here on days we are not I set up some rules on the router to block certain sites and such but most importantly the wifi only work for 1 hour right in the middle of nap. I didn't want the nanny rushing our son to sleep or letting him oversleep because she was playing on the phone, so I set it to kick on 30 minutes after nap usually starts and runs for 1 hour, which is about 30 minutes before he generally wakes up since he is napping for 2 hours.

That is a win win, maybe you can bring it up.

I think your idea is brilliant!

Especially so because when the nanny is in the middle of looking for classes or projects to offer your child, or writing a personal yet important email losing her work when the wifi dies is a fantastic thing!!

She can write her emails on her own time and my child isn't old enough to need projects that require the nanny to research, she should already know how to do basic fun things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am constantly listening to music and using the Internet for projects for the kids. I am also an adult and may have an email to read or a task to complete during the workday, just like all the MBs out there. I would never work for a family that didn't have respect for me and an understanding of how life works for all adults.

How life works for ACTUAL adults is that we don't expect everyone's WiFi to be available to us. Use data on your phone for your occasional email or task. You only need WiFi if you're on your phone too much.

+1.

Another +1.

If someone wants to listen to music on their phone so badly during a kid's nap, they should either use their data or have some music downloaded to their phone so they don't need to use data. I know, that's so old school of me! I'm an MB and I do listen to music using data, but I also wouldn't think to ask to use someone's wifi for such an unimportant purpose...! And agreed, if all you're doing is researching a kid's project and reading the occasional email, this does not use a lot of data...

[Anonymous]

I bet that all the bosses who restrict WiFi access hired people they thought would be easy to bully into accepting toilet scrubbing duties.

When Nanny said no thanks to taking on all the housework during naptime, their punishment was no WiFi.

[Anonymous]

The lady who puts time constraints on her WiFi access is simply a control freak.

She loves being on a power trip & to be in control of everything she can!!

I could never work w/someone who had a dictator-type personality and treated me like an indentured servant.

This is 2016....Not 1816.

[Anonymous]

This thread makes me thank God for my normal, kind MB. She doesn't micromanage me and trusts me enough to known that I can keep her children safe, happy and engaged while glancing at my phone occasionally. She also wants them to play alone occasionally. I just sent her a link to this thread and she said "I think I work with this whack job."
Hi Boss!

[Anonymous]

You know what, I'm appreciating my former DB more and more. He left absolutely everything up to me after hire because he trusted that I was the right person for his family based on several hours of interviews, and we parted on good terms. In fact, I'm flying out to help him again, and again I'm not worried about being told how to do anything or having a single thing restricted.

[Anonymous]

Beyond trusting the person who spends more hours each day than you... I'm not the computer whiz in our house, but we have a young teenager, and DH has a way to access the router and find out what Internet site the wifi connected to and when/how long. What's the problem with trust but verify it isn't being abused/ spot check? I would be upfront with the nanny about my expectations (you know, like an adult)-- I expect that you will only be on the wifi during naps and in unusual situation/ for kid related reasons. I may occasionally check behind you.

I would never hire someone unless I trusted them to use the wifi responsibly. I also don't expect them to blow through their data. Also, I don't see the point. For example. Candy Crush type games. Very addictive, can eat up hours, and require very little internet connectivity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beyond trusting the person who spends more hours each day than you... I'm not the computer whiz in our house, but we have a young teenager, and DH has a way to access the router and find out what Internet site the wifi connected to and when/how long. What's the problem with trust but verify it isn't being abused/ spot check? I would be upfront with the nanny about my expectations (you know, like an adult)-- I expect that you will only be on the wifi during naps and in unusual situation/ for kid related reasons. I may occasionally check behind you.

I would never hire someone unless I trusted them to use the wifi responsibly. I also don't expect them to blow through their data. Also, I don't see the point. For example. Candy Crush type games. Very addictive, can eat up hours, and require very little internet connectivity.

If you have to double check, you don't trust them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond trusting the person who spends more hours each day than you... I'm not the computer whiz in our house, but we have a young teenager, and DH has a way to access the router and find out what Internet site the wifi connected to and when/how long. What's the problem with trust but verify it isn't being abused/ spot check? I would be upfront with the nanny about my expectations (you know, like an adult)-- I expect that you will only be on the wifi during naps and in unusual situation/ for kid related reasons. I may occasionally check behind you.

I would never hire someone unless I trusted them to use the wifi responsibly. I also don't expect them to blow through their data. Also, I don't see the point. For example. Candy Crush type games. Very addictive, can eat up hours, and require very little internet connectivity.

If you have to double check, you don't trust them.

Personally, I probably would never get around to checking. Or only if I suspected something isn't right, or it seems off. (Spicy sense tingling). But there are some pretty uptight parents on here, like I hour in the middle of naptime lady. And I don't understand why they don't give out the password and then verify appropriate use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond trusting the person who spends more hours each day than you... I'm not the computer whiz in our house, but we have a young teenager, and DH has a way to access the router and find out what Internet site the wifi connected to and when/how long. What's the problem with trust but verify it isn't being abused/ spot check? I would be upfront with the nanny about my expectations (you know, like an adult)-- I expect that you will only be on the wifi during naps and in unusual situation/ for kid related reasons. I may occasionally check behind you.

I would never hire someone unless I trusted them to use the wifi responsibly. I also don't expect them to blow through their data. Also, I don't see the point. For example. Candy Crush type games. Very addictive, can eat up hours, and require very little internet connectivity.

If you have to double check, you don't trust them.

Personally, I probably would never get around to checking. Or only if I suspected something isn't right, or it seems off. (Spicy sense tingling). But there are some pretty uptight parents on here, like I hour in the middle of naptime lady. And I don't understand why they don't give out the password and then verify appropriate use?

SAM have the time to check up on their nannies, but as a career woman I don't have time to come home every night and browse wifi reports to see if my nanny is being good, so it's easier for me to just restrict the time she can use it, then I know everything is kosher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what, I'm appreciating my former DB more and more. He left absolutely everything up to me after hire because he trusted that I was the right person for his family based on several hours of interviews, and we parted on good terms. In fact, I'm flying out to help him again, and again I'm not worried about being told how to do anything or having a single thing restricted.

Typical DB. You are his surrogate MB, so he happily leaves it all up to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond trusting the person who spends more hours each day than you... I'm not the computer whiz in our house, but we have a young teenager, and DH has a way to access the router and find out what Internet site the wifi connected to and when/how long. What's the problem with trust but verify it isn't being abused/ spot check? I would be upfront with the nanny about my expectations (you know, like an adult)-- I expect that you will only be on the wifi during naps and in unusual situation/ for kid related reasons. I may occasionally check behind you.

I would never hire someone unless I trusted them to use the wifi responsibly. I also don't expect them to blow through their data. Also, I don't see the point. For example. Candy Crush type games. Very addictive, can eat up hours, and require very little internet connectivity.

If you have to double check, you don't trust them.

Personally, I probably would never get around to checking. Or only if I suspected something isn't right, or it seems off. (Spicy sense tingling). But there are some pretty uptight parents on here, like I hour in the middle of naptime lady. And I don't understand why they don't give out the password and then verify appropriate use?

SAM have the time to check up on their nannies, but as a career woman I don't have time to come home every night and browse wifi reports to see if my nanny is being good, so it's easier for me to just restrict the time she can use it, then I know everything is kosher.

Or you could treat the hired professional like a f**king adult, let her do her job and not worry about whether she was streaming a cooking podcast (Splendid Table is awesome!) while your kid colors. You can't control everything.

[Anonymous]

I have the wifi code because my boss emails me around 10 times a day plus I email pics videos to to the parents and grandparents, and also because I'm an adult!! My boss also does not care if I watch Netflix while eating lunch during the baby's nap. Who cares?!!! I'm there 12 hrs a day and fully engaged for 11 of those while the kids are awake or I'm doing chores during nap time. If I want to lay on the chaise lounge outside for half an hour to (gasp!!) 45 mins after I'm finished everything during nap BIG DEAL.

I've been with the family almost 10 years. None of you crazy wifi dictators will ever be able to keep a nanny that long!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have the wifi code because my boss emails me around 10 times a day plus I email pics videos to to the parents and grandparents, and also because I'm an adult!! My boss also does not care if I watch Netflix while eating lunch during the baby's nap. Who cares?!!! I'm there 12 hrs a day and fully engaged for 11 of those while the kids are awake or I'm doing chores during nap time. If I want to lay on the chaise lounge outside for half an hour to (gasp!!) 45 mins after I'm finished everything during nap BIG DEAL.

I've been with the family almost 10 years. None of you crazy wifi dictators will ever be able to keep a nanny that long!

An adult who watches children and needs the intervention of their boss 10 times a day? o_0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have the wifi code because my boss emails me around 10 times a day plus I email pics videos to to the parents and grandparents, and also because I'm an adult!! My boss also does not care if I watch Netflix while eating lunch during the baby's nap. Who cares?!!! I'm there 12 hrs a day and fully engaged for 11 of those while the kids are awake or I'm doing chores during nap time. If I want to lay on the chaise lounge outside for half an hour to (gasp!!) 45 mins after I'm finished everything during nap BIG DEAL.

I've been with the family almost 10 years. None of you crazy wifi dictators will ever be able to keep a nanny that long!

An adult who watches children and needs the intervention of their boss 10 times a day? o_0

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When my boss comes home after working 12hrs a day she wants to be with her kids, not chit chatting with me. We email during the day about play dates, groceries, schedules, the housekeeper, home repairs, etc. Please don't be jealous and criticize my job because you can't keep a nanny/or a job for 10 years. Our system works for us. My MB doesn't micromanager, ever. It's called communication.