Anonymous wrote:Hi
I’m a first time mom, and a baby girl. Will be 4 months later this month. I wanted to see if this is common or even a thing and how to go about it. I’m a part time nursing student, and looking to earn my own income, but would need to bring my little one. Has anyone has success in bringing their little to work? How do you go about making a post? What’s an ideal
rate to charge?

Thanks!! Any advice / leads is greatly appreciated!

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Anonymous wrote:MB here. I would go. My kid had these appointments and they are fine, you just play in the room while they get a small dose every 30 minutes. Your job is to engage. You are engaging with the baby, just not in the usual environment.

If I were the mom and you couldn’t come to be an extra set of hands I would start looking for a new nanny. If you refuse to go, don’t expect her to be nice and flexible when you need time off, since she’ll have to miss half a day of work for each appointment.

Environments like yours are what’s unhealthy for an in home employee. Asking a lot while paying very little. The Nannie’s that are calling OP lazy are classic “pick me” Nannie’s that do everything they’re told and still get fired. She did nothing wrong no means no especially if there are other children. OP stand firm on your choices but if I were you I’d stop doing tasks that aren’t in your contract even if you’re just trying to help because now the situation you’re stuck in is, it’s mandatory. Go into these nanny jobs with no feelings because these families have none. Someone actually said that the dad is working to pay the nanny true but it’s still his job to be a parent it’s not the Nanny’s job to manage an entire household on a nanny salary hire a governess or a household manager for that or pay her what one will make. The way some of you think is yuck.

The discussion is about taking a child under your care during the day to a doctors appointment as the parents work, which is why they hired a nanny. No one is asking them to take care of the family, they are being asked to take care of the kids they are in charge of. I would terminate the nanny too. I'd expect a nanny to help with medical appointments, as most cannot take that much time off work which is why you hire a nanny, do the kids laundry, keep the areas the kids are in during the day picked up, clean the kids rooms and do the laundry

she said it's not in her contract so big fat NO! The moms because no man will be cackling like this on the internet, the moms on this thread and every thread on this platform says things they normally wouldn't say to their nanny so they get on here to let it all out. A nanny's job is to care for children, tidy their play rooms, engage, feedetc. Medical runs aren't mandatory and when I was hired by a very popular agency I was told doctors appointments, distributing medicines are better left for the parents to do. If it's in the contract that they are responsible for drs appointments they can't fire her and if they do I hope she sues.

Employees are at will. You can be fired for any reason. If the parents cannot keep their jobs because of the child's needs and the nany will not help, they will lose their job so common sense is to fire the nanny and hire a more willing one.

What a silly thing to say, contracts are there for a reason. Attorney and a mom here, If it's not in the contract there's no such thing as "fire the nanny" she said they put in the contract they're responsible for Dr appointments so they're responsible that's it. Why is that so hard to understand? Our contract states all duties and responsibilities and if I need help with something outside of the contract I ask but I make sure our nanny knows it's ok to say no because it's not in the contract. Any corporation is like this, if it's not in the job description, contract, agreement etc, lawfully the employee can say no and if they get terminated, they can most definitely look into a breach of contract lawsuit. I've seen it happen many times especially with domestic workers. My advice to everyone on this post both parents and nannies is to make sure you know what you're signing and parents make sure you are clear with what you expect from your nanny because you can't come back later after a document is signed by both parties to change anything and or ask for additional duties. Nannies you have rights as well and if it's not in your contract if you don't agree and you get terminated seek legal counsel.

The responsibility is child care and it’s not an unreasonable ask

Anonymous wrote:I would fully expect a nanny to attend a medical appointment if asked.

Anonymous wrote:So the family I work for their baby has allergies a lot of Dr appointments. His most recent one is coming up and the mom asked me to come with her to his allergist so I can sit with them for 3 hours while she works because her husband has to work. I politely declined. I did so because the responsibilities are getting more ridiculous. I started as a nanny now I cook, meal prep, do laundry, and new task Dr office visits (which I would'nt mind if it were a check up but not sit for 3 hours). I feel overwhelmed. I first wanted to offer help her out where I see can use a hand because her husband refuses to help but wow that just went from helping to it being mandatory. I guess I am just looking for some advice.

Anonymous wrote:Op, you have to consider that high quality candidates are doing the same thing- seeking high quality families. They don't want 500 families reaching out to them on Care, Nextdoor, etc. They want to be connected with families who can afford their rates ($32-40hr) and who have already been educated on industry standards, benefits, retention tactics, etc. They want a family to be equally invested in the search to find a great match. Furthermore, high quality nannies have typically worked for HNW, UHNW, and/or HP families who do not have the bandwidth to accept a million reference calls on their behalf. These nannies need to job search in a place where their references can be verified once. The culmination of all the above points is that the candidates you want are searching through agencies.

I (15 years experience, degree in child psychology, several additional certs, bilingual, glowing referenecs, continued education and professional development) and I know similarly from my nannies friends, have not job searched outside of agencies in 10+ years. That is why agencies charge what they do- because they search, find, screen, and then gatekeep the top tier nannies.