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[quote=Anonymous]I had a situation where I started a part-time babysitting position and the mother decided to put that in the contract. However, the parents did not mention anything to me during the interview. On the first day, I was blind sided by a contract, "policies" and other paperwork I did not expect for a part-time babysitting job. I was thrown so off guard, and was so offended by this policy, I didn't stay past 10 minutes. The worst part about that, is the mother wanted possession of my phone during the day and would give me my phone back at the end of the day.

If you feel the need to have this in your contract, then you should be upfront about it in the interview, or in your posting searching for a nanny. For most nannies, this probably isn't a big deal. It wouldn't have been a big deal to me except I was freaked out about how aggressive the mother was and how she was not upfront with me in the first place. I told her that I could only take the job temporarily because I was waiting on a security clearance and that I would occasionally have to take phone calls during the day, but it would be rare and very short.

That babysitting job wasn't my career and nor was I comfortable having someone else having possession of my phone. Leaving it in my car during the day, no problem. But I'm not handing over my personal cell phone with access to my bank accounts and other personal information to anyone. I didn't know if that mother was some type of scam artist. You just never know.

Long story short, I am sure many nannies would be offended by something like this stated in a contract, especially if you are not upfront about it.[/quote]

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