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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aside from benefits and legal protection, office jobs and nanny jobs are vastly difference in that there is little to no room for advancement. When you are going above and beyond at the office, it is likely (as two posters inadvertently pointed out) for a promotion or an appointment to a desired or high-profile assignment. Going above and beyond for nannies yields few of these perks, and aside from yearly raises (which most office workers receive as well) there is no advancement. Yes, the duties of the job change over time but the position does not. It is not as if I can add a title to my resume just because I have been with a family for four years. All of this boils down to the fact that there is little incentive for nannies to provide the flexibility many adults provide in their work environments because, aside from extra money (not even all of the time) there is no reward. [/quote]

+1 I'm willing to do my job and do it well, with the occasional "just to help out" extra stuff, but lets be real. There is no promotion coming my way, I'm lucky to get a $1/hour extra next year, and when I leave your job I will probably take a pay cut because my new boss won't start me where you left off. The reasons PPs listed for going above and beyond and offering flexibility just do not translate to the nanny world. You *may* get a holiday bonus, you *may* get a raise, but that's it and really depend on the financial situation of your boss, their generosity and appreciation, and whether or not they are aware enough to think past their own noses. Every boss I've had has literally raved about me as a reference. I've never gotten a bonus, my bosses can never "afford" a raise, and are too self involved to think of me when it comes to bonuses or gifts. Over the years I've come to accept this treatment, and I've stopped trying to be supernanny just to get diddly squat in the end. [/quote]

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