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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stay out of it, OP. It's not for you to educate the candidate you didn't even hire on how to be a better nanny. References are not an automatic positive endorsement. Some are good and some are bad and they serve to inform an employer. That's what happened here and is all you should be concerned about.[/quote]
I have to disagree under these circumstances. The former employer seems disgruntled, and the nanny should be told the truth.[/quote]

Well, I'd advocate for letting the candidate know somehow, but this poster is right - it isn't her job to do so.  It is quite poor of the candidate not to have informed a reference that they might get a call, and to not have a sense of what might be said.  It sounds like the nanny in question doesn't really know how to handle the professional aspects of changing/finding jobs.

I don't think we can assume the former employer is disgruntled.  It sounds like she was unhappy with the performance and didn't do her job as an employer with much professionalism either but she might be completely accurate in her assessment/review of the nanny's performance.  We can't tell from the little info we have here.[/quote]

How do you know she didn't?
It isn't a big deal to say "Your previous employers had quite a few not so positive things to say about your job performance.  You may want to clear this up with them prior to offering them as a reference."
To not tell her is terrible.  She could be a great nanny and this could hinder her ability to find any jobs.
She deserves the opportunity to defend herself.
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