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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Don't you love how condescending some of these entitled 
parents sound? Humm, my dream job. [/quote]

You're really an idiot. No employer wants to hire a PITA nanny. You can like it not but employers seek out the nannies who they think will not leave them in a bind and have glowing current references.The minute you hand over your past contractually guaranteed letters, the first thing that the potential employer is going to ask is why don't you have a current reference. If I can't speak to the person who wrote those letters I wouldn't even necessarily believed that they were real. You would come off as very untrustworthy.

Our first nanny moved out of state when she got married and I provided her with reference to employers in her new state. It was a big deal to potential employers that she gave us ample notice and that we would hire her again if she was in our area. She was great all the way up to her last day and I was more than happy to help her find a new job.

Trust me, if she didn't deserve a reference from me and had produced past form letters and these potential employers hadn't been able to verify it they would not have offered her the job. If they had been able to contact me and I was not happy with her most recent performance or manner of leaving then saying a simple, she followed the terms of notification in the contract (or not) but I was relieved because her performance really slipped in the past few months and I would not hire again would do it. I could also say that the past evaluation were accurate from the standpoint that she her performance did not warrant termination but I would not hire again. I could also say since the recomendation letters were in the contract, I felt compelled to do them but in hindsight I would not agree to this in the future. In my opinion, she plays game and I didn't realize this when I was first hiring a nanny. T

My point is that this request is not protecting you as you seem to believe. You just are not accomplishing anything with this request other than turning off potential employers. You also are not a powerless victim. My other point was that if you are a smart and self aware employee you can manage your job history to produce good real current references. [/quote]

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