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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm also sorry to hear this happened to you 19:05. Very sorry. I also agree with the PP that nannies don't avoid negotiating this benefit out of duplicity. They do so out of ignorance.

Where I disagree with the PP is in her inherent assumption that guaranteed hours are so standard that not assuming them makes a family worthy of shame. Basically, she is accusing families of duplicity. Not true. I'm 15:10 and I, as well as others, have posted exactly why it isn't standard or understood as a deal killer unless a nanny specifies and advocates for this.

Seriously, nannies, stop acting like victims who believe certain things are a given. Nothing in the world is a given and you need to step up and stop whining and bargain for what you think you are worth.[/quote]

In 13 years of nannying, this topic never came up between our PP and the families she worked for. In a case such as that, are you suggesting she was wrong in assuming that this was standard behavior from nanny employers?

If the first family she worked for took this point for granted, PP probably went into the interview with her second family wondering if they would do the same. She probably hesitated to bring it up and decided to just wait and see (and hope) that they would also. Then they too believed it to be an obvious thing, that they would pay their nanny every week of the year. Then her third, possibly fourth and fifth families did the same. And you're saying that I am playing the victim by saying this is a standard benefit that many nannies don't know they need to negotiate for? I think you're sounding unreasonable.[/quote]

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