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[quote=Anonymous]This is probably not what parents want to hear or believe but the bottom line is that being a Nanny at a home where the parents work from home all day is very anxiety provoking and uncomfortable situation for a Nanny to say the least. People may think that a Nanny who isn't comfortable working with the parents around all day is "trying to hide something" but that is not the case it all- I find that it has little to do with trying to hide any behavior from the parents and everything to do with feeling as though you are being monitored and micromanaged- which for Anyone- in any job setting, professional or otherwise is just not performance enhancing. No one likes a boss that hovers- it makes employees nervous- not to mention the fact that the Nanny isn't there to be hypervigilant about her job all day- and working around a parent is exactly that. When I did this I found it deteriorated the relationship I had between the parents- mainly because I was on display for them and needed to be "on" all the time, which is nerve wrecking and takes the professionalism out of the relationship. Having to make "small talk" with parents at the end of the working day is one thing- having to play "friends" with them day-in and day out of the entire week is just plain ridiculous- not to mention that to keep things professional you should keep what you have to say about yourself to a parent at least because it will most likely be used against you- to a bare minimum. Of course most parents will only bother you a few times a day to "check in," but in truth they are noticing and keeping tabs on everything you do and are most likely judging you along the way. Who the hell wants to work like that? Especially for what many of these jobs are paying- usually between $10 and $15 an hour, if that- it's definitely not enough money to keep someone around dealing with that amount of mental stress all week. And then people wonder why their Nannies quit after 6 months when the "promised" a year. Well, lets count the reason....[/quote]

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