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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here and this request is ridiculous.  Unless you'll be providing care in your home there is no way that a prospective employer should ask this.

That being said, we recently had reason to visit our nanny (of three years) at her home while she was recuperating from surgery.  I was shocked by the state of her living conditions.  This is a woman who leaves my kitchen spotless at the end of the day, does a stellar job w/ my kids (including their laundry, most baths, etc...), and who I often clean up for in the morning or on Sunday night because I want to leave her workspace as clean as I leave my own.

She lives in conditions I can only describe as dangerously close to what I see on that show "Hoarding".

So how she lives does not correlate with how she does her job.  Great.  But if I had seen how she lived before I hired her I think it would have given me VERY serious concerns.

That's not really relevant at all to OP's post I know.  (Sorry.)  It's just been on my mind as this just happened a few weeks ago and I was so stunned.

But I would still never think it appropriate to ask of nanny candidates if I ever have to run another search.[/quote]

She probably gives everything she has to your family during the day and has nothing left when she gets home. I clean after kids (and adults) all freaking day, I certainly don't want to do more when I get home. I'm very neat, but all of my cleaning happens on the weekends. I wouldn't judge the state of her home while she is recovering from a surgery as how she always lives. [/quote]

This wasn't something that happened during her three day recovery from an outpatient procedure, or as the result of a temporary physical condition, or because she's too tired to clean.  What I saw was a pathological accumulation of stuff.  I am concerned for her, but it's none of my business - especially as it doesn't interfere with her ability to do her job.[/quote]

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