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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read all the responses but I have noticed this in my west coast city too. My nanny family is moving away so I started a job search a month or so ago and it's been hard. I took a Friday Saturday job with a family who needed temp care. I figured I could at least sock the money away while I was working M-Th w/ my other family and it would hold me over if I didn't get something right away.

I thought it was going well for 3 wks or so, and they only needed me for about 3-4 months. They fed their kids a lot of junk and let them watch a lot of TV, neither of which are things I do, but meh, for 3 months, so what. I found them on sittercity and was searching care.com for jobs when I saw my job w/ them posted. I texted and asked if they don't need me anymore and they were embarrassed at being busted. They said it wasn't a 100% fit (is anything?) so they were just seeing what was out there and would I still work the next day. I woke up at midnight throwing up so I didn't work. BUt anyway, they had 4 kids (3 adopted w/ various special needs) plus 3 dogs and 2 cats. They offered me $12 and I said $15, we compromised on $13. Again, it was just temporary, 2 days a week. I never would have done that full time or ongoing.

The job has been on care.com for 3-4 wks now and they can't fill it. They've had to change the wording of the description a couple of times because no one will touch it, I guess.

The most annoying part is I actually liked them and they "acted" like they liked me. I didn't see it coming. I was like WTF, if I wasn't doing something the way you wanted, why not just talk to me? Weird. So parents need to learn how to communicate, in addition to paying a fair rate for the work involved. Nannies will often take a lower rate for a job that's enjoyable and with people they like, but if you're an asshat, all bets are off. [/quote]

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