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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh for god's sake.  Let go of the "traditional/standard/norm" stuff already.

If you've been blessed w/ big bonuses that's great.  But it simply isn't a "standard" - as is clear from the employer responses here.[/quote]

It is traditional and standard, like it or not. This is an old old industry that was once unique to royalty and upperclass. What you see represented here is the watering down of it with the influx of middle class, read:stretching to afford, people ignorant of the norms of the industry. [/quote]

And their nannies were essentially indentured servants, expected to be on call and on site 24/7 (or maybe 24/6 + 12/1). They got a week's pay because they weren't making a living wage (why should they? they were the servant class and lived in servants' quarters or with the children), and if they never left the family's employ, as an old single person with no life of their own, they might get a small pension.

Mary Poppins worked for a middle class family who regularly fired nannies, you may remember.[/quote]

Okay? No one said anything about the conditions under which they worked. I'm simply disagreeing with the idea that there is no traditional standard. There is, and many nannies expect it. Just like no nanny job is the same, but there are standard expectations and duties, whether some nannies want to admit it or not. See? Goes both ways. [/quote]

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