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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I consider myself to be a career nanny. It's the only job I've ever said since graduating from college with a degree in early childhood education. I did work at a daycare in high school and a after school program in college. For the last 14 years I've been a nanny.

Pro: 
*I've worked with all ages from newborn-17 year olds
*I've worked long hours. Working 6 am-10 pm Monday -Friday has been common. I've had a few 24 hour 7 day a week jobs as well.
*once a job is a good fit for me I don't leave until I'm no longer needed. I've had a lot of 4+ year jobs .
* I personally tend to charge on the lower end. ( my friend 12 yr old daughter charges more then me )
* I know what I want in a job and a family. I take my time in picking new jobs and I hold out for my perfect fit as to not waste anyone's time.
* I have worked for a lot of families and have learned to adapt to different parenting / lifestyles.

Cons : I can't think of any. A lot of people say career nannies are stuck in there ways and entitled. I'm about as far from that as can be. [/quote]

i like how you can spin relatively little experience into a honestly interesting sounding profile of yourself.[/quote]

Little experience? I would call 14 years " little experience". Get off this page if you have nothing nice to say. You are obnoxious. 
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Well considering she said she has 14 years and "a lot" of 4+ year jobs, let's say that's 4, 4, and a 5 to justify the "+", so thats 13 years with only 3 families, add a final year to make it 14 and she has only worked with 4 families. That is not a lot of experience. I certainly wouldn't hire her.[/quote]

Are you serious? 4+ years with each family (minimum, at that) shows that she is doing something right.  If you're the right family, she'll stay with you.
You prefer to find a nanny who has worked for 14 different families for a year?  That'll end well.[/quote]

If this website has taught me anything it's that 1) NFs are extremely lazy and don't look forward to the hiring process so are unlikely to fire and replace a nanny with a new one reason except the most egregious and 2) most people here support the notion of never firing a nanny and always working with her to change her and hope things get better and adopting the "you hired her, you are stuck with her" outlook. So, those 2 things combined mean it is very very unlikely for a nanny to get fired, no matter how bad she is. So for me, just because you worked with one family say for 6 years doesn't really tell me anything because you might still be miserable and insufferable but it was just easier to let you continue.[/quote]

I have been a nanny for over 10 years.  I worked 4 years for 2 families and 2 with my current family.  I stayed because I like my NF.  They employed me because I'm a good nanny.  Nobody will employ someone for over 4-5 years if they're unhappy with her.  It seems as though your understanding of the nanny/employer employment process is based on what you read on DCUM.  This website is really not representative of the real world.
I've never known a family to keep a shitty nanny because they don't want to deal with the hiring process.[/quote]

Families realize you can't get a perfect nanny that does everything you want, as the months go on you get used to your nannies shortcoming. After a year, even though she might not be great is it worth it to let her go and go through the crap shoot again? [/quote]

I agree that most families will only fire for another nanny as a last result.  But hiring a nanny is super expensive, so a family with a mediocre nanny will definitely be more inclined to say yes when their kid gets off a day-care waitlist, or sign a kid up for before/aftercare.  If a nanny's been with a family for a number of years, it's a sign that the family deemed her better than all the childcare options.

I hired my nanny almost 5 years ago initially as a last resort, because my kid didn't get into daycare.  I've kept her because I love and value her, and because she contributes to the family and kids' welfare.  This means turning down daycare slots, many times, and saying no to before/aftercare, which would save me tens of thousands of dollars a year.  [/quote]

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