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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never hire a nanny who found it taxing to meet my kids. I also would never hire a nanny who wanted to talk money before meeting my kids.[/quote]

It's not "taxing" to meet kids, but it IS time consuming to go to multiple interviews all over town only to find out the family expects me to run their entire household, work 55+ hours a week, and is planning on paying $12.50 an hour. Sorry, but my time is more valuable than that.[/quote]

OP called it taxing. I can understand not wanting to go to multiple interviews and drive all over town for a job you won't take, but I suspect that you can ask things about responsibilities and time and such in a phone interview. I would even share a salary range and other requirements I am seeking in a nanny (CPR, vaccinations, etc), but there is no way I would hire a nanny without seeing how she interacts with my kids. That's just irresponsible. The most important connection in the nanny relationship is the one with the kids. Frankly, I'm surprised the nannies on this thread don't find that to be critical enough to meet the family before taking a job.

A PP did mention being left alone with the kids or being asked to spend 1-5 hours with the kids. That, to me, isn't meeting the kids...that's a trial day, which, of course, is ridiculous before an offer is made. It is also ridiculous to expect any nanny candidate to spend hours with the kids unpaid. But if a nanny candidate is unwilling to meet the kids and leads off a phone interview with what she expects her pay to be, that is a huge red flag to me and I would take her off my list.[/quote]

Usually, the families decide that they don't want the in-person interview with me.  Because I'm out-of-state, I offer 10+ hours a day open for calls, no appointments necessary, and I will skype with prior notice (ie. a text 5+ minutes before) during that time.  However, I won't pay for my transportation out to them for a 2 hour interview, the family needs to do that, so most elect to just do emails, phone and skype.  One family had a road trip, and the kids had a blast![/quote]

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