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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I screened pretty heavily for the WAH bias. I promised to give them autonomy, and in return, I expected to be left to my work. It's important to find a good match.[/quote]

How did you screen for this??  I would love to know.  I asked questions about this during the interview, but it's one thing to answer questions in a vacuum and another to be in that situation.  [/quote]

I talked about how some people aren't interested, and that I understood. I was also 100% honest about how present I would be during the day, and how I wanted the relationship to go. I do pop in and out sometimes, for example, and I don't hide in my office all day. I looked for someone who saw that as more of a natural thing than as an oddity or imposition, and someone who liked the idea of having another adult around.

This has also been the routine for my kids since birth, so they all handle the "popping" in and out just fine. If they didn't I'd reevaluate.

I made a bad choice once, when I had to hire in a hurry. That nanny started being rude (and weird -- she ran out of the house with my naked baby to take her for a walk because she didn't like being home when I was). That was a short-term temp position, or I would have cut my losses. I'm not willing to be uncomfortable in my own home.[/quote]

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