Reply to MBs! Please weigh in. Thanks!

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "MBs! Please weigh in. Thanks!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous.[/quote]

OP here. I am not at all worried about a reference from this MB. I had already gotten a letter of recommendation from her when I interviewed in April for a friend of hers looking for a nanny but ended up turning that job down. The long and the short of it is I gave the notice time she asked for, and while I feel bad I won't see my charges anymore, I don't feel bad about leaving. This is the same MB who I posted about previously who paid me 120$ for 96hrs of work because my fee "wasn't in their budget".
I feel zero loyalty to this family. 
 [/quote]

MB here. I would never accept a reference letter if I couldn't call the person to follow up.  Providing a letter in place of a number is a red flag that the former MB is going to tell me something you don't want me to hear.  I don't know anyone else who would accept just a letter either.  Sorry.[/quote]

A longtime nanny will likely have plenty of glowing, professional references.
One disgruntled ex-employer is hardly going to keep a nanny from finding a good job.
Having a reference letter from this woman will prove that she was happy up until the end of her job.
OP can prove that her job performance wasn't an issue.  The MB's piss poor attitude is.[/quote]

First, OP said that she left her last job because she was poached, which likely means that she now has TWO employers who were left with a bad taste in their mouths, which means that OP either switches jobs frequently (problematic for a nanny resume) or she has a gap in her resume.

Second, when OP is up against nannies with the same amount of experience who have ONLY glowing references, who is going to get the job?  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics