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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many nannies do not consider living-in a perk.  [/quote]

If you don't have to pay for your own housing and food, then it's most certainly a perk.[/quote]

Have you ever had to hear (multiple sets) of feet stomping around over your head before 7 in the morning, sometimes accompanied by screaming, shrieking, swearing, etc.  How about high heels clicking on the floor, at any time of the day or night?  A furnace, refrigerator, ice machine or any other electronic device making loud noises, but you aren’t allowed to see if you can make it stop?  How about loud music and/or sound effects from loud movies, playing past midnight?

What about being guaranteed that nobody would go in your room without permission (barring emergencies), only to find that children went in and ruined something?  Or the parent wanted to put something in the closet (a closet that you were told was your space!), and then chews you out because there’s no room?

What about when the room is furnished (every position I’ve ever seen advertised has been furnished), and you aren’t allowed to move anything, even to open the closet?  Anyone want to volunteer to sleep every night on the worn out mattress, stained and smells a little from previous bedwetters, and the springs poke every time you breathe?  How about that shower with the mold you will need to scrub for a few hours before you feel like you’ll actually be clean when you get out?  The bathroom where the floor is always wet with pee every time you go in?  A kitchen with ten known ant entrances (not their fault, just a hazard of where they were living and the size/age if the home)?

What about being told that a parent is separated (when hired), and then two months later his bedroom has a revolving door?  Or she moves in her boyfriend of two weeks while you have the kids out for the day?  Or the ex-in-laws (grandparents) show up to spend time with the kids and your employer wants you to entertain the ex-brother-in-law instead of being with everyone else?  What about walking into your room to find the mother’s one night stand passed out on your bed?

And don’t get me started on food!

And you can’t say anything about any of it...  If you were in an apartment and/or had roommates, there’s recourse.  As a live-in nanny?  I can quit, but I have to be ready to move out the very same day.

There are pros and cons to live-in and live-out.  I wouldn’t trade living with my nf for living out, because the relationship with the kids is so different.  But please!  Don’t pretend that it’s such a grand thing to have room and board “for free!”

My current family is the most considerate I’ve experienced in terms of sharing a house.  However, they also tick a few of the above (normal noises, thank goodness)!  I’ve interviewed with plenty of families, sometimes done a trial and rejected their offer while citing some of the above.[/quote]

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