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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. We talked to be nanny and we said things more politely than the way I worded it. We told her we were concerned about quality of care and her burning out. The nanny said the family wants a night nurse for at least the first 6 months or until the baby is sleeping through the night. The family does require her to stay up but rest during certain times. She will be doing bottles and laundry when the baby sleeps. We are uncomfortable with it and DH wants to et her go. We offer a very good compensation package and we want quality care. [/quote]

Obviously, your compensation is not very good or your nanny would not need a 2nd job.  [/quote]

Disagree. I actually think the nanny is taking advantage of having an easy regular gig to take on a second gig for even more money. OP's job, with the benefits she offers, means the nanny has a lot of free time, and probably feels like the job isn't that demanding. She would never do this if she was working more hours for the same money; she'd be too tired.[/quote]

Op here. I know it's not an easy job but our baby sleeps 4-5 out of the 8 hours she is here. The only thing she needs to do is wash his bottles while he naps. We handle laundry and are very clean people. I know he will require less sleep as he gets older but she has 4-5 hours of downtime, which she uses to mainly watch TV or use her phone. [/quote]

I said your gig IS an easy job, and that's why she's moonlighting. 
I think you may be going overboard on the perks for this job. I know you're doing it to make someone happy, but it also sends a message that she doesn't need to work hard to impress you -- you're just thrilled she exists. I don't know how to put this, exactly, but when people are overcompensated for an easy job before they've done anything to earn it, the message is that the bosses don't understand the value of their money or the point of the job. I would suggest that when you hire this next time, you hold back a few of those perks for a one-month or 6-month review time. Let her prove that she take the job seriously first.

I'm going to get slammed by nannies for this, but outside of the nanny world, I've seen this phenomenon too: when you're overcompesated, you can get an inflated sense of your own worth just for existing, vs. a sense that you are compensated well for doing a great job. This then leads you to think that you really shouldn't have to do much at all to get that money, so why put in the effort? You might as well phone it in at the well-paying gig, and put your efforts elsewhere (some people might go to school, pursue a hobby, etc.. Your nanny took another job).[/quote]

OP here. We agree. We are knocking down our price to only hours work plus benefits like vacation, sick days, paid holidays, etc., but will be putting a clause in for health insurance and dental and possible commute time. We have security camera and our nanny was doing her job while the baby was up. [/quote]

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