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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
"I am offering my services at X lower rate because I am planning to spend my free time doing my homework" and they agree, then good for you. No one has an issue with that, I'm sure. No one has said on here "I agreed with my nanny that I would offer her a lower rate and she would do her homework, and now I think that's lazy." That's not the situation any of the MBs have been talking about.

I agree with this but nannies don't do that at all. They try to pretend that they are busy when they are not. They hope MB's will not realize how much downtime they have and they can just get away with doing homework or watching TV 2-4 hours a day. This is deceptive and lazy. The kicker is that these nannies then expect bonuses on top of it. Sorry, they are barely doing anything at all let alone exceeding any expectation.

The best reference question was asking what the nanny did during nap time. You need to avoid the ones who do nothing during nap time.

[b]Making assumptions about an entire group of people makes you sound like a moron. 
Of course all nannies don't do this. [/b]
Most of us are good, hardworking people who just want to EARN a living. 
Believe me when I say...very few of is watch television for 2-4 hours per day. 
I spend nap time folding laundry, loading/unloading the dishwasher, sweeping and making Baby food. 
Not one of these things is in my contract. I do them because I respect my bosses and they respect me. 
They don't micromanage me. 
[b]MB's are getting all this pushback on the downtime issue because you are coming across as nagging control-freaks. [/b]
That is the kiss of death to a nanny position. 
If you don't want your nanny doing homework...tell her. 
Some of you act as if you are doing us a favor by hiring us. What you don't understand is that a good nanny, with experience can find a good job very quickly. A job that doesn't involve listening to you bitch and trying to shove as much physical labor into our schedule as possible. [/quote]

News flash. If you are objecting to people making assumptions about you, it's probably a terrible idea to do the same to others.

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