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[quote=Anonymous]How does expecting a nanny to actually earn her pay and add value make the employer a nagging bitch?  Guess what, ladies:  Your employer is entitled to know how you spend your time on the job, including your time while the kids nap or amuse themselves.  If you are studying on the job or otherwise not adding value during naptimes, your employers will either become quietly resentful or start fishing around for details about what you're doing with all that time, thereby making you feel micromanaged and nagged.  The good nannies don't feel nagged by their employers, because they have EARNED their freedom from micromanagement by demonstrating and/or documenting their naptime productivity for the benefit of the family.

This is no different form any other job.  If I finish with my core duties at work, I am expected to look for more work or find other ways to create value for my employer.  If I ever told my boss that I am entitled to do homework or cruise the internet while waiting for my core workload to pick up--and that he should pay me to do that simply because I am on site and available to resume my core duties when needed--I'd probably find myself out of a job.  [/quote]

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