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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see nothing wrong with a quick text message here and there as long as it does not distract from the kids.[/quote]

If your employer agrees with you then you're fine.  As an employer, I do not want my child's nanny texting or talking to her friends at any time during her work hours except her lunch break - and it makes no difference to me what my nanny sees as right or wrong with this.  We agreed to no texting/calling and I expect her to live up to our agreement.  [/quote]

Can she answer a call from her doctor? Or her landlord? Or her parents?

I send/receive fewer than five non-work-related texts every day because I'm just not that into texting, but I will absolutely answer important phone calls. Friday I had to speak with the hospital billing department while holding the baby and chatting to the toddler at the same time...unfortunately those calls can't wait until I finish work at 6pm and I don't ever have more than 20 minutes of calm during the day - I sure as heck don't want to spend it on hold trying to reach someone.

Of course the employer has the right to set expectations and guidelines but I do think being reasonable about them goes a long way toward building goodwill and having a happy nanny.[/quote]

No calls during working hours!  NONE.  Not from her doctor, her parents, her landlord unless there is an emergency.  I do not make any personal calls nor receive any personal calls when I'm working!  This is not unusual in the working world!  [/quote]

Where do you work? The only working people who I have known to never text/take personal calls during work are teachers, doctors, etc. If you're in the business world you have time to take personal calls/texts.[/quote]

I am a surgical nurse.  We learn to schedule our personal lives in regard to phone calls and personal communication around our work as a nanny should.  If I can do it - my child's nanny can do it.  I don't have an office job and neither does she.  [/quote]

Nannying is not as demanding as a surgical nurse. It is not good for the child to constantly have the nanny breathing down their necks.[/quote]

I've never been a surgical nurse so I cannot compare the two jobs but watching a child constantly and "breathing down their necks" are two very different things - and you know it.  I find being a nanny to be a very demanding job.  [/quote]

I don't so I don't know what you're talking about! Every day the kids and I do crafts, academic time, reading time, go to the pool, the library, etc. It's not demanding at all but I rarely text. Only if I am texting MB or if a family/friend needs something.[/quote]

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