My MB and DB have done nice things for me from the get go. I am a live in and when I arrived I had a welcome note, 4 gift cards and a new scrapbook to fill. I usually get a "prize" once a month. They are usually a gift cards or a spa treatment. But every 6 months its something really nice like an iPad (the original then an upgrade to the most recent one), an extra vacation where they pay for everything or they pay for a friend to come visit and any activity we do while they are there.

For Thanksgiving I received a "mommy" necklace with charms of the kids names. I thought it was totally weird at first. But MB felt that since I have been with the kids for 6 of their 7 years of life, this was a way to show she was thankful for all I have done in helping raise them.

I work for wonderful people and I know they are truly appreciative.

They often offer me stuff they are getting rid of. Also, MB gives me stuff she gets for free at trade shows and such. Usually note pads and other simple things. It's a nice gesture and makes me feel thought of. While they don't buy ME food, they have told me many times to eat any food I want. I still bring my lunch, but snack on their stuff. After reading this board, I appreciate this set-up very much.

Anonymous wrote:That is really sweet. I pay our nanny $20 an hr. She works 40 hours a week. She doesn't do anything other than play with DC. I prepare meals for my child so all she has to do is earn it up and set it out for him. She doesn't even have to put the dishes int he dishwasher. I buy her stuff all the time, gifts, food and anything else I see, that I think she would like. She does a great job with DC and I am so happy that DC is happy. I want our nanny to know that she is appreciated.

You sound like my MB.

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Anonymous wrote:My MB does not give me gifts. Do they not pay you enough to be able to afford your own groceries or are you a live in? This seems odd to me. Donating stuff, great. But buying your groceries = bizarre.

Not a live-in. I'm fairly compensated and don't need them to purchase my groceries. I said I could always bring my own meals to work, but they insisted from the get go. MB always picks out some new vegetarian or vegan meal that I can try, and she tells me to inform her of what I like or dislike so she can either get it again or never again. Also, when I work evenings or late nights, they let me order whatever I want for dinner from any restaurant within delivery range on their Seamless Web account. I always insist that I still have plenty of food items in the fridge that I can enjoy for dinner, but they always tell me to get something anyway. So I do. Maybe it's a New Yorker thing!

My bosses tell me to help myself to whatever they have in the house, but that's usually nothing so I end up bringing my own food from home. Your MB sounds great.

Anonymous wrote:That is really sweet. I pay our nanny $20 an hr. She works 40 hours a week. She doesn't do anything other than play with DC. I prepare meals for my child so all she has to do is earn it up and set it out for him. She doesn't even have to put the dishes int he dishwasher. I buy her stuff all the time, gifts, food and anything else I see, that I think she would like. She does a great job with DC and I am so happy that DC is happy. I want our nanny to know that she is appreciated.

You sound like an awesome MB!

If my employers are getting rid of something then they will always ask me if I want it (books, furniture, etc.). They always do it in a non-offensive way. If MB receives a gift that she doesn't want she will ask me if I want it (not as a gift, but just because). She just did this recently with a reed diffuser. Also, both MB and DB work for companies that sell products that I use. They offer to buy me any products at their price (which is very cheap). A few months ago MB brought home a bag filled with about 40 Neutrogena products and told me to take whatever I wanted for free.

That is really sweet. I pay our nanny $20 an hr. She works 40 hours a week. She doesn't do anything other than play with DC. I prepare meals for my child so all she has to do is earn it up and set it out for him. She doesn't even have to put the dishes int he dishwasher. I buy her stuff all the time, gifts, food and anything else I see, that I think she would like. She does a great job with DC and I am so happy that DC is happy. I want our nanny to know that she is appreciated.

Anonymous wrote:My MB does not give me gifts. Do they not pay you enough to be able to afford your own groceries or are you a live in? This seems odd to me. Donating stuff, great. But buying your groceries = bizarre.

Not a live-in. I'm fairly compensated and don't need them to purchase my groceries. I said I could always bring my own meals to work, but they insisted from the get go. MB always picks out some new vegetarian or vegan meal that I can try, and she tells me to inform her of what I like or dislike so she can either get it again or never again. Also, when I work evenings or late nights, they let me order whatever I want for dinner from any restaurant within delivery range on their Seamless Web account. I always insist that I still have plenty of food items in the fridge that I can enjoy for dinner, but they always tell me to get something anyway. So I do. Maybe it's a New Yorker thing!

My MB does not give me gifts. Do they not pay you enough to be able to afford your own groceries or are you a live in? This seems odd to me. Donating stuff, great. But buying your groceries = bizarre.

Anonymous wrote:sweatpants + plaid shirt....? great outfit....
It's nice of her to do that. Yes, I've received things here and there.

Haha. It's really more of a pajamas outfit. I would never wear it outside. The sweats and shirt separately? Maybe. As an entire outfit? Nah, lol.

At first I felt awkward about them buying me groceries (they made me give them a list of what I wanted, and went out of their way to purchase special vegetarian entrees for me [like Amy's and stuff]). I felt more awkward when they gave me access to their account (especially when I saw how much my stuff cost [the stuff she usually purchased for me]). But with time I eventually got over it.

They're generous people and they want to make sure I have whatever I want/need. If MB doesn't have need or want for something of hers, she offers me first dibs.

Sorry but there are no sweatpants that are nice. Nowhere in the world does that exist.

sweatpants + plaid shirt....? great outfit....
It's nice of her to do that. Yes, I've received things here and there.

No, it's really nice of her but I would feel very awkward about this situation.

I've been working for this family on occasion for about 2 months and FT for a little over 2 months. MB has already given me a pair of roller blades and safety padding (she only used them a few times years ago, so they're in excellent condition... can't wait to try em' out this weekend ), a nice, new sweatpants/plaid shirt outfit, some new bottles that she didn't need (she gave them to me so I could donate them to my church), and some extra baby bath soaps and lotions that she had no need for (I gave them to a family friend who sadly often buys the cheap watery lotions and bath soaps to use on her precious baby's skin [aka my lil' muffin ]. Aside from all that, she buys me whatever groceries I want; she even gave me access to her online grocery shopping account so I could add whatever I want to the cart before their weekly/bi-weekly purchases.

Anybody else get sweet free stuff from their MB?