Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6:51 should try being coherent when he/she posts.

Is there anything you need help with, dear, or is it just that time of day for you?

Anonymous wrote:6:51 should try being coherent when he/she posts.

Anonymous wrote:

The prevalence of this idea by many MBs on this board also leads to a lot of the frustration. There is an assumption that none of us are educated, qualified, or have any work experience outside of nannying. There is an assumption that we are all stupid poor and foreign, and in some people's eyes lower class and not worthy of the respect they show their peers. There is of course nannies who may fall into these stereotypes (not that they are unworthy of respect) but it is not all of us, as you can see from the many educated, professional, and experienced nannies represented on this board.

As a nanny, you've never conducted a nanny search. You receive over 100 responses to one ad. You need to throw out 80 of them because the candidates are people who just aren't qualified for anything else! You do see a good number of teaching rejects who just can't find a job teaching so are looking to be a nanny until they find a teaching job or who were actually just daycare workers calling themselves teachers looking for more money and less supervision work. They can probably do the job fine but this isn't what they want or wanted to do which probably makes them bitter.

A good majority of the nanny posts on this board do not present nannies in a flattering light at all! It may be a few bad apples but most of the nanny posts here are bitter, angry, entitled, and uneducated. They give the impression that nannies are generally incompetent people with bad work ethics and a big chip on their shoulder.

Anonymous wrote:Some parents simply want the best education for their child, and can afford it.

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of this stems from jealousy, lack of standards and the fact that nanny jobs are not long term so nannies are always starting over and never getting much farther than when they started.

Nannies don't have co-workers who are in the same job with the same terms as they are and there are no real standard since every job is different. They hear one nanny brag about getting to watch NetFlix all day, getting an extra five weeks of paid vacation, and getting a high salary without knowing whether she is telling the truth or not. They get pissed off that they don't have all these amazing perks too.

Nannies are not dumber than other entry level employees but since they are working for an individual employer rather than a company they need to know how to ask or negotiate up front for benefits and compensation. If you go work at a daycare, the schedule, pay, PTO and any benefits is defined for you upfront by the company. You don't really have much room to negotiate but its clear what the terms are when you are hired. Individual employers don't know or think to do this and nannies don't know or think to ask before they are hired.

It is a dead end job. You can love it and there is nothing wrong with having a job rather than a career. However, it is what it is. A nanny job will last a few years and then you start over. You may be more marketable but you are stuck within the types of jobs that are offered in your market.

The field attracts a lot of people who failed at teaching or are generally not employable in other fields. The problems that led them to fail in other areas make them just as unhappy in their nanny job.

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What is all the anger/rage really about?

It seems like some nannies are just jealous of their employer's lifestyle. The bizarre expectation that some nannies have that they should get a% of the employer's net worth rather than be paid market rates isn't something you see in other fields. You may see employees in other fields want more money but the nanny perspective here is just very strange.

Nanny positions are not high paying jobs. If you want to make more money you need to find a different field of work. This will require more education, skills, and the ability to compete against other people who also want to make more money.