Anonymous wrote:Thanks PPs. Thanks for your replies. I felt better seeing that most of you would see this as a major issue as well. It's not the screen time (which I obviously care about) as much as it is doing something we told her not to do. I spoke to her today and she took my concerns seriously. She told me she misunderstood that we didn't want screen time at all (I doubt it but whatever). I told her its really a trust issue and she said without me prompting her that as an employee she should be doing what I ask of her and its our right to tell her what we want or do not want. She seemed genuinely sorry and I think I'm gonna continue seeing what she does for the next week. I'm already interviewing other nannies again as backup and I had one nanny as my second choice that I will call too if this one doesn't work out.
Be aware that your second choice probably already took another position. Even if she didn't, there's a certain amount of resentment from knowing that you weren't the first choice.