Give them notice today that your last day will be friday. Give them a week to find a replacement. You are right, no parent should be concerned about their child's safety with a stranger they hired to take care of them. They should blindly know their child is ok as that is what you tell them. Wait till you are a parent and see how you feel. If you do not want to be accountable, find another career field. Parents have a right to know their kid is safe. Most employers utilize camera's in the work place. Their home is your workplace. They have the right to monitor what is going on.

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Here is the thing OP you are insulted because you feel you are a very experienced nanny and resent the spying on, but you have to remember every time you start a new position you are in a way starting again with a hole new set. This family you are with, in there eyes you are new to them, could they be new frightened parents or had a bad experience and are just being over cautious.

IMO no matter how great you think you are, try and be professional in the way you communicate and the way you choose to end and take this as a learning experience, be the better person

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Anonymous wrote:Is this whole thread seriously just one poster? I can't believe so many people would be having the same response.

OP, if this is not a troll thread, you know what you need to do. What kind of validation are you looking for from a bunch of strangers?

You're obviously afraid of the nanny quitting when she discovers your undisclosed cameras. Too bad for you.

Is reading comprehension that difficult for you? I was advocating that OP quit. You post this lame, knee-jerk response on every thread about cameras so it's not surprising that you jumped on another opportunity to pander your bitter bs here too, however irrelevant it may be.

Do you want to stay in the nannying field? Do you want a reference from this job, or something to cover whatever period of time you have worked for them? Is there any chance of their paths (your current employers) crossing w/ any possible future employers?

If the answer to any of those questions is even a maybe then I would advise being professional - give your contractually agreed upon notice and stick that period out. You do no long term service to yourself in burning the bridge or behaving in less than professional fashion.

I'm an MB, and I don't use cameras or tracking devices. I have hired two nannies, both of whom I had reason to trust when I hired them and both of whom proved me right in that. If you were to apply for a job with me and tell me the full truth of why you left your prior position it could go differently depending on how you handle your departure.

"I left my last position when my employers began installing cameras and tracking devices without telling me. I felt that our mutual trust had been betrayed, without me ever having given them cause for suspicion (as is attested to in my reviews and letter of reference.) So I decided to look for a position with a more comfortable fit and gave them X weeks of notice, as specified in my contract."

My reaction: "I can totally understand. That sounds like a rotten thing they did."

Versus:

Starting w/ the same details "I left because.... So I decided to find something with a better fit. I told them on Friday that it was my last day and I left."

My reaction: "You gave them zero notice and just told them that was your last day? What did your contract say?"

And you would be off my list for consideration. I'd consider your behavior unprofessional, and that I couldn't trust that you would honor the terms of any contract you signed. I'd also suspect that your former employers had reason to question you.

So I think you should think about the bigger picture here OP.

Anonymous wrote:Is this whole thread seriously just one poster? I can't believe so many people would be having the same response.

OP, if this is not a troll thread, you know what you need to do. What kind of validation are you looking for from a bunch of strangers?

You're obviously afraid of the nanny quitting when she discovers your undisclosed cameras. Too bad for you.

I'm not a troll or responding to myself ( I forgot what that's called).
My original question was about quitting at the end of my shift on Friday.

Is this whole thread seriously just one poster? I can't believe so many people would be having the same response.

OP, if this is not a troll thread, you know what you need to do. What kind of validation are you looking for from a bunch of strangers?

Nanny cams are now getting hacked by predators, so nannies need to be concerned about THIER safety and security.

Full disclosure is legally mandatory in most places of work... for good reason.

There are a few other cameras in the house that I wasn't told about. I think Friday will be my last day.

Ok, they are now tracking where the car is. I don't think that's unreasonable in the DC area, as long as there isn't a camera in the car. If there is a camera in the car, they should have disclosed that, and I would quit on the spot.

They told you that they could use the baby monitor as a nanny cam. Ok, well, at least they let you know about that one. From the way the post was written, it sounds like they have new nanny cams in other parts of the house? If I wasn't notified, I would consider it grounds for quitting on the spot. However, I have a slightly different attitude towards nanny cams. I want to know how many cameras there are, but I don't want to know where they are, because it makes me self-conscious, and I don't want to unconsciously avoid the rooms that have cameras. I prefer that the parents have motion-activated cameras not hooked to wifi, but that's highly improbable now. But I agree, if cameras were installed and you weren't told, that's a major breach of trust (and not ethical, whether it's legal or not).