Anonymous wrote:Being desparate for work, does not automatically make a person a good nanny, unfortunately. As many families there are desparate for a good nanny, there are fewer good nannies to fill the needs.
It's the rare MB who has no complaints about her nanny. By the same token, it's the rare nanny, who has no complaints about her MB.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All us nannies need to assert ourselves more on the job.
Let's face it, families are desperate for childcare and if we say no more often eventually they are going to runout of nannies to hire after they've fired us all. If we are all saying no more often to unreasonable requests that is a great start to assert our rights.
All this abuse carries on because we let them walk all over us because we are afraid to lose our jobs.
I propose that this week we all say the word "NO" at least once in our job.
I'm going to do it = my job is not worth having anyway - who knows maybe saying no once in a while might make it better and i'll want to stay. I'll keep you posted.
This is a terrible idea. Families are not desperate for nannies. There are more nannies than jobs. If you're job isn't worth having, than quit.
Your standards are apparently shamefully low. If there was a glut of good nannies, you would not be having so many problems on this board.
Anonymous wrote:It is reasonable to ask a nanny to take whatever tests are normally asked of daycare workers.