Anonymous
Post 02/14/2015 22:03     Subject: I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anyone who doesn't wash her hands before working with a baby, isn't a nanny.

FYI.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2015 20:37     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:1. Immediately upon taking off your coat, while I was hanging it up, I saw you in the hall closet mirror, picking your wedgie.
2. When I told you this is a no-shoes household you said, "Ugh, I hate those." You immediately realized what you'd said and checked to see if I was upset. I laughed it off in the moment, but no.
3. You wanted to high-five me for having a hot husband.
4. You lacked initiative. When I asked what you'd do to fill a full day, all you could say was "Whatever you want me to."
5. When I asked you to wash your hands before I gave you the baby, you wiped them on your jeans as you replied "Oh, my hands are clean."
6. You asked about benefits. Right away. In detail.


I do not see anything wrong with #6. If you were not prepared to offer a benefits package that met her expectations then it was a total waste of time.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2015 18:52     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:because you were too expensive. I'm not saying you didn't deserve your rate but I was too embarrassed to tell you that we couldn't afford you.


How is this her fault that you are too cheap to pay for first rate child care?


Oh for God's sake - LEARN TO READ. PP is admitting that the nanny deserved her rate but she was too embarrassed to tell her she simply could not afford to pay her that rate. PP is not being cheap - she is being honest. There was no mention of fault.

Sheesh - I really wonder about the reading comprehension skills of some of you defensive and argumentative nannies (AND I AM A NANNY).
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2015 17:56     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:because you were too expensive. I'm not saying you didn't deserve your rate but I was too embarrassed to tell you that we couldn't afford you.


How is this her fault that you are too cheap to pay for first rate child care?
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 16:51     Subject: I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Run from people with boundary issues.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 15:04     Subject: I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You told me you hoped to have children of your own. Sorry but I'm looking for a long term nanny, if this isn't going to be your main focus we won't work out.


I can't seem to win with this question. My Dh and I do not want kids, but I can't say that in a nanny interview because they will wonder why I want to nanny if I don't want to have kids of my own. Usually I say we have no plans to anytime soon but in my last interview they wanted to know if I would stop working for them if I did get pregnant.


You really are in a tough situation with that, PP. How close are you to menopause?
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 15:03     Subject: I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You told me you hoped to have children of your own. Sorry but I'm looking for a long term nanny, if this isn't going to be your main focus we won't work out.


I can't seem to win with this question. My Dh and I do not want kids, but I can't say that in a nanny interview because they will wonder why I want to nanny if I don't want to have kids of my own. Usually I say we have no plans to anytime soon but in my last interview they wanted to know if I would stop working for them if I did get pregnant.


It's such a catch 22. As an MB I have turned down nannies who have babies at home. I felt so badly to do it - and like such a hypocrite. At the same time, I can't have a set up of dominoes where in the Nanny's baby gets sick...then nanny stays home... then I stay home etc. I just can't. So I didn't hire several nannies based on this alone.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 14:52     Subject: I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:You told me you hoped to have children of your own. Sorry but I'm looking for a long term nanny, if this isn't going to be your main focus we won't work out.


I can't seem to win with this question. My Dh and I do not want kids, but I can't say that in a nanny interview because they will wonder why I want to nanny if I don't want to have kids of my own. Usually I say we have no plans to anytime soon but in my last interview they wanted to know if I would stop working for them if I did get pregnant.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 14:27     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
You were not smart/quick enough. I could never trust my baby with you.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 11:41     Subject: I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Good grief PPs, she didn't say she was changing diapers on the kitchen counter. They had a changing station set up in the vicinity of the kitchen, you know how soon houses have a bathroom in the vicinity of the kitchen? Same thing.


THank you ! The responses are hilarious. We have an open floor plan - our kitchen bleeds into a very large table space area, which bleeds into a family room. When the babies (twins) were newborn/infants we lived in the family room/kitchen space. We kept a well stocked changing station on a side table we set up in the open area.

We were hardly flinging feces around the cookspace.

You people are ridiculous.

The nanny we hired walked in and talked about how glad she was that she wouldn't have to go upstairs every time she needed to change a baby.

I'm seriously laughing at the lunacy of the responses.


Not wanting to eat in the same room that you wipe asses in is hardly lunacy.

Do people really remove feces with wipes and nothing else?

We always washed our baby's bum after a #2. Wipes don't do it for us, so a changing station anywhere outside the bathroom is a no-no.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 11:00     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:... you didn't graduate from college. I stated in the ad that I required a college degree so why did you waste both of our time?

What are you paying for that college degree? "Market rates"? Lol.


Any potential employer can ask for any credentials they want. The point of this post is that if you do not have the qualifications listed in the job posting DO NOT respond to the posting.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 10:34     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Because you never asked me about my child - you only asked about salary, benefits and days off. I understand that these things are important but you could have at least pretended to interested in the actual job of childcare!
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 10:06     Subject: I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:You told me you hoped to have children of your own. Sorry but I'm looking for a long term nanny, if this isn't going to be your main focus we won't work out.


This is why I don't like to hire women in my under 50 employees company. You do not do your job and spend all your time on the phone obsessing about your brats.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 09:06     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:... you didn't graduate from college. I stated in the ad that I required a college degree so why did you waste both of our time?

What are you paying for that college degree? "Market rates"? Lol.


I pay extremely well because I wanted a nanny with a college degree. I found a great nanny who happened to have a master's degree.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2015 08:44     Subject: Re:I never told you this, but the reason you didn't get the job is...
Anonymous wrote:... you didn't graduate from college. I stated in the ad that I required a college degree so why did you waste both of our time?

What are you paying for that college degree? "Market rates"? Lol.