If your family is one among many other families out there, then you have been through a huge list of nannies. It can be really confusing and frustrating as a parent for you and disappointing for your children because you have to break and form new bond constantly with your nannies. If you want to get over with this habit, the most important thing that you can do is get feedback from their old nannies. If you think this is not possible, you can go online and read various testimonials from nannies who understand the most common problems in the world of nannies. Let us see the most common complaints from various nannies throughout the world.
A Confused job description
No one likes to be surprised by extra set of work every day at the office, this would be an unpleasant surprise, especially when it is the responsibility of someone else and the same thing will also happen with nanny. Childcare is a professional aim of a nanny. It is absolutely fine to ask a nanny to do other housekeeping work, but you can’t expect her to do it without requesting her and you should pay a good reward for that. If you are looking for a complete service of maid, then you should rather hire a maid. The important concern of nanny should always be taking care of children. Childcare should be the primary concern of your nanny, housekeeping work should always be secondary. Nanny can do things like attending school functions, take kids to games and running errands but all these have to mentioned to her while hiring her. If you are expecting her to attend your family vacation, you should let her know this in advance. You have to be very clear about all these things with nanny from the first day.
Nannies not appreciated
Many nannies say that there are various ways by which employers can make them feel appreciate for their work, at the same time there are many ways to show that the employer is just taking advantage of nanny’s services. Childcare is something more than simply sitting around the house throughout the day. Nanny is always out with kids taking them for different activities that may cost her money, she has to spend money out of her pocket for gas, snacks and other things. Families reimburse the nanny for her expenses but they often forget or neglect to appreciate her for doing all those things. Along with reimbursement if you appreciate her service, she would be very happy. Another common thing is disrespecting her personal time. If the family asks nanny to take care of children during her non-working hours occasionally then that is not a problem, but this shouldn’t happen all the time.
