I know this is gonna seen ridiculous to most of you nannies and unemployed nannies, but my boss keeps asking me to find her nannies for her friends.When my best nanny friend was looking for a better position, I reached out and asked my boss if she knew anyone. Well her friends loved the nanny and hired her on the spot. Now for some reason she thinks I'm an Agency and keeps asking if I know any other nannies "like me" that need a job. I very happy she thinks highly of me but honestly I don't know many nannies who need a job. I feel pressure to find her some nannies for her friends because they treat me so well. I know I shouldn't but I love my job and want to help out my boss. I'm also scared to recommend nannies I don't know very well because I don't want their possible bad behavior to reflect on me.
I also want to help out down and out nannies because I know these are well paying jobs with great benefits in Boston.
Yikes. This is dangerous. One bad referral, and she/they could hold you responsible. It could imperil your great job.
ReplyDeleteHow did your family find you? If it was through an agency, I would refer her friends to the same agency. I'd tell your boss you are as sorry as you can be, but you just don't know any more nannies. You're tapped out.
My boss started to do the same thing to me. I told her (and her friends) that unfortunately I didn't know of anyone and then referred her to care.com and enannysource.com. I told them to screen carefully and I would be happy to report back if I saw them at the park. That worked out pretty well and haven't been getting hit up since.
ReplyDeleteGood advice from the above posters. I think that you should just say you do not know any nannies you know well enough to recommend and just leave it at that. I would never recommend another nanny that I barely knew..that could reflect bad on you, you know.
ReplyDeleteI agree that you do not want to get into a situtation where you are referring people you don't know that well. I think it's fine to say that you don't know anyone at the moment, but will let them know if you hear of anything.
ReplyDeleteAnd let this also serve as a tip to those unemployed nannies- it pays to network.
I'm currently a nanny in Boston looking for a new position since my wonderful family is moving out of state. I come highly recommended but it seems as though most families don't want to pay what I ask, $17 an hour for one child. I know its on the higher end but I work with infants and have extensive experience, related college curriculum and great references. Send these families my way, haha!
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ReplyDeleteHave you tried Beacon Hill Nannies or American Nanny in Newton? I got my current 9 year job through BHN. You sound like the kind of nanny they look for.
@ Metrowest
ReplyDeleteI believe one of the requirements to be part of the agency is to drive. I do not which is why I look for positions mostly in back bay and t accessible. Right now I work in the south end.
I wish my family weren't moving. I love them so much, they are respectful and appreciative and just all around great people. Not to mention I'm so attached to the baby :(
Village I found my family on craigslist a year ago and just signed on for another year. I recommended those sites already but mb's friends prefer referrals from friends...
ReplyDeleteI even told her most of the good nannies I know already have jobs but she tells me at least once a week about a new family who needs a nanny. She asked if I knew someone in NYC for her cousin!
Beantown nanny- right now 17 is to high for most parents in Boston, especially one child. I bet you can find someone who will pay 15 or you can try to work with multiple children. I know that families in Andover will pay closer to 17 are you willing to travel?
I could possibly get you an Interview with a family in newton with two toddlers, they aren't good friends of my boss so I wouldn't mind.
I would recommend someone I didn't know well, but I would make sure MB knew that I didn't know that person well. Just say something like "I was at the park last week and a nanny we see there regularly mentioned he charge is going to school full time soon. She's looking for a job now," or words to that effect. I don't see a problem with it at all as long as you make sure they know this isn't a close personal friend. Even those recommendations can backfire on you.
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