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What do you provide the nanny?

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Lifeinagoldfishbowl · 24/02/2010 20:04

After speaking with another nanny I wondered as a nanny employer you provide your nanny with

A tv

The internet

A sofa to sit on

Magazines

Nice food - not junk food

during the work day?

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Simplyme · 24/02/2010 23:40

are you talking about all that stuff for her during a lunch break or while she should be working?

EColi · 24/02/2010 22:36

No Magazines - but all the rest plus some lovely children to play with

Strix · 24/02/2010 22:35

Everything but the mags.

BettyAndLenny · 24/02/2010 20:20
Hmm
lobsters · 24/02/2010 20:12

I'm not sure if you're talking about live in or live out. Our live out nanny has the run of house during the day I(except our room and DH's study), so she can watch the TV in the lounge, she has a log on on the laptop, clearly there are sofas in the lounge. We tend to swap magazines as we have similar tastes, i wouldn't buy them just for her. She can eat what we have in, I do buy what she asks, but I wouldn't buy extra nice stuff just for her.

Clearly she also has unlimited free tea and coffee (which I don't get at work), and she borrows my books ( did offer she didn't just take)

nowwearefour · 24/02/2010 20:11

ah i see - for a live in nanny. sorry. makes sense now. cant respond then as it doesnt apply in my case.

nowwearefour · 24/02/2010 20:09

My nanny is free to use anything in the house during dd's naps but i havent given her the password to my computer. she is free to make any food and eat it (but she generally eats with the dds), of course use our sofa (we didnt buy one specially!- same for the TV etc). Seems like an odd question. Do you not have a Tv, sofa, decent food in the house?

BettyAndLenny · 24/02/2010 20:09

Hmmmm, this post seems strangely familiar.... I have a strong sense of deja vu here.

nannynick · 24/02/2010 20:09

As I'm a live-out nanny and I think you are referring mostly to a live-in nanny... I will say that during the working day, I get food and drink (tea, coffee etc), heating, lights the usual sort of things you might expect if you were at home yourself. I eat with the children and cook the same for myself and the children, so no special food.