@OutingHobby no they don’t. They usually have housekeepers and so nannies usually only do nursery duties, which might include laundry for the kids but because many families use expensive/delicate clothing, it’s very common that they ask their housekeeper to do it. (I have shrunk a few expensive items so definitely happy when I am not on laundry duty!)
@Llamapolice there is a lot of traveling involved. I usually live abroad (wherever the family’s main residence is) and then travel quite a lot on top of that. The current family I am working for travel a work for their job so I either tag along or sometimes stay behind with the kid(s) (it depends on the duration of the trip and what make most sense). It’s glamorous in the sense that usually they live in very luxurious places and you definitely tag along to a lot of high end places and have access to things by proxy but surprisingly their life isn’t that much different to ours in many ways, and nannying specifically comes with pretty much the same upsides and hardships no matter who you work for so I am still very much “staff” and it’s still very much work despite the “bling”.
@SummerySumner I would say yes and no, and it depends on the family. I had one mom who has 5 kids (and a couple nannies, and a couple housekeeper and a butler etc…) but honestly she was an amazing mom. I worked but not that much as she really wanted to be part of her kids life and so she more had nannies in case she needed them rather than because she needed them. Others have staff so they don’t have to worry about their kids, and having staff doesn’t lead to them spending any more time with them at all even if everything in their life is taken care off. So it’s really dependent on the family and in this case I think it’s not really about money and more that some parents really love being parents and others don’t but in this case thankfully have enough money to feel as if they are doing their duty and giving the best care to their kids. I refused a job because I would have been asked to live in a separate apartment with a 1 yo and 3yo and pretty much raise them as my own 24/6 (with a second nanny employed for my day off) while parents lived in a different apartment and would drop by once a day if so. So no some parents have money and they unfortunately use it to not have to worry about parenting, rather than to spend more time with their kids.