A late night wonder...
I'm a nanny and I was with my last family for 5 years until the youngest started full time school. I absolutely adore them and miss the job so much. I was lucky to find a job so close to home as they don't come up that often (small rural village). I finished with them back in July and have been working in a nursery since whilst trying to find a new family to work for. I don't want to rush into things as I'd rather find the right family for me, settle and stay in the role long term. I've worked in nurseries before and whilst it's ok and pays the bills, I don't enjoy it as much as I do being a nanny and having more of a personal relationship with kids and their families.
Two weeks ago a position in the next town came up. The family sounded lovely and the description matched what I was looking for so I applied via the agency. They immediately contacted me and asked me a few questions. We had an informal chat and I registered with them. The following day they sent me a list of other roles that they had available (which I'd already looked at before applying for the other one) and asked if I'd be interested in any of them. Apparently they'd been trying to fill them for a while. Due to a number of reasons (location too far away, not enough hours, low pay) I wasn't interested in them and explained that I was only interested in the one that I'd originally applied for. The lady said that was fine and that she would put together a profile and send it over to the family, except she didn't.
I received a phone call today off a different lady who said that a family had come back up after reading my profile and wanted to meet up with me. It's a completely different job (one that was on the list they'd sent me) and not the one that I applied for. I politely explained that I wasn't interested in that role and that I'd already explained that to her colleague. I then asked if they'd still be able to forward my profile to the family that I was actually interested and was told that they thought my skills and experience didn't match the family's needs
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I came away from the conversation feeling annoyed, but should I be? The role that I applied for was a fairly new advert and some of the positions that they'd sent me had already been listed for a month or so. Clearly they were trying to fill the positions as quick as they could but I wasn't interested and the one position that I did like they wouldn't put me forward for, even though they originally said they would
. Just felt quite spiteful to me. AIBU?