I had a hopeful outlook but overall very few hours, not the best working conditions, and low pay. - Anonymous employee Jovie Employee Review

2.0
Aug 14, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you like working with kids and have experience they will hire you. The app gives you a good way to access your schedule and make availability changes.

Cons

I was in a couple homes that were a mess or didn't have food to feed the children. College nannies says they meet with the families before hiring sitters to work with them, but I would not put my employees in some of the homes I worked in. I got paid $11.50 even with multiple years experience and only got booked once a month, if that.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

I've worked with Jovie Newport Beach since 2022. I started as an on-call nanny and worked my way up into administration. I am now in charge of recruitment, event coordination, and general management. I love the company culture and encourage families to use our services and for potential nannies to apply! I have met many great people through the Jovie network! It has been great!

Cons

I can't think of any cons!

2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Help find you a family to work with. I could see how this could perhaps be great for part time

Cons

LOW PAY for the job. After 3 years with Jovie, I was getting paid $16/hr and my full-time family was paying somewhere from $26-28/hr. They told my nanny family I was getting higher raises than I was. MUCH fairer companies out there. No PTO due to "not being salaried employees" even though that's not how PTO works! Constantly nagged about logging in my hours even though I was always on top of it. Going through them was a pain. Don't recommend. Always wondered if why they rebranded from College Nannies and Sitters was to try to separate from all the negative reviews.

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