Pros
Wonderful families Monthly work shops which are helpful and useful Professional and nice management Team mentality Ability to create availability Notifications of possible assignments that barely go outside of your set availability, to accept or refuse such jobs
Cons
I am on call. They advertise free CPR training, but actually only cover half the cost, so you have to pay $100 out of pocket. Kind of goofy when you don't even make that amount in a matter of two months. A lot of assignments require CPR, so For part time folk, it doesn't make sense. The families must schedule a minimum of 3 hours, and many take advantage of this. So, your whole Saturday can consist of driving an hour to an assignment to work for three hours, and then driving an hour home. You literally pay to work sometimes, as there is no gas reimbursement and the pay is so low. Most families have three or more little kids. The pay does not differentiate between the difficulty of a task. You can only decline one assignment per year, even if way in advance. This just isn't realistic, especially if you are sick. A lot of times families come home early, so that 5 hour assignment that you thought was worth your time ends up being a three hour assignment. Basically, it's like a nanny temp service. College nannies don't have to reimburse for gas, receives most of your pay for the work that you do (they typically have two managers per three cities) and does not increase pay when looking after four kids versus one. Every other realistic nanny job takes all these things into account.