Why would anybody caring for children 'runout somewhere to grab lunch???

That's your house. Your family. You have a personal commitment there. While the nanny only has a professional commitment.

HR isn't childcare, this is a stupid comparison. Your job is literally to prevent employees from getting too uppity and to keep them in their place to protect the company's image and their profit margins, so it makes sense that you'd think this way.

And HR employees usually get a lunch break where they are allowed to leave their workplace & responsibilities behind, plus two additional paid breaks if they're working a full day

I don't know where you're getting the idea of these 3 paid breaks from as that varies from place to place. But I'm sure most office employees do get breathing room aka time to themselves to have a snack throughout the day constantly/consistently.

A nanny can't leave for any break at all. She can't go get food or even eat alone........ Anyone who believes this is right isn't a normal person.

I don't think anyone said they were paid breaks, but we're getting the "idea from" a federal labor law that doesn't apply to nannies.

Okay then how about working 12 hrs in urgent care? Going from room to room seeing patients, giving instructions they'll likely not follow, educating on hand washing and other hygienes, asking their kids to stop touching everything, and find a few minutes in between them all to scarf down some frozen food - or if lucky, a food delivery. It's all unhealthy and not a civilized lifestyle.

And that's awful too. Healthcare workers absolutely need breaks to eat and take a breather once in awhile. It's not good that this has become the norm, and I'm sorry you deal with it, but it shouldn't become the norm for childcare workers to go hungry either.

They still get breaks I did that working on the medicare wing total care so don't give me that BS you get a break. a nanny doesn't get to sit in a break room.

Never having been a nanny, but having reared four healthy and well fed children and been a housewife at eh same time, I thing that people here are being just a wee bit too precious. Now note, this girl said nothing about the number or age of children she was expected to care for. As far as I know Nannying does NOT include cooking or cleaning or shopping. So she could hardly be run off her feet.

Pretty sure legally you're entitled to a lunch break. Its on you to set boundaries in your workplace. I acknowledge it's hard in some professions.

Nobody is trying to say you don't work hard or harder, but the scenarios aren't equivalent regarding meals. Read the explanations from actual nannies. There's a reason it's standard to allow nannies to eat and it's not bc their employers are uniquely amazing compared to all others. It just makes sense in the context. And it's super gross that anyone would resent a small benefit that someone else receives bc if they don't get it nobody should. Let's stop keeping each other down out of out own misery!

And those stay at home mothers eat the food that's in the house.

Sometimes, people are just asking a question and that should be okay

Is she cooking the kids food?? Or does the 'cook' do that?? Or do he kids simply have sandwiches??? Or a bottle from the fridge than 'nanny' must warm up.

She did NOT specify the number of children she is supposed to be caring for,. It might simply be one young baby. Nanny tends to have come to mean a baby, not even a toddler. She's hardly going to be run off her feet with one baby. People here are making wild guesses as to what, where and why she in nannying and what where and why the parents want or need a nanny. I think the real warning for the parents was that this girl also callds herself an 'influencer"

Of course she did, There was a contract.

Haha, checkmate Xander! Well done.

Everyone with an everyday nanny is rich, yes. Hope this helps.

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Ah yes, because we all want someone else to manage our budget. They can't want to provide how they see fit in a limited budget? Everyone with a nanny is rich? Where is the common sense?

Hey, did you know that not all jobs are the same?

I, for a VERY short while employed a cleaner who INSISTED she work for the full day (not what I wanted) but also insisted I supply a hot midday meal for her. Sorry M'dear, I never prepare hot meals for midday. And I do NOT want you arriving in hte wee small hours and coming into me bedroom while I'm still in bed. I decided that there worse things than an unclean house,. Many year later I employed a pair of cleaners -- who had such slummy habits that i had to clean up after them.

K- Actually I've worked in offices that provided things like cup-a-soups and bread and butter for employees so that those who had forgotten lunch, or were having a tough financial time, could eat. Plus no nannying job I ever did failed to provide food.

Karen doesn't understand that not every job or situation is just like theirs lol. I've had exactly 1 fast food job that did not provide at least one of the following Free meal at break or after shifts Allowed to eat stuff too old or specific to sell Allowed to bring home extras from the day at closing time/shift changes . And that's the one that inspired me to quit within 3 weeks (though they did offer 10% discount, no free drinks tho and no friends getting discounted etc) cause not messing with the regular theft that is min wage work in addition to being expected to eat meals i could only realistically access there (cause no car and no time to walk somewhere else and no kind of break room or safe place to store or prepare your own stuff). Felt way too company store and exploitative.

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