I'm nanny and I have gone with careworks in the past but the last placement was horrible. They lied to me about the family and said how nice they were. They turned out to be horrible, I quit 6... More

I'm nanny and I have gone with careworks in the past but the last placement was horrible. They lied to me about the family and said how nice they were. They turned out to be horrible, I quit 6 months later. Threw nanny connections I met the current nanny they placed with the family. She was told all the same lies as me and is going to quit as well. I also know a family who had two horrible nanny placements with them. My take on careworks is they use to be great but now they just care about $$$$$$!
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No we aren't ogres (at least I tell myself that), but we have worked with no less than five nannies in the last 12 years and Careworks, although expensive, has been terrific. The remarkable thing is... More

No we aren't ogres (at least I tell myself that), but we have worked with no less than five nannies in the last 12 years and Careworks, although expensive, has been terrific. The remarkable thing is that all have been great people and we keep in touch with each one to this day which is pretty amazing when you think about. Linda really cares about finding the right person that fits you. You and your significant other take both a personality and a parenting test and so does each nanny she has prescreened. The test itself taught me more about what it would be like to be a parent and how different folks are that I would have ever though (example, if your son is arrested for shoplifting, would you blame yourself, rush to him right away,....). Not the thing you want an anxious first time dad to answer :-) In any case, it means that you have more to go on than just is the person nice. A nanny spends hours and hours with your kids, so it is nice to know their styles are the same.
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