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    So I saw a posting on Craigslist for a nanny position. It was through an agency that I had heard of before. So decided I wanted to look into the particular family, so I contacted the agency. I signed the agency paperwork, and met with the family. I loved them, they love me, perfect match. BAM!
    WRONG! The family NEVER signed up with the agency officially. Their current nanny works through the agency and told the parents she'd look for someone. She never said she was going to use the agency for them, just that she'd found someone that would be good match. The fees weren't disclosed and the family didn't think to ask. They just thought she had a friend that was interested.
    So, I get a call from the mother. She can't use the agency the fees are too high! WTF!!!! I thought she already signed paperwork for them, otherwise WHY would they look for her? HOW can they post that there's a job available, not have a contract with the family, and then make ME sign a contract?!?!?!! Then waste my time on two interviews with the family only to get attached!!!
    THERE WAS NO JOB!! The family wasn't officially with the agency to begin with.
    Now the agency is calling saying their soo sorry, it's the way the business runs. Bullshit. A company doesn't run like that. I've worked with other agencies before and NEVER was a position posted without the families knowing.
    Now I'm fucked out of a position I would have loved. I told them I wanted my paper work shredded and not to hear from them anymore.
    I'm enraged, I'm in tears and I can't believe I've been made to feel so dumb.

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    don't feel dumb it has nothing to do with you. it was them that did (tried to do) some shady business. like you said, they signed with the agency already, wtf? they thought they were going to chisel the agency out of their fees?

    i can only imagine how they would've tried to nickel and dime you if you did go there to work. i never understand why people treat their caregivers so badly. the nanny i'm letting go (long story) has told me some doozies in her short career. they're watching over our most prized "possessions" (i.e kids), why screw with people's heads then?

    be glad you avoided them and the agency. keep looking, i'm sure there's something out there good for you!

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    Why can't you just work directly for the family and cut out the agency?


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    Quote Originally Posted by snoopy View Post
    don't feel dumb it has nothing to do with you. it was them that did (tried to do) some shady business. like you said, they signed with the agency already, wtf? they thought they were going to chisel the agency out of their fees?

    i can only imagine how they would've tried to nickel and dime you if you did go there to work. i never understand why people treat their caregivers so badly. the nanny i'm letting go (long story) has told me some doozies in her short career. they're watching over our most prized "possessions" (i.e kids), why screw with people's heads then?

    be glad you avoided them and the agency. keep looking, i'm sure there's something out there good for you!
    No, the problem is that they DIDN'T sign with the agency but the agency posted the job anyways. The family wasn't trying to screw anyone the agency was. The agency did the shady business. They told the agency they were going to look on their own. Then the agency posted the job, I signed THEIR paperwork and their current nanny (who also runs the agency) got them to meet me. They thought I was just a friend of hers, not that she found me through the agency. So, the agency (and their nanny) were trying to get them to take me on so they could charge them 6Grand! It was in no way the families fault.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OmgShesWild View Post
    Why can't you just work directly for the family and cut out the agency?
    Because I signed paperwork that I wouldn't start care for a family that was introduced to me through the agency until the agency authorized doing so. I could otherwise be fined, as well as the family (even though they weren't under contract). Techincally speaking the agency introduced me to them, but under false pretenses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajbaer View Post
    No, the problem is that they DIDN'T sign with the agency but the agency posted the job anyways. The family wasn't trying to screw anyone the agency was. The agency did the shady business. They told the agency they were going to look on their own. Then the agency posted the job, I signed THEIR paperwork and their current nanny (who also runs the agency) got them to meet me. They thought I was just a friend of hers, not that she found me through the agency. So, the agency (and their nanny) were trying to get them to take me on so they could charge them 6Grand! It was in no way the families fault.
    oh ok, i get it now.

    but their "exclusive contract" is null and void because they misrepresented themselves (nanny and agency). frankly, that family should can her ass pronto. $6K? screw her.

    take a look at the contract they made you sign. chances are there's a clause that voids it upon written notice. besides the boilerplate stuff that would kill it anyways because of false pretenses.

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    I don't even have a copy! I'm going to call her in the morning, and tell her if she isn't going to shred my paperwork that I want a copy of it.

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    ^^^I'm sorry this happened.... it's so frustrating. I was promised an assistant manager position for a new salon. I did promo work for them, went to planning meetings, and even took the time to met up with thier franchise VP on one of my trips to Dallas.

    Well, two weeks before opening I got my business cards and they didn't say assistant manger on them. I called the owner and was told that since there was no other franchaise that had an assistant manager position they couldn't create one for me (cough*cough**bullshit**cough). To add insult to injury they refused to pay me for the promo work I did for them.

    I feel your pain!

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    ^^^that's shitty

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    ^^^it is and it isn't. It motivated me to find a new salon and I love where I am now. Also, the douche who offered me the non-existant position bought the rights to franchaise the entire state of Colorado... he was planning to open 2 salons within a year, 5 within 4 years. It's been two years and the first location is his only location. Point is, things happen for a reason, when one door closes a window opens- all that cliche stuff was true for me and I believe it'll be true for you.

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    That's the way I've been feeling the rest of the day since this post. I still have some great opportunities ahead. For example, I've been offered a position teaching basic pole and an abs class at a local exotic fitness gym part-time. Although it's nothing big, it's something I've wanted to do for a long time, ever since I took Alena's classes. I probably wouldn't have even gone if the position was secured.

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    ^^^ kick ass! That's a wonderful oppertunity!

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