You sign the contract.
You give notice at your current job.
You turn down other families.
You make plans around a position you believe is secure.
Maybe you’ve been there for weeks.
Maybe you’ve been there for years.
And then something changes.
You get a message:
“We’ve decided to go in a different direction.”
“We need to make some changes.”
“Our circumstances have changed.”
“We don’t think this is going to work anymore.”
And just like that.
No job.
No income.
And you’re back to looking for work.
And the hardest part?
You thought you were secure.
You had a contract.
You thought you could finally breathe.
And then you’re the one who has to figure it all out.
And sometimes, there’s no easy way back to the life you just left behind.
The nanny is often the one left carrying the consequences.
But in nannying, a signed contract doesn’t always feel as secure as it should.
Sometimes things change quickly.
Sometimes without warning.
Sometimes after you’ve been with a family for years.
And sometimes you don’t even see it coming.
That’s what job security can look like in nannying.
You can be employed.
You can be settled.
You can have years behind you.
And still have that little question mark hanging over your position.
How secure am I, really?
Maybe that’s why “job security” can feel like such a strange concept in nannying.
You have a job.
You just can’t always switch off the part of your brain that knows how quickly things can change.
Have you ever had a job you relied on change unexpectedly and leave you scrambling?
