Has anyone used or heard about enanny?

[Minnie824]

We're looking into getting a nanny, and I found a website - enanny- where you pay $149 for 3 months, to list yourself, and look through all the nannies. They provide a background check, but the rest is up to you. On the plus side, you can look thru all the resumes, etc. and you save the $1500-$2500 fees for other agencies. On the down side, there could be some nutcase out there trying to pass as a nanny, although, the nannies have to pay to register also, and a background check is provided. They also provide you with references. I'm considering going this route, but thought I'd check here, if anyone was familiar with this. Thanks!

 

[Bob Slydell]

Do you mean enannysource.com? DW signed up for a free trial on the site and looked through a number of listings on the site, but we never ended up contacting any of them and DW contacted an agancy instead. We still haven't hired a nanny yet, as so far none have matched up with what we're looking for, but we didn't feel comfortable with the nanny websites.

 

[Minnie824]

Yes, thats the website I was referring to. I also signed up with an agency locally, they search for you, and no fee is charged unless you actually hire someone, but we have yet to find one as well. Was there anything specific you didn't like about the enannysource? Just the fact of finding someone over the internet?

 

[Bob Slydell]

I think it was just a gut feeling than anything else. It just seemed like the listings we read all had something about them that didn't feel right to us. Then again, so far we haven't had that much more luck with an agency, so maybe it's us?

 

[joeymom]

I used enannysource a couple years ago and found a wonderful person with great references and clean background check. As it turned out, I stopped working so we didn't end up using the girl, but I really think we would have been happy with her. The price is certainly right if you find someone!