Care.com for Pc

The app itself works fine and makes it easy to search. We have used Care several times over the past years when looking for a regular after school babysitter. We offer a very competitive salary and get quite a few initial “applications.” But I’d estimate that at least 80% of those we have followed up with to talk on the phone or meet in person have flaked or just simply ghosted us. Many people have just not shown up for scheduled call/meeting times and never bothered to contact us again. Most of the others are kind enough to at least let us know they found a different position or the hours don’t work for them (or that they need to reschedule). We have sometimes found somebody on Care despite a lot of time lost with other applicants, but sometimes we haven’t found anybody at all. Not sure it’s worth the cost anymore given the amount of flakey/non-serious people. I think Care makes it too easy for applicants to “apply” for lots of jobs at once without taking the time to read the description and decide if it is a good fit. Or there are just not enough good quality applicants (at least for a regular position? Maybe it’s better for occasional date night sitters).

I had a profile on this site for over 4 years and through out those years, I found 2 long term families during this time period. I enjoyed my first nanny family but the second family was very unprofessional at times so, after a year of our yearly “agreement” we both agreed to go separate ways. I communicated how uncomfortable I had become in the setting due to zero boundaries coming from the parents. The family was so raged by me being online looking for a new family, I received harassment text messages and them tearing down my character. I believe they took it upon themselves to lie about my character and me as a nanny. I didn’t have an issue with this site UNTIL it randomly terminated my profile and emailed me telling me so, AFTER I paid in advance to have a premium profile. The reasons for it being “terminated” were private and the terms of this website could NOT explain why. I followed every guideline and even brought a handful of friends to this site to join and was an amazing nanny. It all came down to parents that wanted control. I will NO longer consider this site for people in the future. It take your money. It’s unfair to the nannies. Why can’t the nannies place a review on the families they have nannied for and why don’t they need a background check for OUR safety as nannies. Never again.

I have written a review before but I feel that every caregiver and family seeking for help should know that Care does not care about you, they only care about making money! If I could give this zero stars, I would. I have been using Care for two years and ended up finding the perfect family but eventually I moved and was on the search again for another nanny job. With my past experience and amazing multiple 5 star ratings, I had no problem finding families. I had multiple phone & in-person interviews lined up. Unfortunately, there was one family who wasn’t happy with the fact that I was interested in there job offer and bashed me. Next thing I know, Care terminated my account because one entitled mother complained about me. They didn’t investigate it, they didn’t ask me about it, they just automatically placed on me and terminated my account. I lost all of those potential jobs and I am furious. They have no interest in correcting their mistake or making it right. All they do is send out an automated email, they don’t even take time out their day to listen and talk to you about how to fix this. DIDN’T EVEN GET A REFUND FOR ALL THE MONEY I SPENT FOR PREMIUM AND BACKGROUND CHECKS. My advice for anyone considering this app, DON’T! Instead, use Sittercity or Bambino.

I used to love this app, a year and a half ago I found a nanny for my kids on here and everything went perfect, now that she is leaving to travel I have been in a time crunch to find a new sitter. After posting a job and getting a couple responses who could only be backup sitters the app started blocking all incoming messages and not letting me respond. Telling me I NOW had to pay. Well, $55 for one month is ridiculous when looking for one nanny for the long run. And getting down to the wire with only 2 weeks before I was without a sitter I finally forked out the $55, messaged about 20 people (whose profile SAID they were available the days and times I needed) and only got 3 responses from girls who said they weren’t available those days. And THEN the two girls who said they were available and interested, once I responded to their email asking when they would like to meet, I have never heard a response back after a week. Maybe it’s their side of the system blocking messages like mine had been or them being unprofessional, I have no clue. But this app was a complete waste of time and money. And now with one day before I need a new sitter or I’m out of work, I have to look some place else and hope for a miracle.