White House Nannies Inc.

I applied at White House nannies and was hired by a family back in 1999. Beautiful family with 3 kids .. a 7 year old a 2 and a half and a newborn. I was never told by the agency nor the family that the oldest had seizures and she fell from time to time. One day she fell right in the middle of the road while we were crossing the street to go into the supermarket with all 3.Another time she fell head first right next to a rock. Thank goodness didn’t fall on the rock!!! That was a wake up call for me !! I got really afraid of something happening to this girl while in my care because the other 2 needed a lot of attention so I informed Barbara 2 times of what was happening, she said I am going to find you another job but it is the last time I am going to get you another job if you leave this is it ! If you leave I will not help you find a job anymore... it wasn’t even my fault but i still feel now that I was threatened then . I worked with this family for 2 and a half years. After this time a lot of things happened with this family so I thought it was too much so I found another job. I tried calling twice in the last 5 years and they must have a black sheep list or something because the receptionist not even Barbara said they couldn’t help me...so I say to every nanny who goes trying to find a job with Barbara or White House Nannies... BE CAREFUL... and I hope you are perfect so she can give you another opportunity finding you a job. It’s so sad but I guess The problem is that there are so many people in need of a job that they are still in business.
1 8 years ago (25-04-2018)

Recently I've had the opportunity to meet with the team at White House Nannies and I think they are amazing. Smart and focused women attentive to detail and making every effort to place the most amazing candidate into the families they care for.
5 8 years ago (24-05-2018)

My experience with WHN has been nothing but positive. Barbara, Annie, Stephanie and all of the amazing staff at WHN were so thoughtful, considerate, patient and great advocates for me in my search as a nanny. They actually reached out to me after completing my application process for temporary nanny work with the company (which I totally recommend doing. It’s a great and fun way to earn some extra cash!) and encouraged me to pursue full time nanny positions. I was so honored that they took the time to see the potential and pursue it! It did take me a bit longer than expected to find my Nanny Family, but when I did, it was worth the wait! Throughout that elongated process, I must have called these poor people 2-3 times a week, they could recognize me by my voice. However, as trying as that might have been for them, Annie always answered my calls and emails with enthusiasm, encouragement and understanding. They didn’t give up on me and now I’m living my dream! Sounds dramatic, but I could not have imagined having such fun every day at “work” with such an incredible family to interact with without the phenomenal staff at White House Nannies. They provide regular training opportunities for their nannies, fun outings for nannies and their kiddos to build a sense of community and, for those potential nanny families, they really do look out for your needs as well. They only sent me to families they really thought would be a good match. I scoured those job postings assuming, “Maybe they just hadn’t thought of me yet for this job” when in fact they had and realized that that was not going to be the best fit for either of us. Advocates all around! I would highly recommend them to any potential family or nanny! Best of luck in your search!
5 8 years ago (04-04-2018)

My recent experience with this agency is from the nanny side. After seeing that the average star rating is 3, I’m not surprised. Communication with this agency seems to be an issue. My experience goes as follows. After reaching out and submitting my interest in a position with the agency. I was contacted by Stephanie. My location is clearly noted on all of my documentation. Just keep that in mind. I was set up and completed a video interview with the owner and Ann. My previous family references were contacted as well. I was timely and professional in providing all of my information. It was during a call with one of my references that SHE is told that the family was looking for someone local and information that she shouldn’t have been privy to. I hadn’t even been informed yet myself. How unprofessional! I reach out to Stephanie and expressed my disappointment and also concern in learning from my previous nanny family and not the agency that I wouldn’t be proceeding with the family because they preferred someone local. Understandable. She apologized. Fine. So I reach out and express interest in yet another family. Nothing states in the advertisement that the family is looking for local nanny options. Stephanie says she would advise Ann of my interest. A week goes by and I’ve heard nothing. I reach out again, and Stephanie replied with “We do appreciate that time you took to interview with us, but at this time, without any concrete plans to relocate to our area, we are not sure we are the best fit to help you find a new live-in nannying position. We do wish you the best of luck in your job search”. If I’m applying for a live-in position, would that not indicate that I’m looking to relocate to the area?!?! When they received my information, it was plain and clear that I reside in NC. Why would they even proceed to have me go thru the processes and reach out to my previous nanny families to only say sorry but you aren’t local?!? The unprofessionalism with this agency is astounding! If they themselves were not interested in representing me as an agency. I could have accepted that. Their vetting process is one that’s questionable in many ways. I have a business background as well and I’m positive I can do an overhaul to the way they handle communication with families and potential nannies that’ll bring about a more professional outcome. Proceed with caution.
1 9 years ago (10-10-2017)