{"id":766,"date":"2012-08-22T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T02:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2012-08-22T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T02:47:42","slug":"beverly-hills-nannies-fact-or-fiction-an-interview-with-katie-vaughan-of-westside-nannies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/08\/22\/beverly-hills-nannies-fact-or-fiction-an-interview-with-katie-vaughan-of-westside-nannies\/","title":{"rendered":"Beverly Hills Nannies: Fact or Fiction? An Interview with Katie Vaughan of Westside Nannies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>$40 per hour salaries? Full benefits? A brand new car and designer duds? We couldn\u2019t help but wonder how seriously to take ABC Family\u2019s new hit show \u201cBeverly Hills Nannies,\u201d so we sat down with Katie Vaughan of Westside Nannies<\/a>, Beverly Hills\u2019 premier nanny placement agency, for the inside scoop of what it\u2019s really like to work in America\u2019s most prestigious zip code.<\/p>\n

eNannySource: <\/strong>Are nannies really making $40 per hour and receiving full benefits?<\/p>\n

Katie: <\/strong>Unlikely, says Vaughan. According to this placement queen, an experienced and educated nanny working in Beverly Hills makes $20-$25 hour on average. On occasion, extremely high caliber jobs will pay large annual salaries (upwards of $80,000 per year), but these are rare opportunities for seasoned, veteran nannies that have already experienced the ups and downs of working in a high-net worth home. As for benefits? Also a rarity, says Vaughan. About half of her clients offer health insurance when offering a new nanny a position, but again, full benefits are typically only offered for very elite positions.\u00a0 Most of the time, nannies must be willing to accept the fact that the industry they work in does not offer the same benefits a corporate job might, and while Vaughan wishes more clients valued the idea of offering their nannies benefits, it still isn\u2019t commonplace.<\/p>\n

eNannySource: <\/strong>Rubbing a principal\u2019s feet \u2013 what was up with that?<\/p>\n

Katie: <\/strong>In her 7+ years as owner of Westside Nannies, Vaughan has never once heard of a nanny massaging their principal, and would be more than concerned if this request was made \u2013 and fulfilled \u2013 by one of her candidates! \u201cAs far as Westside Nannies is concerned, massaging an employer \u2013 even if it is just their feet and it\u2019s done in a playful manner \u2013 is totally inappropriate and bizarre! This was definitely a scripted scene \u2013 this just does not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

eNannySource: <\/strong>We also couldn\u2019t help but notice that each featured nanny was stunningly attractive, stylishly dressed, and primped to the nines. Is this really reflective of the Beverly Hills nanny candidate pool?<\/p>\n

Katie:<\/strong> Absolutely NOT, reports Vaughan. \u201cWe represent nannies of every age, size, and race out there. I was actually shocked to see how limited the representation of nannies on the show is – it couldn\u2019t be more skewed. We interview dozens of candidates each week, and are looking for poised and professional childcare providers \u2013 not poised and professional childcare providers who also look like models! Having placed nannies in high-profile and celebrity homes, I can tell you that they definitely do not all look \u2013 or need to look \u2013 like they\u2019re ready for the red carpet. They need to be loving, genuine, and full of nanny experience in order to land a job; not just beautiful and thin.\u201d<\/p>\n

eNannySource: <\/strong>So what can<\/strong> viewers walk away from the first episode believing?<\/p>\n

Katie: <\/strong>According to Vaughan, the perks of a top-notch nanny position can <\/em>be incredible. While it usually takes time to build a strong rapport and sense of trust with a family before the gifts start flowing, she has placed nannies that have received all-expenses paid vacations, unattainable designer handbags, brand new vehicles, and cash bonuses (including one family who paid off their nanny\u2019s entire college education)!<\/p>\n

eNannySource: <\/strong>A free trip around the world doesn\u2019t sound bad to us, but what\u2019s the final consensus on being a real nanny in Beverly Hills \u2013 and not one filmed for reality television?<\/p>\n

Katie: <\/strong>\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s tough, tough work. Our nannies work 60+ hour weeks, give up their friends and loved ones to commit to their positions, and aren\u2019t taking leisurely lunch breaks and attending weekly spa sessions with the Moms who employ them. They are changing dirty diapers, putting together school projects, preparing dinner, and diffusing sibling rivalry everyday. They certainly aren\u2019t going in each morning with a full-face of makeup and curled hair, are living off of reasonable salaries, and are usually driving a mini-van \u2013 not Porsche.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katie Vaughan is the founder of Westside Nannies<\/a>, a boutique staffing agency with offices in Beverly Hills and San Francisco, that specializes in placing professional and educated nannies. Because of their high standards and discretion, the agency is known for placing nannies with high profile and celebrity families, and has been featured on programs such as Entertainment Tonight, Dr. Phil and E! News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

$40 per hour salaries? Full benefits? A brand new car and designer duds? We couldn\u2019t help but wonder how seriously to take ABC Family\u2019s new hit show \u201cBeverly Hills Nannies,\u201d so we sat down with Katie Vaughan of Westside Nannies, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beverly-hills-nannies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}