Back up Care - On Call - Great but Difficult at the same time - Oncall Nanny Jovie Employee Review

1.0
Feb 3, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility with scheduling (Some Cons go w/ it) Manager in the main office staff was nice, friendly and understanding. Worked with me to make sure it was a great fit. The families are very thankful and wonderful. They seem to take interest in you.

Cons

You had to provide one month of availability at a time, if something came up or was different from that calendar it seemed like you had to prove that you really couldn't work. The person who staffed you for cases lives out of state and in another time-zone. Didn't pay for mileage or offer reinburstment- had to drive to different places daily sometimes over 30 miles from main office. No benefits. No Sick time. They tell you that there is a mildly ill policy - I had a child with a fever and diarrhea and was told that still counts as mildly ill.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked with Jovie Newport Beach since 2022. I started as an on-call nanny and worked my way up into administration. I am now in charge of recruitment, event coordination, and general management. I love the company culture and encourage families to use our services and for potential nannies to apply! I have met many great people through the Jovie network! It has been great!

Cons

I can't think of any cons!

2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Help find you a family to work with. I could see how this could perhaps be great for part time

Cons

LOW PAY for the job. After 3 years with Jovie, I was getting paid $16/hr and my full-time family was paying somewhere from $26-28/hr. They told my nanny family I was getting higher raises than I was. MUCH fairer companies out there. No PTO due to "not being salaried employees" even though that's not how PTO works! Constantly nagged about logging in my hours even though I was always on top of it. Going through them was a pain. Don't recommend. Always wondered if why they rebranded from College Nannies and Sitters was to try to separate from all the negative reviews.

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