Malpractice in withholding information and not properly training employees in handling disabled individuals - Anonymous employee Jovie Employee Review

1.0
Nov 2, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Families can be very nice, working with kids, tutoring or playing with crafts is always fun. You feel you are making a difference. Overall the idea of the company is good.

Cons

No benefits at all, you are required to drive everywhere plus the company does not reinburst for milages. Put into dangerous situations at times due to managers neglect to properly send families background history in timely manner so the employee can go in prepared/ deny request if not trained properly. They do not provide training in dealing with respite care individuals. I was put in a dangerous situation when my boss sent me uninformed to watch over a 22 year old who (by the way I have only had experience in the past working with kids 5-15 yrs old) who threatened me after getting caught making inappropriate sexual gestures towards one's self.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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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
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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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