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Family Assessment Call

Before you hire, get the full picture

A focused 15-minute call that shows you real market rates, industry-standard hiring structure, and the schedule and pay patterns that quietly drive nanny turnover — before you spend a dollar on recruiting.

8

Years in the Industry

Founder-Led

Every Call, Every Placement

120‑Day

Replacement Guarantee

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*Applies to Concierge Placements made following our industry standards and agency requirements — not the assessment call itself.

Most hiring mistakes happen before the first interview.

The gap usually isn’t the candidates you meet. It’s the pay, the schedule, and the expectations you walked in with.

WITHOUT AN ASSESSMENT

  • Guessing at pay based on what a friend mentioned
  • Posting a schedule that sounds reasonable but isn't sustainable
  • Finding out too late that expectations don't match reality
  • Restarting the whole search in 6 months

Founder-Led

  • Knowing the real market rate for your area, schedule, and needs
  • A schedule structured the way that actually keeps nannies long-term
  • Clear, upfront expectations both sides agree to
  • A hire built to last, not just to fill a gap

What the assessment actually covers

The gap usually isn’t the candidates you meet. It’s the pay, the schedule, and the expectations you walked in with.

Market Rate Clarity

Know what fair, competitive pay actually looks like for your specific schedule, location, and needs — not a guess, not a forum post.

Industry-Standard Structuring

Guaranteed hours, proper W-2 employment, and legally compliant terms that protect your family and whoever you hire.

Turnover Risk Review

We flag the pay, schedule, and expectation mismatches that are the leading cause of a nanny leaving within the first year.

A Personalized Path Forward

Leave the call with a clear recommendation — Concierge Placement, Job Ad, or Bring Your Own Candidate — matched to your actual situation.

What happens on the call

15 minutes, start to finish.

We learn about your family

Schedule, kids, home, and what's worked or hasn't with previous hires.

We walk you through current market rates

Specific to your situation and area — not a generic range.

We flag structural turnover risks

Pay, hours, or expectations that commonly lead a hire to leave within the first year.

You leave with a clear recommendation

Honest guidance on how to move forward — with us, or on your own.

“The cost of getting it wrong is never just the $75 you didn't spend.”

Replacing a nanny means re-posting, re-screening, re-interviewing, and rebuilding trust with your kids all over again — on top of however long your family goes without reliable care in between. The assessment is the cheapest part of this entire process. Skipping it is usually the most expensive mistake families make.

A recent example

This happens more often than you’d think.

Last week, a construction company CEO came to us wanting to advertise a position — every other week, no guaranteed hours. If he’d posted it as planned, he would likely have hired someone, watched them leave within months, and been right back at the drawing board.

Here’s what we told him: as a builder, if a client asked you to skip the post-tension cables in a foundation to save money, would you build it their way? Most builders would walk away — because when that foundation fails, it reflects on them, not just the client who asked for the shortcut.

We’re the same way. We won’t post a job on our board that we already know isn’t built to last — because when it fails, that reflects on us too. That’s exactly what the assessment call is for: making sure what you post is built on solid ground, before you spend a dollar finding out the hard way.

What families say

Real reviews from families we’ve worked with — part of the 5,000+ we’ve helped over the last 5 years.
As first-time household employers, we truly appreciated how clearly the team walked us through what to look for, what questions to ask, and how to think through the hiring process with confidence. Their advice and insight were spot on, practical, and clearly grounded in real experience."
Arielle H.
"It genuinely felt like they were invested in helping us find the right fit — not just a fast placement. Their digital platform was helpful and efficient, and they offer a range of service options... this flexibility is another thing that stands out."
Lauren T.
"My husband and I own our own company and we have 6 kids. We have gone through so many agencies and nannies and have always had tremendous stress related to childcare... I knew early on that they would love this for us and they DID!"
Nneka J.

Questions before you book

Is this a sales pitch in disguise?
No. You’ll get straight answers on market rates and hiring structure whether or not you ever work with us. If a Concierge Placement, Job Ad, or DIY search makes more sense for your situation, we’ll tell you that directly.
Families just starting a nanny search, families who’ve had turnover before and want to understand why, and families who already have a nanny but want a second opinion on whether their current structure is sustainable.
The assessment is still useful — we’ll review your current pay, schedule, and structure against market standards and flag anything that’s putting the relationship at risk of turnover.
15 minutes, focused entirely on your specific situation.
If you move forward with a Concierge Placement and follow our industry standards and agency requirements, that placement is backed by our 120-day replacement guarantee. The guarantee applies to the placement itself, not the $75 assessment call.

Yes — we have two free video courses covering household employer standards and the full 10-step hiring process, about 28 minutes total. Watch them here. Many families do both: the free courses for the fundamentals, then this assessment for guidance specific to their situation.

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