This was the worst job experience ever. - Anonymous employee Jovie Employee Review

1.0
8 Aug 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working with children can be very rewarding and I have always enjoyed it - until I work for this company for a summer.

Cons

My manager told me to "drag the kids outside kicking and screaming" if I had to instead of letting them do crafts or other constructive things inside. Mind you, this was after they had already spent all morning at a summer camp. Those children didn't want to be on the go constantly. They needed a rest, but I was ordered not to grant them that.

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5.0
18 Jun 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
1 Jul 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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