The app has many issues. you can’t delete old unread messages, or even just mark them as read. So there is always a red dot showing you have new messages, even when you don’t. I tried on the app and desktop site, I had to contact support and wait 15 minutes to have them delete them for me, they agreed that’s the only way. There’s also no way to save jobs to go back and apply to them. I’ve applied to around 30 jobs now and heard back from maybe 4 or 5 families. There is also a huge range in pay for some families (like $16-$25 an hour.) they should expect to pay more than a daycare for a private nanny, especially if the family is expecting flexibility in their schedule. It’s also interesting that I have to pay $15 for a background check that was never actually done, it just proves to families we have to pay to use the site. Most of my childcare friends no longer use care.com, Facebook and Nextdoor is much easier and better designed for communication.
