Sitter.com

I have been out of work for quite some time and just searching for ways to generate a little extra income... well... I have never in my life felt as stressed, disrespected, taken advantage of or humiliated as I have felt in working with this particular family... I absolutely enjoyed providing care for the three girls in my care... and they too were very fond of me... even referring to me as"aunty"... it's very sad because I feel the children miss out due to irresponsibility of the adults... never compensated for 2 weeks+ and I had to leave just to hold on to some of my sanity and integrity... all I wish for is that these individuals never have an opportunity again to put another soul through their disarray... shameful, shameful, I could NEVER treat anyone the way in which I was treated... which I allowed due to my kind heart... never again. It was a learning experience... although I took a bit of financial loss, I am at peace and feel a weight has been lifted... ACCOUNTABILITY... is what they need... yes, I would love to be compensated money owed and was even willing to accept partial compensation... but... to no avail... and honestly it's more about the principle for me... not the money... please don't ignore the "red flags"...

Stay away. Read the other reviews. Sitter.com and Careguide.com are umbrella companies. They ask for subscriptions. They collect credit card information. All the leads and inquires you will receive will be from people such as AMY CANDICE attempting to commit check fraud. These companies and the people running them should be prosecuted. I have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding these websites. I urge everyone to do the same to raise a flag and have them prosecuted.

This all began for me less than a month ago and after signing with Care.com.
I have received 2 in 3 days jobs that want to pay me upfront t and ask questions that were all answered per my profile, which I have paid to set up.
I did research and found that Care.com is an umbrella company where 28 other companies work connected to their name. Care.com.
I am getting nothing but constant fraudulent inquiries, Nigerian scams that want to pay me upfront to assure I am committed when they arrive to town.
I embarrassingly fell for one of these 20 years ago, but never again. Think about it, someone is willing to send you 2K to a complete stranger to assure I am committed. Red flags everywhere.
Do not even look at anything from Sitter. Com, not to be mistaken with Sittercity.com who is legit and I have been with for 6 years.
I sent a txt to Care com and told them what was going g on a s told them if I didn't here from them within the week I would file many complaints and cancel my the caregivers subscription. Do your homework and do not give Sitter.com any information or your email to them.

I joined sitter.com today to offer babysitting services. I received an inquiry moments into joining. The parent asked to meet me in person after giving me a long detailed understanding of the scope of work and the needs. The conversation took a turn when the person stated they needed help today because the personal assistant called in sick. They asked me to buy check paper and print a check that they would send through email to give me compensation and cover the errands they needed handled. I should not have responded to the post because they gave their phone number in a coded sequence in the initial message to me. I am reporting this full website as a scam because they do not offer legitimate means of communication and do not offer a full protocol for protecting members.

One thing I have to say is when applying to child care Jobs write each one down. I was a victim of Identity Theft. The job sounded ligit enough, said all the right things. Single mother of 6 year old, errand runner and care giver moving from Ca to Texas. Ask for banking information and complete address and date of birth to run a background check. Sent a fraudulent check of $2,250 said to get the errands to get done. Example: furniture bill. Groceres for them and mother. Had no clue up until days before arrival. I also moved from Ca struggling to find a job. I was tapped out. I used some money from my daughter explained that we are on a tight budget. We use every single penny. In any case the money was suppose to be used for a furniture bill said called co. Would not accept it. And ask to buy itunes. I sent the info once I completed that the text messages stopped. The day she was suppose to arrive to calls or texts. Rest u can figure it out.

I wish that I had known more about sitter.com before subscribing to their services. I live in a smaller city, but still a city nonetheless and all of the sitters that sitter.com matched me with were over 45 minutes to an hour away in completely different cities.

When I called asking for a refund telling them that there were just no sitters in my area they wouldn't issue one to me and told me that I should have checked that before subscribing. I had my account for less than 3 days and they will be charging me for the full month even though I cannot find a sitter through them.

I will definitely be taking my money to care.com in order to find people to watch my little one from now on. I learned my lesson I guess and will do my research from now on.

Had a lady want my services. She said she was deaf and dumb so she couldn't call on phone. So she texted me instead. Moving from Ohio and wanting me do errands and is sending me a check for 2250. I was supposed to keep my fee of 400.00 for the week before. So 400.00 per week. So I was getting really skeptical and talked to a friend about it. We looked at some reviews and same stories as mine on the reviews. I deleated this site. It is not a safe place to be hooking up to sitters or nannies. Be very careful.

I recently hired a sitter (Peggy from Middletown - divorced - but she says married on the site - to a state cop<<<) - she made a pass to my husband over and over again. Which weren't workingt but she was she persistent! Since my husband worked at home on some days, after she put our son down for a nap, she would prance around naked practicing yoga moves in front of my husband and then telling him "oh I didn't realize you were home"! I would NEVER hire this service again! What a scam for single old wrinkled cougar moms!

I bought a background check for this company to make my profile look professional to people needing help for their caregiving needs. It was only $12.00 for a background check. I bought the cheapest one. No where on the transaction said it was $12.00 a month. The other options were subscriptions, so I chose the one, what I thought, wouldn't charge me monthly. Turns out they did. I unfortunately caught it 3 months later. No where on there website does it explain what the subscription is even for? They don't even have a customer support phone number! They charged me from Toronto, Canada as well as a charge from New York that I believe was "been verified" each time they charged me $12.00. "Been verified" charged me $26.00. Which racked my account up to $70.00 overdrawn. Absolutely ridiculous! People who are willing to work should not have to pay for what they think is a background check and have to pay every month for something they already paid for! What are we giving you $12.00 every month for if we still don't have a babysitting/caregiving job with you guys? It's crap! These scammers need to take some serious ambition notes from these people leaving these reviews. Every one on here calls this site a scam. If you work for this company, shame on you. Get some ambition and work for what you get don't take from people willing to work! Get off your butt and work like these people are willing to work!