I'm a fulltime nanny and have exclusively used care.com to secure positions for the past 5 years. In the beginning it was relatively simple to filter through families, apply and recieve responses. Fast forward a few years later and responses become more scarce; maybe 10 replies for every 100 applications submitted. It become apparent that posters had to pay to reply to caregivers and if you attempted to give any personal information, like a phone #, it would be blocked. Still, the site was usable and positions could be obtained after a few months.
Now the final straw has come and they've implimented a "credit" system for caregivers, attempting to make us pay for each application and only showing one family at a time. Common sense would dictate that people who are in search of income are not able to pay just to apply, with absolutely no guarantee of even a message back. Due to this asinine change myself and fellow experienced caregivers will be boycotting Care completely and taking our services elsewhere. I sincerely hope that the company returns to its older format and stops these ridiculous tactics to drain every penny from its community.