Was awesome .. now reminds me of a dating website 29 September 2016 Reviewer: Review101 from Colorado
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Recently Care.com changed the format of their website to something similar to a dating website where you only have two choices. "pass" or "apply". Many times the times, dates, # of children, etc that the families indicate are inconsistent within the body of the posting and the title so I have questions that I would like to ask to ensure I am available, etc. I can no longer do that because the only option would to be to apply. To make matters worse, Care.com has instituted a "credit" system where you have to purchase credits to even apply for the positions. So in order to ask a question about a certain job posting, I would need to first purchase credits to apply. I can no longer scan through postings to see which may be a good fit. Now I have to go through each posting one by one (similar to the Tinder or POF dating sites) and either "pass" or "apply". The same ads come up over and over so I am constantly "passing" on postings I have seen every time I log in.
It seems wrong to have to pay for credits to apply for a position without being able to obtain full and accurate details from the family who has posted the job. And it seems wrong to have to pay to apply at all when it has always been free. Also, if I use the app from my phone, it changes the search area to Massachusetts when I live in Colorado and I can't seem to change the location in the app.
I seriously get so frustrated by these changes but loved the site prior to them. The families I have worked for are great families and I hope they make some improvements.
In summary, I would not recommend Care.com to a friend.
