The Baby Sitters Guild

We’ve been using Baby Sitters Guild for four years, whenever our family sitter isn’t available. Mark’s sitters tend to be teachers or day care employees who are highly trained to work with kids. I came home last night and the sitter had made a board game with my kids. They are reliable and vetted by the service, which gives me peace of mind. I’ve had one or two I didn’t «click» with as much and let Mark know and he just honors that and sends other folks. He’s very easy to work with. I should also note how affordable this service is compared with some sitters I find.

We’ve been using the Babysitters Guild for years and they’ve been great. Mark is always super helpful and responsive; and we’ve worked with a wide range of sitters and can usually get one of our regulars when we need someone to come in for a night.
We’ve never had a problem, and the one time we had a sitter that we didn’t enjoy as much, Mark made sure we didn’t get them again.
Highly recommended!

It is very over due review for this business. I have been using Baby Sitters Guild about three years and my experiences with Mark, the owner or at least a manager –my guess, maybe wrong– and all sitters are super amazing. Mark is very professional, focused and reliable. And all sitters are on time and trustworthy and hard working. Hands down, the best. And also cherry on the top, the rate is very reasonable and the policy is fare for both parts.(parents vs sitters)
My last service is like this. I needed a babysitter by 6;30pm on Friday night and I phoned Mark at 4;30pm to ask for an babysitter in two hours. He said he cannot be sure as it is literally last minute but he promised he will do his best. About half an hour, he find one and we had a very nice sitter at my home by 6:20pm. This kind of service demands a lot of attention and resource and trust, Baby Sitters Guild has all.

We had used the Westside Babysitters’ Guild several times with mixed results. Mark was always pleasant but the sitters from the westside branch tended to be young out of work actress types. The morning after the last time we used one, I discovered that she had used my computer to cruise her MySpace account for the entire duration of the sitting gig; she’d left the page open so I could hit the back button and see every thing she’d done. Not cool, and for us that was the end of that.
HOWEVER, once when Mark had no sitters for us on short notice he’d given us the # for the Valley branch of Babysitters Guild. (We are halfway between valley and westside). We have used them ever since, Bea is a doll, has never failed to get us a sitter, and overall the quality of sitters has been great. They are much more in the «retiree/​grandma» vein and we are very comfortable using them. If you are in the valley, recommend them. Westside, not so much.

I highly discourage ANYONE from EVER using this service. We have a 5 month old and usually just have friends watch our girl, but on this particular day we knew we weren’t going to be able to find someone, so we called this company because they have an «impeccable reputation.» Well, first off. Our sitter Donna seemed a little quirky from the beginning. but we tried to look past that and assume that was just her «babysitter» personality. She seemed professional and genuine, so when we left my husband and I both felt very comfortable with her there. That WAS the case, until I checked our nanny cam on my iPhone just in time to see her walk up and move it out of focus. We called her 5 or 6 times with no answer, so we ended up calling the company only to have Mark (the owner) tell us that we were over reacting an that we should’ve told her there was a camera in the house. I’m sorry, we don’t have to tell you SHIT. You’ve got my child’s life in your hands — you should just ASSUME there’s a camera watching your ass. After we spoke with the ever so pleasant and helpful Mark, we continued to try getting Donna on the phone, but she continued to ignore our calls, so I finally sent a friend over to check on them. Donna explained to my friend that 10 years ago, she was caught on camera in the bathroom and that nanny cams «freak her out.» After that, she continued to ignore our phone calls and although she moved the camera back in to focus, she spent the rest of the night sitting at our kitchen table, which is not in the range of our camera. I’m still not quite sure what my husband said to her when we got home, because I went straight into the bedroom to check on my child. Had I even come close to meeting eyes with her, I probably would’ve punched her in the face. We are paying you for your service — you follow OUR rules. I will never, EVER use this service again. Not only was out sitter a quack, but the owner was just as bad.
DON’T USE THE BABYSITTERS GUILD!

I highly recommend this business. It is nerve-​racking to trust my child with a stranger in LA, so I have been very pleased to find this service.
We have had two different sitters for our infant son in the past month, and both were professional, on-​time, and pleasant. They listened well and followed our directions about his routines, and they had great success taking care of him.
The cost is definitely reasonable, and I will use Baby Sitters Guild again and again.

I worked for The Baby Sitters guild for years and now I’m a client and I’ve had great experiences on both sides. Having gone through his interview process firsthand I know that he picks experienced, qualified sitters so I was confident when I started using this service. I also think the prices are very reasonable for the service they provide. I highly recommend The Baby Sitters Guild to all my friends and family.