Available in more than 20 countries, Care.com is the world’s leading platform for finding and managing high-quality family care. Care.com is designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s families and caregivers, offering everything from household tax and payroll services and customized corporate benefits packages covering the care needs of working families, to innovating new ways for caregivers to be paid and obtain professional benefits.
Care.com (care.com) has 6,298 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 2.4 out of 5.
Website
care.com
Category
Kids & Family
Location
Austin, Texas
Listed on Five Star Index
2026
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Care.com won't refund $121 of subscriptions fees after I attempted to cancel the day the subscription is up for renewal. When I called them up, they said whatever they charge is non-refundable, even when I haven't used any of their new service period. Care.com is a scam - terrible service, don't get hooked with any of their subscriptions.
Response from Care.comDec 29, 2023
I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have a positive experience with the site. For assistance, please reach out via our Help Center contact us link at help.care.com or Facebook Messenger. Include Reference Number REV-017006 when you message.
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Лилиана С.
Please,be careful with this company as…
Please,be careful with this company as they take automatically payment every month, after I was find it I was trying to cancel my membership and it's impossible as there no option for cancel it I'll try to contact to customer service but it's something wrong with site-email and message not sending
Response from Care.comSep 14, 2023
Thank you for your feedback, Liliana. We're so sorry to hear that you were not aware that our memberships auto renew until cancelled. This information is included on every upgrade page, as well as our billing confirmation and Terms of Use. Our service is by subscription so members have the convenience of using their premium benefits whenever they need them. However, they can always cancel through their account or by reaching out to our Member Care team at any time. We have already replied to your email. We really hope this helps. If you have questions or need further help, you can anytime contact us again. Please include Reference Number REV-016994 when you message. Thank you.
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angie P.
SCAM ALERT!!
SCAM ALERT!!! After attempting to find a provider everytime i tried to contat one i was rold i had to sign up for premium to contact the provider. Every one in my area required premium. So i decided i would pay for a month and try it. They charged me 155.00 for an entire year, something i NEVER agreed to! I contacted care immediately as this was money for my autistic 3 year olds bday party, being a single mom with a disabled child. They rufused to refund the money. Unbelievable! FRAUD!
Response from Care.comSep 12, 2023
Hi Angie, I'm deeply sorry to learn of the difficulties you encountered when trying to sign up for the correct subscription length. Your feedback is invaluable, and I have relayed this information to our product team for their consideration. I have personally reviewed your account and sent an email to the address on file regarding your refund. Please don't hesitate to reply to that email if you have any questions.
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gGina M.
Such regret
Such regret. Sign up is easy, of course. You cannot cancel if you have basic membership...you have to upgrade to cancel. If you can't find the hidden way to cancel, they will charge you on a recurring basis. The phone number for member care refers you to online help and hangs up on you. I would have rated 0 stars, but this app wouldn't let me.
Response from Care.comDec 29, 2023
Hi Gina, Thank you for your feedback and I'm so sorry to hear that you didn't have a positive experience with the app. For assistance, please reach out via our Help Center contact us link at help.care.com or Facebook Messenger. Please include Reference Number REV-016956 when you message.
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Nicole N.
I have been played in the worst way
I have been played in the worst way, Care.com you have played with the last person, how dare you not close my my account and continue to take money and not allow me to delete a service that I don’t use nor do I want you should be ashamed of yourself taking peoples money. why can’t I delete my account? Why are you stealing my money why?
Response from Care.comDec 29, 2023
Hi Nicole, I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have a positive experience with the site. For assistance, please reach out via our Help Center contact us link at help.care.com or Facebook Messenger. Include Reference Number
REV-016936 when you message.
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Mariah
Big Scam
My question is WHY are people still paying this worthless platform. When there are so many other way better platforms that are FREE. I would NEVER pay a ripoff SCAM company like care.con to apply for jobs. When the company was sold it became GREEDY and HORRIBLE with so many stupid rules! Closed my account immediately when asked to provide my social security number
Signed up for FREE with Sittercity and couldn’t be HAPPIER! People don’t give this scam company your hard earned money! Hopefully care.com goes bankrupt and closed
PERMANENTLY
Response from Care.comDec 29, 2023
Hi Mariah, I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have a positive experience with the site. For assistance, please reach out via our Help Center contact us link at help.care.com or Facebook Messenger. Include Reference Number REV-016934 when you message.
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KR
No shows
This is the 2nd time i gave this website a chance. I have hired 3 sitters this time who never showed when they agreed to meet and never responded to my messages after saying they wanted the job. The last time I tried this site I had 2 sitters blow me off. Then this site refused to refund me... Why should I pay for services that I never received??
Reply: I already contacted your company and you refused to refund me.
Response from Care.comDec 29, 2023
Hi Karly, I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have a positive experience with the site. For assistance, please reach out via our Help Center contact us link at help.care.com or Facebook Messenger. Include Reference Number REV-016933 when you message.
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JustAnswer C.
Limited job offers, extremely low fees, not good.
UPDATE. Thanks for replying to my review. I understand that you are a market place. I have been registered for other apps in other places, these apps help to set standards of service like timings, and fees per hour that are fair. If your app doesn't do that, then don't say that you "care" for families and sitters, you are only the middle man. Who charge fees in both sides and do not resolve any problem that may arise :(
Thank you for contacting Care.com 2023-01-21-26574587 ref:_00D708kOO._5005Y2NzJtd:ref
I am a professional babysitter, I have an “Avance Childcare Certification” from NYC. When I moved to Dallas Tx., I thought I would offer babysitting services at the Care app that was well advertised on TV.
The first problem is that you are unable to assess the market because you cannot have a view of the daily demand, the fees per hour or the family's requirements, unless you pay first a subscription.
You need to register first and pay a fee even before you earn any money. Ok, new place, new rules, so I paid the fee only to find out that the jobs offered were limited (I got messages with the same jobs offered over and over), so I was disappointed. Even worse than that, was that the fees are not regulated, and the families are expecting you to do the following:
*take care of the children,
*prepare the meals,
*drive the children to school
*pick them up in your car,
*feed them the meals that you had prepared,
*help with homework and last but not least,
*do the kitchen cleaning??.
Excuse me!
Families needed a nanny, a cleaner, a cook, a chauffeur and if you have experience SEN better, all of these for 10/15 dlls per hour!. OMG
Needless to say that once you have seen the official explotation of the nannies and/or babysitters tthrough the CARE app, you are unable to cancel or ask for your money back. You can cancel but no refunds are given to the jobless nannies or babysitters. No person to talk or complain. Really bad experience.
I have worked in other countries as well and Care is by far the worse app to register for a freelance job on the childcare services.
Response from Care.comSep 11, 2023
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear you haven't had a positive experience with our service. While Care.com offers many great tools to help make connections and communication easier between families and caregivers, we are not an agency. Care.com is an online marketplace where caregivers can connect with families looking for care. Caregivers can post a profile and once active, they can search for jobs online and apply to the ones that match the services they provide. If you'd like to discuss further, please reach out to us through the contact us link at help.care.com or through Facebook Messenger. Please include Reference Number REV-016924 when you message. We would be happy to assist you. Thank you.