Nanny vehicle expenses
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Anonymous
| We pay our nanny a mileage reimbursement for using her car on the job. The rate we pay is above the federal mileage rate. Now, she wants us to buy her new tires, arguing that she can't do her job without better all-terrain or snow tires. My solution is to give her a loan for the new tires at no interest, add some money to the amount we reimburse her for using her car to cover the use of tires while on the job, and ask for payback over time for the rest. She is pushing back. Other than us gifting her new tires, she thinks she should be allowed to just stay home on snowy days but still get paid. I wouldn't say I like that. I'm not keen to just gift her new tires because she's new and I don't know how long she'll stay with us. I've offered to let her use one of our cars on the job, which is safe in all weather, but she still has to get to work, which is still a problem until she gets new tires. What's the solution? |
Anonymous
| I don’t know, but one solution is that you are going to have to go pick her up and take her home and let her use your safe vehicle. I also don’t feel that you should have to pay for appropriate tires for her, but don’t have experience in this. |
Anonymous
Nice idea, but that is not a long-term solution and it makes my nanny more of a liability than a help. |
Anonymous
| Cut this nanny. The bad ones start like this. Next she’ll start talking about how much more generous her friends bosses are, etc. Absolutely don’t buy her tires. We used to either drop off and pick up our nanny on bad weather days or send her home w/ one of our cars the night before. We of course didn’t make her work on really bad days. In general, I found it much easier to have her drive one of our cars for anything work related and her transportation to and from work was up to her. We switched to that after paying for a bunch of car repairs including new tires for a nanny and then having her quit the next week. |
Anonymous
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No, you shouldn’t have to buy her new tires. That’s quite an ask for a new employee. Her car is her problem and she should use your vehicle on the job if hers is so unsafe.
Are you local? We haven’t had more than a dusting of snow in 2 years, so she’s reaching on this. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely not, fire her. |
Anonymous
| You should have your nanny drive your car on the job.but she needs to have reliable transportation to and from your house. |
Anonymous
+1 fire her |
Anonymous
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This is ridiculous. She’s responsible to get herself to work. If she feels her car isn’t safe enough to do that, she can Uber on her own dime. When she gets there she can use your car.
If she pushes back at all, start looking for a new nanny. |
Anonymous
| A reliable way to get to work is a requirement of a job. Could you imagine saying that to a boss at a fast food restaurant? Absolutely do not pay for it. |
Anonymous
| Former nanny here. You absolutely shouldn't feel obligated to buy her tires. I think it was generous of you to offer to loan her the money. When I was a nanny I was gifted a new set of tires as my Christmas bonus. They knew I'd been stressed about the cost and they offered it. I never would've asked or expected it. I think you may want to start looking for a new nanny. |
Anonymous
| No. On snow days you can pick her up if she can’t drive her car. |
Anonymous
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If it's bad enough the roads are not safe, she should stay home but we haven't had weather like that in a long time.
If you are paying mileage she should be saving that as that is your portion of car maintenance expenses and insurance. I would have her drive your car only during work hours. |
Anonymous
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If you loan her money, expect her not to pay you back, especially if she quits/you terminate her, in case you were wondering.
This is why we ended up buying a car and getting an au pair. |
Anonymous
| Are you in DC? For the 1-2 snow days we have a year, let her stay home. |