Gift/gesture for nanny on last day?

Anonymous
Our nanny's last day with us is this Friday. She has been with us for a year. My kids will be in school full time, so we no longer need a nanny. Parting ways on good terms, and she's found a new family already, which we helped her with.

What should I do for her on Friday to thank her? I was thinking of having the boys make cards, I'll hand write her a nice note, and give her flowers? What are some other ideas? What will she appreciate? She was a wonderful nanny.
Anonymous
Cake, flowers, nice gift she'd enjoy and a bonus check.
Anonymous
A weeks pay and cards from the boys
Anonymous
Graduation, birth, death, promotion, wedding, parting ways, etc is always money.
Anonymous
Money!
Anonymous
week check and cards from kids
Anonymous
A weeks pay and cards.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Our nanny's last day with us is this Friday. She has been with us for a year. My kids will be in school full time, so we no longer need a nanny. Parting ways on good terms, and she's found a new family already, which we helped her with.

What should I do for her on Friday to thank her? I was thinking of having the boys make cards, I'll hand write her a nice note, and give her flowers? What are some other ideas? What will she appreciate? She was a wonderful nanny.


A weeks pay in cash.
Anonymous
OP here. I have left several jobs on mutual terms, and my bosses have MAYBE had cookies or a modest happy hour in the break room to wish me well and say goodbye. Why a week's pay for nannies? That's more than $1,000. It just seems like a lot to me.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I have left several jobs on mutual terms, and my bosses have MAYBE had cookies or a modest happy hour in the break room to wish me well and say goodbye. Why a week's pay for nannies? That's more than $1,000. It just seems like a lot to me.


Because she carefully attended to your children, enabled you to keep advancing in your own job, and was a "wonderful nanny."
Anonymous
It was only a year.
Anonymous
You give a week's pay per year of work, to nannies and other household staff. That's just the way it's done.
Anonymous
Sounds fine to me, OP. You also helped her find another job so there is no break in income.
Anonymous
Skip the flowers. Use the money you'd spend towards a cash gift.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I have left several jobs on mutual terms, and my bosses have MAYBE had cookies or a modest happy hour in the break room to wish me well and say goodbye. Why a week's pay for nannies? That's more than $1,000. It just seems like a lot to me.


Because she carefully attended to your children, enabled you to keep advancing in your own job, and was a "wonderful nanny."


Not necessary if you paid her well on the books and gave her an annual bonus.
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