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. |
Cake, flowers, nice gift she'd enjoy and a bonus check. |
A weeks pay and cards from the boys |
Graduation, birth, death, promotion, wedding, parting ways, etc is always money. |
Money! |
week check and cards from kids |
A weeks pay and cards. |
A weeks pay in cash. |
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." |
It was only a year. |
You give a week's pay per year of work, to nannies and other household staff. That's just the way it's done. |
Sounds fine to me, OP. You also helped her find another job so there is no break in income. |
Skip the flowers. Use the money you'd spend towards a cash gift. |
Not necessary if you paid her well on the books and gave her an annual bonus. |