Nanny vehicle expenses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1 fire her

+1, it is her responsibility to have reliable transportation to get to work. Let her use your car on the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

She can uber or take the bus in bad weather. When she is at your house she can use your car.

I'd tell her you do not supply snow tires and her transportation is on her.

[Anonymous]

She can uber in on the snow days (and she pays for it.) She can have friends or family drop her off on snow days.

If she calls out on snow days then it is unpaid.

I have 6 caregivers that come to work for my 88 year old Mom. All of them have late model sedans that are not in the greatest shape. They all make it in on snow days. They drive really slow on the snow days. When they get to work they can use Mom's car for errands with Mom (it has 4wd).

No one has ever asked for snow tires.

I do have some come in by Uber once in a while.

I have some that have friends and family drop them off in bad weather.

[Anonymous]

I'm 22:05 poster

I have driven and picked up caregivers when snow days had 6-10" of snow.

[Anonymous]

This is insane. You don’t need snow tires on dc. Our rule with our nanny is that we follow the federal government closing rules. If the government is closed for weather she can stay home. Otherwise she comes to work. Everyone is happy with this.

This nanny is no good. I would simply say no and start looking for a new nanny. Don’t offer the loan. I would note when she doesn’t stick to the contract (you did sign a contract right??). Hopefully she will quit on you if she says anything about this again or will figure out you are professional and have boundaries. But you will probably have to fire her because new employees doing this is an awful sign.

[Anonymous]

Most smart Nannies have in their contract if gov is closed for snow they’re off with pay. In all my years I’ve never worked a snow day

[Anonymous]

Where do you live? This doesn't sound like a DMV question.

Tires are part of the mileage reimbursement. You can recalculate it to make sure it's set properly.
Commute costs are employee responsibility.

She can't do her job without clothing either, but you don't buy that.

If she needs more money she can negotiate for higher pay with you (show you what the market rate is) or someone else, or change her residence.

[Anonymous]

Why do you need a nanny on a snow day? Stay home with your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most smart Nannies have in their contract if gov is closed for snow they’re off with pay. In all my years I’ve never worked a snow day

I guess you only work in government related things? People who actually work, work when it’s snowing too.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I live in a town outside of DC that gets much more snow than the DMV. Tires are necessary just for safety. It is out of the question to pick her up on snow days. It's more work fire than just working remotely and taking care of the kids. It takes up a lot of my time. Maybe I just won't pay her on snow days if she can't make it to work.

[Anonymous]

My employer doesn’t care how I get myself to work, only that I arrive on time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most smart Nannies have in their contract if gov is closed for snow they’re off with pay. In all my years I’ve never worked a snow day

The government almost never closes for weather anymore. They just instruct people to telework or take an admin day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need a nanny on a snow day? Stay home with your kids.

Because we still have to work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need a nanny on a snow day? Stay home with your kids.

Because public schools close when the weather isn’t actually bad and most parents still need to go to work

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most smart Nannies have in their contract if gov is closed for snow they’re off with pay. In all my years I’ve never worked a snow day

That's when we need the nanny when we are working from home because of snow