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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a nanny / house manager, she's been ok, not great.   She's in her last 3 months with us because she decided to go back to grad school.  She has 12 hours a week the kids aren't home to focus on house stuff, she's never worked nearly as efficiently as our previous person (who powered through all work responsibilities leaving us a spotless well organized space and still had time for breaks for herself.  she left b/c she had her own baby) but was ok enough.  Lately though, she's gotten incredibly lazy seeming, I'll come home from dropping off the kids at school and find her eating a leisurely breakfast while reading a book when all the breakfast stuff is still out and there's piles of kids laundry.  Half the time she gets the bare minimum done and half its left for me.  She never gets to the additional responsibilities that were clearly defined (all kid related) that don't have to be done a specific day (like restocking diaper supplies or purging all the half done craft projects).  She seems to be constantly sitting and reading and prioritizing preparing long meals for herself during work hours as opposed to doing that before / after work or something quick during work

I really don't think she'd quit at this point and lose the income prior to starting school, but of course she could.  I hate paying her $35 / hr to spend hours reading a book while I'm then staying up late to fold mountains of kid laundry she didn't get to for over a week.  Would you:

- Say and do nothing at this point - the end of job slack is inevitable and its best to not push is and risk her quitting and throwing our summer into chaos

-[b] raise it broadly "i've noticed that a lot of the regular house manager work isn't getting done.  is something going on to make it not feasible in the kid free time available"[/b]

- Ask her if she wants some of the kid free hours off unpaid so she has more free time for herself (eg "i imagine you want some time to relax before you're busy with school.  if you'd rather have off 3 mornings a week  to get your own stuff done rather than be busy with our laundry and organizing, we can definitely make that work)

-[b] Assign her specific tasks to get done during kid free time (which I hate doing but could) eg "after you clean up the kids breakfast stuff, please put away all the craft stuff you guys left out yesterday (i encourage her to have the kids clean up along the way and she doesn't) and fold the kids laundry. if you have a chance please also put away the winter clothes and put the shorts where the kids can reach them" (again i HATE being this type of manager but otherwise basically none of that will get done)[/b]

- Wrap up with her early (we have contracted 4 week notice) and find someone else for the summer

I don't expect someone to work like a maniac without breaks, but I do expect that with 12 kid-free paid hours a week and enough free time to bring a book to read during paid hours, someone can easily keep on top of kid related work.  she doesn't have any house manager work that isn't specific to the kids[/quote]

I say try one of these two. [/quote]

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