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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had a nanny who’s been watching 10 yo for 6 months. She has done a great job w supervising remote school, [b]gets groceries[/b] I also for one every 2 weeks or so, does an [b]occasional errand[/b]. She has had a few fits where she felt like she was working too much and curtailed her hours to 8/day (it was 9). She complained about various things (driving son to lessons, during which she can relax and get coffee; [b]helping me move some light stuff[/b] when our housing situation changed); I have rectified what I could (shortened her hours three days a week (which she returned into 5 d/week), [b]paying her for gas[/b], saying nothing when she started having [b]DC make his own lunch[/b], allowing her to leave mid-day for doctors appointments, [b]allowing her to care for DC at her house when she don’t like our temporary June lodgings[/b]; bonusing her for her birthday ($100) and for the moving help ($250). She said she would stay through Kune and then on June 1 gave me 2 weeks notice. I did not give her a hard time about quitting 2 weeks early. I seldom see her bc she arrives after I leave for work and leaves before I return. [i]Her last day was Friday and instead of picking up her paycheck in person like I asked she came to get it when I was out,[/i] did not return my call and made zero attempt to say thank you, goodbye or otherwise close the 6 months. It has really bugged me, as she is making $20/hour and I accommodated her a lot, but she bahaved as if I exploited her. WWYD? She a a recent college grad and I feel like writing her a note on how you leave a job, even one you dislike.[/quote]

I don't want to pile on but I bolded a few things that stood out to me.  She's a nanny yet you have her buy your groceries, run errands, help you move (to an undesirable temporary lodging), don't pay for her gas and you are resentful when she needs to go to the doctor and still care for your son at her house.   You would quit too if you were unhappy, which is her right.  I don't understand the Friday situation.  Did she pick up her check on a different day?  If she really was that unhappy that she did not even want to see you then you might have to do some personal reflection.[/quote]

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