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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks notice/two weeks severance is customary even after just a day of work.

Customary where?

In the United States of America.

Anonymous wrote:You do not have to pay 2 weeks severance to a nanny who has worked for you 3 weeks and with whom you don't even have a contract. That's crazy!

Totally agree with this 100%.

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks notice/two weeks severance is customary even after just a day of work.

Customary where?

Anonymous wrote:People treat these nanny jobs like the employer is some kind of big company. If you employ less than 25 people a lot of these rules don’t apply.

DCUM always wants to give away other people’s money. On the relationship board they are quick to advise divorce. It’s easy to do when it isn’t you who has to bear the consequences.

3 weeks and you are giving her 2 weeks severance with no contract. Crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:People treat these nanny jobs like the employer is some kind of big company. If you employ less than 25 people a lot of these rules don’t apply.

Or we are treating them like human beings.

Would they treat you the same ?

Anonymous wrote:If a nanny, after just three weeks, knows her new job is a bad fit or even awful, how much notice should she give her employers?

This. If they give two weeks - you give two weeks.

Our first nanny gave her notice a week and a half after starting with us. She hated our dog and turned out to be allergic to our cat. We understood completely and told her it was necessary but she gave us two weeks anyway. She absolutely insisted and I always admired her for that.

Two weeks notice/two weeks severance is standard.

You do not have to pay 2 weeks severance to a nanny who has worked for you 3 weeks and with whom you don't even have a contract. That's crazy!

Anonymous wrote:People treat these nanny jobs like the employer is some kind of big company. If you employ less than 25 people a lot of these rules don’t apply.

Or we are treating them like human beings.

People treat these nanny jobs like the employer is some kind of big company. If you employ less than 25 people a lot of these rules don’t apply.

Give her a weeks pay to keep her calm and get her out of your house.

Anonymous wrote:If a nanny, after just three weeks, knows her new job is a bad fit or even awful, how much notice should she give her employers?

Two weeks. Same with severance in the reverse.

Be fair, people.

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Anonymous wrote:Severance has nothing to do with length of employment! It’s to help the employee bridge the time between termination and a new job. I would think two weeks is the minimum.

Severance actually has everything to do with the length of employment. And there is no right to it unless agreed upon between the employer and employee.

Really? So how much severance do you give for an employee has been with you for ten years?

Severance has nothing to do with length of employment in any industry. For OP, the nanny didn’t work out. Give her two weeks pay and be on your way. If the nanny felt the same about OP and the job, she’d give two weeks notice.

DP here, and this is just wrong. I don't even know what to say. Severance is almost always based on a formula related to length of time on the job, level of seniority, and salary. In pretty much any other setting, 3 weeks employment would never entitle a person to severance.

In what industry?! Severance is given when someone I’d fired and has zero to do with length of employment. WTF do you work?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Severance has nothing to do with length of employment! It’s to help the employee bridge the time between termination and a new job. I would think two weeks is the minimum.

Severance actually has everything to do with the length of employment. And there is no right to it unless agreed upon between the employer and employee.

Really? So how much severance do you give for an employee has been with you for ten years?

Severance has nothing to do with length of employment in any industry. For OP, the nanny didn’t work out. Give her two weeks pay and be on your way. If the nanny felt the same about OP and the job, she’d give two weeks notice.

DP here, and this is just wrong. I don't even know what to say. Severance is almost always based on a formula related to length of time on the job, level of seniority, and salary. In pretty much any other setting, 3 weeks employment would never entitle a person to severance.

If a nanny, after just three weeks, knows her new job is a bad fit or even awful, how much notice should she give her employers?