Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Team nanny here. Having the nanny help with the moving was the icing on the cake for me. Having her do that, whether you paid her or not, shows that you didn't respect her. Never in a million years would I ask a child care provider to do that.

Sadly this is the millennial attitude all around. “Not my job” whenever they are asked to do the slightest thing different or extra and the first question is always “will you pay me extra?” You will not meet anyone who did well at a job who did not occasionally do something beyond that job, and in this case it sounds like it was not that much to do.

millennial here, I will do extra and work my butt off if there is a reason to. At a job that I care about, I'll happily put in long hours and will never say no to extra work. What promotion is a nanny working towards? For a college grad, it isn't a real job at least not in the sense that there is any future in it.

Anonymous wrote:OP, the only mistake I see that you made here is that you hired a young Nanny.

Most young Nannies still have their parents around to support them so they do not depend on their jobs for survival.
Because of this, they may have terrible work ethics.

Plus if they are young, they likely did not raise any children of their own yet.
I would prefer a Nanny who is a Mother because there is no better experience than raising your own child.
Much better than learning about childcare via a textbook.

Some truth here, she is being supported by her boyfriend whom she moved here to be with. On days she worked until 5:30 she was complaining that she had no time for her life and if she was substitute teaching she’d be done by 3/3:30. I just silently blinked like “have you ever heard of a full time job.”

Leave it alone. She sounds like an entitled brat. One day she will learn.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She kind of sounds like a younger, entitled person. Whiny and thinks her job is ONLY watching your kid.
Such people are useless and usually learn their lesson when they have a "real" job.
It sounds that to her being a nanny was not a "real" job.

OP here, correct she has not had her first “real job” out of college. She left to go work for her family for the summer.

Well, there you go. I hope you can find someone that might take their work more seriously! Sadly, I am seeing this attitude in many of my DD's friends. They are all young adults in college. The incessant whining is appalling.

OP, the only mistake I see that you made here is that you hired a young Nanny.

Most young Nannies still have their parents around to support them so they do not depend on their jobs for survival.
Because of this, they may have terrible work ethics.

Plus if they are young, they likely did not raise any children of their own yet.
I would prefer a Nanny who is a Mother because there is no better experience than raising your own child.
Much better than learning about childcare via a textbook.

Anonymous wrote:Team nanny here. Having the nanny help with the moving was the icing on the cake for me. Having her do that, whether you paid her or not, shows that you didn't respect her. Never in a million years would I ask a child care provider to do that.

Really? Funny how when I worked as a child care teacher, I was asked so many things by parents! They all knew that I had my own family and kids and that I worked full time, but I was brought kids with full diapers and told to change them! I was brought kids in pajamas and with night buggers in and told to wash them.. Those were just normal parts of the day. I did all of it, without saying a word.
The "favors" I was asked to come babysit for a while weekend, and while at it would I be willing to clean the whole house? When I said no to all of it, the parents were so surprised! When I explained that I would need insurance to drive their kids in my car, special insurance in case something happened.... they were surprised. When I said my days off are important as I am with my kids and family, they seemed surprised! Oh, and they thought they were so awesome offering me $10 an hour in 2011! Seems to me, other parents are not as thoughtful as you claim to be.

Anonymous wrote:She kind of sounds like a younger, entitled person. Whiny and thinks her job is ONLY watching your kid.
Such people are useless and usually learn their lesson when they have a "real" job.
It sounds that to her being a nanny was not a "real" job.

OP here, correct she has not had her first “real job” out of college. She left to go work for her family for the summer.

Anonymous wrote:Team nanny here. Having the nanny help with the moving was the icing on the cake for me. Having her do that, whether you paid her or not, shows that you didn't respect her. Never in a million years would I ask a child care provider to do that.

Sadly this is the millennial attitude all around. “Not my job” whenever they are asked to do the slightest thing different or extra and the first question is always “will you pay me extra?” You will not meet anyone who did well at a job who did not occasionally do something beyond that job, and in this case it sounds like it was not that much to do.

She kind of sounds like a younger, entitled person. Whiny and thinks her job is ONLY watching your kid.
Such people are useless and usually learn their lesson when they have a "real" job.
It sounds that to her being a nanny was not a "real" job.

No work ethic. Sorry OP. Move on and forget her.

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the nanny wasn't very professional.

But every time OP posts, it becomes more and more obvious why the nanny left in the first place, left two weeks early, and declined a face to face meeting when picking up her last check.

+1

Team nanny here. Having the nanny help with the moving was the icing on the cake for me. Having her do that, whether you paid her or not, shows that you didn't respect her. Never in a million years would I ask a child care provider to do that.

She’s a recent college grad1 have you considered that she found a job with long term prospects and that is why she is leaving?

Anonymous wrote:The nannies found your thread, OP.

True. I’m a nanny and found OP’s sitter to be entitled and immature. Team OP.

treat them well and they get entitled and complain, treat them poorly and they don't and might quit