Letting nanny go- how to handle notice/severance

[Anonymous]

I reiterate:

I am tired of working for families who think it's ok to give no notice and little to no severance or no severance and less than a week of notice. I will have language in the contract to protect me, or I won't work for a family, period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I reiterate:

I am tired of working for families who think it's ok to give no notice and little to no severance or no severance and less than a week of notice. I will have language in the contract to protect me, or I won't work for a family, period.

If this is happening to you repeatedly then it means your performance on the job is a problem. This doesn't happen often to talented, professional nannies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I reiterate:

I am tired of working for families who think it's ok to give no notice and little to no severance or no severance and less than a week of notice. I will have language in the contract to protect me, or I won't work for a family, period.

I always tie notice to severance - if I have to give you three weeks notice when I quit then you have to give me three weeks severance if you fire me. You only want one week severance - fine - I only have to give one week notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

ALL nannies should take note how they should expect to be treated when "it's just not working out," also known as mom doesn't know what she wants.

+1 I am an MB and I do know this to be true in many cases - especially with part-time nannies in our neighborhood. The MBs decide it is costing more they can afford or realize that they aren't seeing enough of their children. In one case I know of a mother who changed her mind about a full time nanny when she realized how attached her kids were getting to the nanny.

This does need to me taken into consideration, MBs. Nannies stop looking for work when they accept your position and need to start all over again after you realize it was not what you wanted. Severance/reparation is due. Let's be fair here.

[Anonymous]

Whatever you decide OP, I think you owe it to her to tell her WHY it isn't working out. 'It's just not working out' doesn't help her improve her performance, or help her suss out the type of families she should be looking for (or avoiding.) FWIW I've always been given 2 weeks to 2 months notice of termination and it's never been weird or awkward at the end. I'd be confused and hurt if I was asked for a key, given a check and told to hit the road w/o any idea what I had done or said to upset you.

[Anonymous]

Why do I have a funny feeling mom doesn't want to admit she made a mistake?

[Anonymous]

I would most definitely pay her the two weeks' worth of severance pay + kindly let her go.

Trust me on this...You do not want someone watching your child who knows she has been canned.

That would be a huge recipe for disaster in anyone's book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I reiterate:

I am tired of working for families who think it's ok to give no notice and little to no severance or no severance and less than a week of notice. I will have language in the contract to protect me, or I won't work for a family, period.

I always tie notice to severance - if I have to give you three weeks notice when I quit then you have to give me three weeks severance if you fire me. You only want one week severance - fine - I only have to give one week notice.

Same here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would most definitely pay her the two weeks' worth of severance pay + kindly let her go.

Trust me on this...You do not want someone watching your child who knows she has been canned.

That would be a huge recipe for disaster in anyone's book.

+1. Tell her at the end of the day, give her the severance check and get the keys.