Fair to not give nanny off early today?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're working, I don't think it's unfair. My employers are off today, had given me the day off, then reneged this morning so they could "get some things done." Your situation is much less irritating.

You should have told them thst you had already made plans that you couldn't reneged on.

Today is not a day off in my contract. My only plans were to get a head start on cooking for tomorrow and cleaning my house. It's not the end of the world but definitely annoying. Its a new job and I thought I found an employer who wouldn't treat me like a cow to milk. Alas....

It sucks when being a nanny starts blurring that line between casual job and real job and they make you come in and work for your money. I feel you sister. Stay strong.

So if your boss gave you the day off, then told you no, you had to come in... You wouldn't be ticked?

[Anonymous]

^not pp but sure I would be ticked. Would I take it as a reason to do no more than the minimum? No.

[Anonymous]

PP here whose employers took back the day off. I'm not sure where you all got the idea that I was trying to do the bare minimum. I said what they did was annoying. I still went to work. Not really a big deal. If I begin to see a pattern of them choosing not to be generous, it will become a bigger deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here whose employers took back the day off. I'm not sure where you all got the idea that I was trying to do the bare minimum. I said what they did was annoying. I still went to work. Not really a big deal. If I begin to see a pattern of them choosing not to be generous, it will become a bigger deal.

Exactly. Smart nannies reciprocate accordingly. Smart employers are as generous as possible, as it ultimately benefits their own child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^not pp but sure I would be ticked. Would I take it as a reason to do no more than the minimum? No.

That's what I was trying to point out. Nowhere did the PP say that she was going to do the bare minimum, and most of us would be annoyed but work the same way we normally do.

There are very few jobs in which a boss will give you the day off, make sure that you know you aren't on call and then call you in to work as well. Yes, there are emergencies, and it does happen. But it wasn't an emergency for that nanny's bosses.