Severance for 2.5 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, considering that her job performance has gone down the drain the past year, I honestly don't think your nanny deserves any type of severance package.

Why reward someone who didn't do a good job for the last year??

It's not about rewarding her, it's about basic human decency. OP isn't giving notice, she is terminating, effective immediately. Two weeks severance wouldn't be a reward, it would be standard practice. Not giving notice or severance is a punishment that this nanny doesn't deserve.

Yes, her performance isn't as good as it once was, but she has at least been reliable. This is said a lot and for good reason: think about if the situation were reversed, and it was the nanny who was ending the relationship. Wouldn't you want those last two weeks of care to give you a chance to find a new childcare solution? Nanny may well need those two weeks of pay to pay rent, and it often takes a lot more than two weeks to secure a new job (especially when your most recent employer of the past 2.5 years is unlikely to provide a good reference).

Human decency....??! Since the primary reason you are letting her go due to sub-par job performance then why in the world do you feel as if it is YOUR responsibility whether or not her rent gets paid or not??

If she really cared about all that, she should have done a better job. Period.

That is how things operate in the real world.

Why should she get a free pass??