Is the nanny or MB right?

[Anonymous]

I would continue looking for another job.

I don't think it makes since to get paid for Labor Day if you aren't officially started your job yet.

That said, these people do not sound like the type of people you want to work for.

[Anonymous]

It's definitely crazy to think that you should be paid for Labor Day under the circumstances you described. At best, your start date could be considered Thursday and Friday would maybe be viewed as a day that they should have paid you or had you to work for them. But I would definitely not have expected to be paid for Thursday under those circumstances either. It seems to me that it was a separate babysitting request outside of your contract, which had not yet been signed.

That said, I would send them an email now stating that they need to have signed the contract when you arrive on Monday or you will not be able to start working for them. I think that there are communication issues on both sides here. You seem to be expecting a lot more than is reasonable, but they also need to sign the contract ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Let me clarify. The communication issue was not kn my end. The parents explained I would be paid for Labor Day since I started that week and for the week. They did not pay as said. I'm not so mad about that but I do feel I should have been paid for Friday since I was scheduled to work and they canceled.

To pp - why shouldn't I have been paid for Thursday when I worked? Maybe you're ok with working for free but I'm not.

[Anonymous]

If you're starting a job without a signed contract then you cannot enforce the terms of a contract.

It doesn't sound like any of you involved in this handled it professionally or well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Let me clarify. The communication issue was not kn my end. The parents explained I would be paid for Labor Day since I started that week and for the week. They did not pay as said. I'm not so mad about that but I do feel I should have been paid for Friday since I was scheduled to work and they canceled.

To pp - why shouldn't I have been paid for Thursday when I worked? Maybe you're ok with working for free but I'm not.

Sorry. I don't believe they said they would pay you for a holiday that began your first week of employment, unless it was as a "carrot" to get you to start a week earlier. But, it turned out you couldn't start until Thursday. I don't know how long it took to figure this all out, but I'm guessing that by the time you said you could do Thursday after all, they had already figured you'd be out all week and start next week as planned. I see Friday as possible contentious, but I also think that if they knew they were going to pay you anyway, they'd have told you to come in.

This was a last-minute request. You get paid for the hours worked, period. Your contract starts next week. I get that they are bad communicators. So don't work for them. But it's a pretty bad idea to basically see them as an ATM machine. I also get the feeling that they think you have been harping on the contract. If you've brought it up repeatedly, insisted you won't work without one, etc., then they are within their rights to also say that the contract is king, and until it's signed, you are not officially working for them as their full time nanny.

Now, I am the kind of person who can't stand ambiguity, and I would have told you straight out when I asked you to work the extra week that I was a) not paying for Labor Day, and b) considering this an "extra," "if-you-can-do-it" week, not part of guaranteed hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't you previously post about communication issues and not signing the contract because you got another offer? What happened?

FWIW, since your "official"start date was the 12th I would have considered Thurs more like a trial day or sitting and not expected a full week's pay. But, if MB really "smirked" like she was pulling one over on you, I'd run.

I would smirk if I paid someone to nanny in my home Thursday while I was home on maternity leave and she asked to be paid for Labor Day 3 days ago and Friday. I'd also be thinking "uh oh, I hired a dumbass."

I think you have it backwards. The nanny would be smirking and thinking she'd been hired by a dumbass if they complied. Op's employers are probably turned off by this and looking for a replacement already.

This is probably true, OP. I am sure that she is having a conversation with her husband about your request this weekend. It sounds like you took you first two days off work, then asked her for $300-400 for "being available" the other days. You are starting off on a really bad foot here. I would look for another job if I were you.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I didn't take my " first two days off work" because I wasn't even scheduled to work. Clearly you can't read.


The other OP is slow as well. I didn't take long to decide on Thursday like you said moron. I was asked on Monday to work T-F but I was already on vacation until Wednesday. I told then right away that I could only work Thursday and Friday. I should be compensated for Friday. I already quit.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. You should only be paid Thursday. If I was MB I would be totally turned off.

[Anonymous]

you do not sound pleasant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. You should only be paid Thursday. If I was MB I would be totally turned off.

+1. No contract for you, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I didn't take my " first two days off work" because I wasn't even scheduled to work. Clearly you can't read.


The other OP is slow as well. I didn't take long to decide on Thursday like you said moron. I was asked on Monday to work T-F but I was already on vacation until Wednesday. I told then right away that I could only work Thursday and Friday. I should be compensated for Friday. I already quit.

Sounds like all of you will be happier.

[Anonymous]

Glad you quit OP. I think you'll all be better off moving on.

Handle it better next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am the communication thread person. The other offer fell through so I decided to give them a chance. I tried to sign the contract Thursday but the mom said she didn't want to sign it without her husband there to sign as well.

Your desperation is coming through in your interviews. The parents are getting cold feet with your demands. You need to back off a bit.

[Anonymous]

Op was asked to not come back because "after some consideration they decided she wasn't a good fit for their family but good luck in her pursuit of another position!"

Op we all work to make a living, yes this is true. But showing that you're only in it for the cash and being demanding and entitled is never ok and is unprofessional. Nannies that show this side of themselves are a red flag to parents that want someone that actually loves kids or at least wants to learn to love their kids without worrying about unearned compensation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op was asked to not come back because "after some consideration they decided she wasn't a good fit for their family but good luck in her pursuit of another position!"

Op we all work to make a living, yes this is true. But showing that you're only in it for the cash and being demanding and entitled is never ok and is unprofessional. Nannies that show this side of themselves are a red flag to parents that want someone that actually loves kids or at least wants to learn to love their kids without worrying about unearned compensation

OP here. I love that you think you know what happened. You're an idiot. I quit and they tried to win me back over again.