What the smartest MB did.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

Bump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

Bump.

WHY don't parents do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

Bump.

WHY don't parents do this?

Wrong question. The question is how many do this?

Some do. We do. Our language in the contract with our nanny calls for a one month notice period from either side, barring termination for misconduct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

Bump.

WHY don't parents do this?

Wrong question. The question is how many do this?

Some do. We do. Our language in the contract with our nanny calls for a one month notice period from either side, barring termination for misconduct.

So if you got your nanny's one month notice, and in only one week, you found the new nanny of your dreams, but she needs to start a job immediately, you do what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

Bump.

WHY don't parents do this?

Wrong question. The question is how many do this?

Some do. We do. Our language in the contract with our nanny calls for a one month notice period from either side, barring termination for misconduct.

So if you got your nanny's one month notice, and in only one week, you found the new nanny of your dreams, but she needs to start a job immediately, you do what?

We pay our departing nanny for the full one month period, whether or not we ask her to serve out that full term. We thank her for giving us so much notice and do not penalize her for honoring the terms of our contract.

Of course, your proposed scenario isn't realistic. It takes longer than a week to find the right person and it takes 3 weeks to search, interview, and select someone decent in my experience. And any candidate that was so desperate to start a position within less than a week of hearing about it is unlikely to be someone we would think was ideal. It would be far more likely that we'd spend a week setting up the search, the second week following up w/ candidates and having interviews, and the third week arranging some trial (paid) time w/ our kids. If we got really lucky we might even have some overlap so our current nanny could train her replacement. Or maybe we'd end up paying our current nanny for a handful of days she doesn't actually work because we're ready to start the new person.

Some of us really are decent, ethical employers you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

Bump.

WHY don't parents do this?

Wrong question. The question is how many do this?

Some do. We do. Our language in the contract with our nanny calls for a one month notice period from either side, barring termination for misconduct.

So if you got your nanny's one month notice, and in only one week, you found the new nanny of your dreams, but she needs to start a job immediately, you do what?

We pay our departing nanny for the full one month period, whether or not we ask her to serve out that full term. We thank her for giving us so much notice and do not penalize her for honoring the terms of our contract.

Of course, your proposed scenario isn't realistic. It takes longer than a week to find the right person and it takes 3 weeks to search, interview, and select someone decent in my experience. And any candidate that was so desperate to start a position within less than a week of hearing about it is unlikely to be someone we would think was ideal. It would be far more likely that we'd spend a week setting up the search, the second week following up w/ candidates and having interviews, and the third week arranging some trial (paid) time w/ our kids. If we got really lucky we might even have some overlap so our current nanny could train her replacement. Or maybe we'd end up paying our current nanny for a handful of days she doesn't actually work because we're ready to start the new person.

Some of us really are decent, ethical employers you know.

Thank you. I've been fortunate to have had some amazing employers. But, as you must know from this forum, many are outright dishonest and abusive. Few would honor an agreement the way you would. I've seen the best of (long-term) nannies get ditched in a heartbeat, for no fault of their own.

Also, having the old and new nanny overlap is really important for your child.
Kudos to you for caring.

[Anonymous]

definitely
definite

[Anonymous]

Nanny employers should learn from the smart employer, if you don't want to prematurely loose your nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

I'm an MB and I added anything the nanny wanted into our contract (they only ask for appropriate and standard things) to make them happy. I know the contract means nothing and isn't binding in any way, so as long as it won't effect her performance or confuse her as to what I expect of her I let her think whatever she wants. She does a good job and I am thankful, but when the time comes to let her go I have to do what is best for my family, not hers. My boss wouldn't look out for me if I was being let go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

I'm an MB and I added anything the nanny wanted into our contract (they only ask for appropriate and standard things) to make them happy. I know the contract means nothing and isn't binding in any way, so as long as it won't effect her performance or confuse her as to what I expect of her I let her think whatever she wants. She does a good job and I am thankful, but when the time comes to let her go I have to do what is best for my family, not hers. My boss wouldn't look out for me if I was being let go.

Troll again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

ADD:

If parents secure a new arrangement before said termination date, they guarantee the nanny her full wages until said termination date.

[Anonymous]

DB drew up the contract, I asked about a few things after I read the draft, re wrote it to include those things. He paid my way out, guaranteed pay for the entire trial period whether or not it worked (unless there was misconduct), guaranteed paying my way back and proposed both 4 weeks notice and 2 weeks severance. Because he found someone quicker than expected, I only worked 2 of the 4 notice weeks, and he paid out the other two. Live-in nanny, no room for both to be there at once, so overlap wasn't possible, but she and I texted/called/skyped frequently before and after I left, to help her get the routine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our letter of agreement, she put this in writing:
We agree to a minimum of two weeks notice when either party wishes to terminate. If nanny gives parents more advanced notice, parents assure nanny continued employment, until said termination date.

If you had/have a wise MB, please share what she did/does.

ADD:

If parents secure a new arrangement before said termination date, they guarantee the nanny her full wages until said termination date.

This is very important.