Is my decision justified?

[Anonymous]

If you can get other child care coverage say your needs have changed and fiber her notice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it's right to ask her to work evenings if they weren't part of her schedule before the vacation. I'd be resentful of that too.

Three days too many. OP would never do the same for her nanny. Both should just stick to contract.

I would never do the same??? I just gave her $5,148 of free money instead of just firing her to make sure she doesn't just lose her job! That money could have gone to my daughter's college fund, you shitbag.

Does your boss ask you to work evenings, time you usually set aside for family/friends/an activity you enjoy? What if you already knew your job was ending soon, would you feel inclined to do a "favor" like working during a time you could be eating dinner with your family?

How far does she live from you? I’m assuming you expected her to go home after 9 and come back at 4? I’m sure she didn’t want that wind eher previous schedule was until 3.

I've taken a look at our payroll system and it looks like we've paid her 13 weeks for not working. So that's $5,148 of free money. To have her report for a couple hours for 3 days (6 hours total) and since some of you have said this was outside her normal work hours, this would have amounted to $132. So I couldn't just get that as a "gesture of goodwill" for the $5,148 of free money that I gave her? Congrats, you win the entitlement award.

Nanny used to tell me her 21-year old daughter yells at her saying, "Mom, this is why you never progress in life!" I used to think she was just an ungrateful brat, but I have to say, I agree with her now.

You chose to do that. It clearly wasn’t a good choice. Move on from this nanny it’s not working out and you clearly dislike her. But stop complaining about how nice you’ve been to her. You chose to give her free money with no strings attached. It’s a separate issue. Your nanny sucks, you know that, so fix it. She’s not going to apologize, and she knows she’s on her way out. It sounds like she’s already quit the job in her mind, and absolved herself of her obligations to you. Make it official and quit giving people free money. You seemed to think it would foster goodwill but it really backfired and made the nanny view your relationship as less than professional. You can be a good boss and a nice person without giving someone $5k.