Firing our nanny for cause - any advice?
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Anonymous
| We have had a new nanny for a few months. Unfortunately, we have discovered that she has been lying to us and has not been supervising our DC properly potentially putting him at risk. The specific details are not relevant - I was advised by two parents at my DC's pre school who happened to pass by the playground they were at. I verified it myself the next day. I am incredibly angry and upset and am planning on firing her without notice and no severance. I assume that this is what most people would do but would welcome any advice from parents who have had to fire their nanny for cause - any tips on how you handled it or is it as simple as just showing her the door? Thanks |
Anonymous
Yep. Pay her and done. |
Anonymous
| What did she do at the playground? |
Anonymous
| Ask for the key, hand her pay through the work week and tell her why she's no longer your nanny, then wish the best and say gold bye. |
Anonymous
| I disagree with PP. If the nanny is being fired for cause, no severance, including pay for unworked days during the week, is necessary. There are relatively few things (in my opinion as a nanny) that a woman with any common sense would do with children that would get her fired with cause, so no, she doesn't need to finish the workday, she doesn't need to be paid for anything beyond the hours worked, she just needs to be away from your child. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't pay her for the days you know she didn't do her job. If she was hired to watch DC and she didn't then she doesn't deserve pay. She isn't earning money simply for showing up, only if she is supervising DC correctly. |
Anonymous
| What could she possibly be doing at the park to get fired for cause?? So curious!! |
Anonymous
Don't do this OP. This is terrible and ILLEGAL advice. |
Anonymous
| This is OP. Thanks everyone for your advice. I will be happy to report back with specific details later this week after I fire her. Sorry I'm paranoid about her possibly reading this thread ahead of time even though that seems really unlikely. Will share details later though because I hope though that my experience may help some other family to be more vigilant and less trustworthy. What she had been doing is egregious and it feels almost worse because she tricked us into thinking she was trustworthy and actually cared about our children but what I saw proves otherwise. It is very upsetting. |
Anonymous
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I'd tell her flat out at the end of the work day "Unfortunately, we found out through others and verified it ourselves that you were letting DS play with dirty needles at the park/go into the road alone to retrieve bouncy balls without watching him/whatever. Because of this, we can't continue to employ you. May I have our keys please? (hold out your hands so she understands to produce them right then) AFTER she gives you your keys, pay her through the end of the last day that she worked. Walk with her to pick up her bag (and jacket or whatever), and then walk her to the door. Then change the alarm code.
If there are any places where the nanny picked your child up like preschool, let them know her employment has been terminated and she is no longer allowed to pick him up. Stand there and watch them cross out her name or delete it. |
Anonymous
She was texting the entire time! |
Anonymous
| Please report back op, and good luck!! |
Anonymous
| If she's so dangerous why didn't you fire her today? Why are you waiting? |
Anonymous
It probably is something ridiculous like this. |
Anonymous
Firing for texting is not ridiculous. I will fire our nanny if I ever catch her texting again when she should be watching my children and our nanny knows it. |