"Transfer" guaranteed hours to another family?

[Anonymous]

I really like and respect my weekend MB however last week she asked me something that really threw me for a loop. MB and my charge are going away for two weeks and I will get my payment for my guaranteed hours which is less than half of my usual hours (I generally work 23 hours while I am only guaranteed 10). My MB asked if I would work for a close friend of hers for the 10 guaranteed hours while they are away. I was very surprised by this request and said no - that I do not transfer hours - and she said, "then what am I paying you for [when they are away]?". I said that she is paying for my guaranteed availability.

So... does anyone transfer their hours to another family on request? It makes me feel like she considers me property that can be loaned to friends when not in use. Honestly, it makes me like her less.

[Anonymous]

No, no transferring hours. Good for you for sticking up for yourself. Why do you accept 10 guaranteed hours instead of the full 23?

[Anonymous]

If she is paying for your availability and you aren't doing the work she requests then you are making yourself available. If you aren't willing to work then you should get paid.

[Anonymous]

Ick. I'm an MB and I wouldn't even think of doing that. But I can somehow see a clueless parent not realizing how rude it is.

Sorry OP. If everything else is good try not to hold this bit of idiocy against her. Hopefully she'll talk to some other MBs and realize this isn't how it works.

[Anonymous]

That's pretty sleazy.

[Anonymous]

Does your contract or agreement stipulate that if she didn't use you on certain weeks, that you would still be financially compensated?

Guaranteed hours = Guaranteed pay in my opinion.

And you should not have to babysit for another family that you have never met before.

She needs to pay you out for the two weeks she will not need you....Not loan you out to some strange family.

Good for you OP for sticking up for what is right!!

[Anonymous]

Guaranteed hours = guaranteed work. You are being offered work to earn your income, they are not leaving you high and dry. If you do not wish to work then you do not deserve to get paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed hours = guaranteed work. You are being offered work to earn your income, they are not leaving you high and dry. If you do not wish to work then you do not deserve to get paid.

I am an MB and I disagree with this 100%. Our nanny agreed to work for US. Not another family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed hours = guaranteed work. You are being offered work to earn your income, they are not leaving you high and dry. If you do not wish to work then you do not deserve to get paid.

That's not how it works.

[Anonymous]

They cannot simply transfer the hours to another family. When you interviewed, you had a conversation with them about the parameters of the job, there approach to discipline, the environment in their house, etc. and deemed that they were a good fit for you before you accepted the job. Expecting you to work for another family that you don't know and have not personally vetted is completely ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: They cannot simply transfer the hours to another family. When you interviewed, you had a conversation with them about the parameters of the job, there approach to discipline, the environment in their house, etc. and deemed that they were a good fit for you before you accepted the job. Expecting you to work for another family that you don't know and have not personally vetted is completely ridiculous.

Shes not a nanny, she is a weekly sitter. She is guaranteed 10 hours. You are severely overthinking this.

[Anonymous]

I'm an MB and I cannot believe she wanted you to work for another family. Ridiculous! Good for you for sticking up for yourself!

[Anonymous]

To the person who wrote this: "Guaranteed hours = guaranteed work. You are being offered work to earn your income, they are not leaving you high and dry. If you do not wish to work then you do not deserve to get paid." Uh, no. That's now how it works. Get a clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: They cannot simply transfer the hours to another family. When you interviewed, you had a conversation with them about the parameters of the job, there approach to discipline, the environment in their house, etc. and deemed that they were a good fit for you before you accepted the job. Expecting you to work for another family that you don't know and have not personally vetted is completely ridiculous.

Shes not a nanny, she is a weekly sitter. She is guaranteed 10 hours. You are severely overthinking this.

It does not matter how many hours she works. Asking a nanny to go into the home of someone she doesn't know and hasn't interviewed and vetted and care for their children, who may have behavioral issues or needs that she is not familiar with or prepared for and work with people who may ask unreasonable things of her all because you don't want to pay the guaranteed hours YOU agreed to is not okay. If there is something that is part of her usual duties that you would like her to come in and tackle during her usual work hours, then that is fine (e.g., she normally handles kids' laundry and you ask her to come in and sort through clothes for the next size/season, or you ask her to come in and reorganize the toy storage or something that is in line with her usual tasks), but asking her to take on a completely different family is not. If you are a tax lawyer, your boss can't call and say that they are closing your offices for renovation and require you to come in anyway and help with the renovation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed hours = guaranteed work. You are being offered work to earn your income, they are not leaving you high and dry. If you do not wish to work then you do not deserve to get paid.

HAHAHAH are you the idiot MB in question?

If your boss told you "well, it's a paid holiday BUT if you don't work at McDonalds instead this week, it's unpaid" would you do it?