My employers are always ontime......

[Anonymous]

Am I the only nanny with punctual employers?

[Anonymous]

No, mine are always on time too and it's really annoying not getting any OT.

[Anonymous]

My former employers and my current employers are always on time. I could not tolerate habitually late employers.

I am also always on time.

[Anonymous]

I am an educated and experienced nanny. I have been offered jobs from other parents at every single class, story time or play group that my charges and I frequent (not a brag - just a fact).

I would NEVER put up with constantly late parents.

My employers are always on time.

[Anonymous]

I am a nanny who's always on time.
Most of my employers have been on time but for some of them it's just in their genes to be late ... It's annoying but it's in their nature and I didn't try to change it, it's the way they are and they're not going to change at their age ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny who's always on time.
Most of my employers have been on time but for some of them it's just in their genes to be late ... It's annoying but it's in their nature and I didn't try to change it, it's the way they are and they're not going to change at their age ...

Habitual lateness is rude and rudeness can be changed at any age.

[Anonymous]

My nanny is always early. I'm early about 80% of the time and on time the rest. She does get overtime but thats part of her prearranged hours.

[Anonymous]

My MB is always on time and good at letting me know when she will be late which is hardly ever.

[Anonymous]

I SAH now, but looking back on it, I wish I had been a little less vigilant about time with my nanny. She probably wouldn't have minded, and there were times that staying another 30-60 minutes would have made my day much less stressful.

[Anonymous]

I work for a high profile professional couple - both very busy and both important - and one or the other is always home on time. My charge and I have never been kept waiting - not once.

[Anonymous]

I only had one boss who wasn't on time, but it wasn't constant.

[Anonymous]

I work for two families (one Monday thru Thursday and the other on Sat and Sun) and neither have ever been late. Both structure the day so that nothing will make them late.

I would not work for anyone who didn't respect my time. I get so tired of hearing from theses self-important DCUM MBs who are too cheap to simply guarantee a nanny's longer hours so they will never be late.

[Anonymous]

I think the time thing really is something that nannies and families work out together over time. If a family is late often and that is a big dealbreaker dor you, then you tell them that and they either fix it or they don't and you quit. If it isn't a big deal then you let it slide and enjoy the overtime. The problem with the OP of the thread you are referencing is that she not only didn't object to her MB's habitual lateness, she wasn't even charging overtime, and then she blew up at MB and unleashed months of bitterness about the chronic lateness on top of the specific day of her blowup. She should have communicated clearly much earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the time thing really is something that nannies and families work out together over time. If a family is late often and that is a big dealbreaker dor you, then you tell them that and they either fix it or they don't and you quit. If it isn't a big deal then you let it slide and enjoy the overtime. The problem with the OP of the thread you are referencing is that she not only didn't object to her MB's habitual lateness, she wasn't even charging overtime, and then she blew up at MB and unleashed months of bitterness about the chronic lateness on top of the specific day of her blowup. She should have communicated clearly much earlier.

Come on! She told her MB that she HAD to be on time on Wednesdays and why. MB Agreed. MB was for the first three weeks of this new situation and then was 30 minutes late last Wednesday in spite of her agreeing to be on time and nanny reminding her three times. Hardly a blow up of unresolved issues! She wanted this ONE DAY a week to pick up a child from daycare. ONE DAY OUT OF FIVE.

MB in that situation was totally wrong and coped to it. MB also found a solution and all is well in their world.

BTW, I have never had an employer who was habitually late and I have been a nanny for over 15 years. I am also never late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the time thing really is something that nannies and families work out together over time. If a family is late often and that is a big dealbreaker dor you, then you tell them that and they either fix it or they don't and you quit. If it isn't a big deal then you let it slide and enjoy the overtime. The problem with the OP of the thread you are referencing is that she not only didn't object to her MB's habitual lateness, she wasn't even charging overtime, and then she blew up at MB and unleashed months of bitterness about the chronic lateness on top of the specific day of her blowup. She should have communicated clearly much earlier.

Come on! She told her MB that she HAD to be on time on Wednesdays and why. MB Agreed. MB was for the first three weeks of this new situation and then was 30 minutes late last Wednesday in spite of her agreeing to be on time and nanny reminding her three times. Hardly a blow up of unresolved issues! She wanted this ONE DAY a week to pick up a child from daycare. ONE DAY OUT OF FIVE.

MB in that situation was totally wrong and coped to it. MB also found a solution and all is well in their world.

BTW, I have never had an employer who was habitually late and I have been a nanny for over 15 years. I am also never late.

I agree that the MB was wrong (hence her apology), but as a nanny I think you need to realize that you are training your employers how to treat you. You wouldn't let a kid hit you daily with no consequence and then one day say, okay, no more hitting. You would work hard to stop the hitting from day one! Nannies needs to set clear boundaries and expectations for the parents like they do for the kids.