how do you treat nanny taking care of personal biz during the day?

[Anonymous]

She needed to meet her landlord and iron out some issues w/ her lease and offered to take baby with her.
I didn't want baby to ride around in a car for an hour so asked her to drop him at grandma's.
She was gone for 2 hours total. Would you deduct those hours (she works more than 40 a week), just pay them, or??

[Anonymous]

If it ever happened, I would use our nanny’s PTO.

For the record, our nanny has Monday afternoons off - just after 2PM and she has never asked for one minute off during the week since she can make drs and dentist appointments for that afternoon. This was her idea, something she has always requested, and it really has been great for us. No scrambling ever. I highly recommend this for anyone with a nanny.

[Anonymous]

If you want me to work 12-14hr dats, then I’ll need to do personal errands during the week. I used to work 55-70hrs a week and took the kids with me to the doctor, post office and did my personal groceries while I did theirs. Now that the kids are in school, I’m still paid full time but now do my own errands in the morning. If your nanny only works part time of 8hrs or less a day, she shouldn’t be doing personal errands.

[Anonymous]

If this is a rare occurrence, I would pay the hours.

If it happens frequently, I'd be taking it out of PTO. But make sure that you let her know when she is mentioning her schedule instead of at the end of the week.

I would not be comfortable letting nanny take baby on personal errands, it is good you did not say ok to that. It also sets a bad precedent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She needed to meet her landlord and iron out some issues w/ her lease and offered to take baby with her.
I didn't want baby to ride around in a car for an hour so asked her to drop him at grandma's.
She was gone for 2 hours total. Would you deduct those hours (she works more than 40 a week), just pay them, or??

How can you be so cheap with the person who takes care of your child? Yes, deduct the two hours and see how fast she quits and leave you. You are ridiculous. I hope she reads this and finds a new job the

[Anonymous]

If my Nanny worked 40+ hours, Mon. - Fri., then I would totally understand if she needs to do certain errands that would be difficult for her to accomplish during her time off.

I could understand to a point.
If she had things to do often, then it would seem a bit much.
However if it was every so often, I would be okay w/it.

If you truly do not like it, I would have her drop off the baby at Grandma’s house & let your Nanny know that if she wants pay for the hours she had to run errands, then they will have to come out of her paid time off.

I am a Nanny and would NEVER expect my bosses to pay me for doing personal errands during my work hours.

[Anonymous]

If this was a one-time thing I'd say fine, whatever. If it happened weekly, we'd have a talk.

[Anonymous]

Nickel and dime at its finest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it ever happened, I would use our nanny’s PTO.

For the record, our nanny has Monday afternoons off - just after 2PM and she has never asked for one minute off during the week since she can make drs and dentist appointments for that afternoon. This was her idea, something she has always requested, and it really has been great for us. No scrambling ever. I highly recommend this for anyone with a nanny.

This is a good idea.

[Anonymous]

This is one of the (many) reason I prefer to work sun-thurs or tues-sat.

[Anonymous]

I work 630am- 530pm 5 days a week with no break. So yes i take my youngest charge with me sometimes. They prefer it over having to rake time off work.

[Anonymous]

^^
Good for you. And it's ridiculous that you work those kinds of hours. I hope you are getting overtime plus Paid Time Off plus holidays plus health insurance plus several weeks paid vacation. If not, get out of that hellhole situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^
Good for you. And it's ridiculous that you work those kinds of hours. I hope you are getting overtime plus Paid Time Off plus holidays plus health insurance plus several weeks paid vacation. If not, get out of that hellhole situation.

Umm...most nannies work long hours without breaks. This isn’t news. However, too many nannies work for crappy, cheap, micromanaging and unsympathetic families like the OP. I work 50 hrs a week and yes, I get overtime, holidays, vacation, PTO (no health insurance bc I get it through my husband), and I sometimes (although not often) handle personal errands during my day. The difference is I’m not being micromanaged and I’m not being questioned about my day. The children are cared for, loved, educated, entertained and it shows.

[Anonymous]

Personally, I have 45 hours of sick/personal leave and 90 hours of vacation. The 2 hours would come out of my sick/personal leave.

[Anonymous]

I nanny M-F 7am-6pm so every so often there is an errand I just cannot get done except during work hours. I'd say it happens maybe 3x a year and I take my charges with me.