Fire Nanny?
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Anonymous
| We hired an early thirties nanny with over a decade of experience to care for our infant. We originally planned to have her start out FT but then my husband was forced to take his paternity leave in the full amount and has 8 weeks off. She started 6 weeks ago working 2 days a week, and has missed a day almost every week. She is usually on time but has been late once by almost an hour when the weather was bad. I know it’s not in her control as she came down with a stomach bug and then a bad respiratory infection. Then she ended up with a family emergency in between the illnesses. She has missed both days this week because she said she is still sick with bronchitis. My husband is starting back at work in two weeks and we are getting concerned about her reliability. We do love her and she is amazing with our child, but we can’t afford to miss any days of work once he starts back at work. I don’t know if we should give her another chance or fire her. |
Anonymous
| Maybe talk with her. Sounds like this might not be a good fit for her. |
Anonymous
| It sounds like your nanny is looking for a new job. |
Anonymous
| It sounds like she is unhappy. Most nannies would not be okay with a FT job going to PT for 8 weeks. |
Anonymous
Exactly. Surprising her with PT was not a wise thing. Most nannies get paid so little as it is. |
Anonymous
| Your nanny has another job. |
Anonymous
| I think OP owes the nanny an apology. |
Anonymous
| Regardless of having this nanny or another, as a mother with a nanny I am tell you that you MUST get backup care. Sometimes shit happens. We've had the same nanny for eight years, and we have four different backup options, and have used all four at various times. |
Anonymous
How the hell do you think she can sustain life working two days s week? I hope she finds a new job and gives you 2 ,minutes notice. You are awful! |
Anonymous
| If she was not being paid full time on the agreed upon start date, chances are the working relationship has been completely ruined already. |
Anonymous
| Yes, she's not reliable. |
Anonymous
| Neither of you are reliable. You hired her for X hours and changed it to Y. Assuming you’re not paying her X hours, then you’re unreliable. Just like her... |
Anonymous
| OP answer the question. Did you hire her for a full time position after she had turned down other interested potential clients and then spring part time on her at the last minute? Did you reduce the pay you agreed upon at that time? Well guess what happened-she thought she had a full time paying job but suddenly now has a part time paying job but her bills are still full time!!!!! I can't believe you haven't figured this out. She's working for you part time cuz some money is better than no money until she can find a reliable full time employer. DUH |
Anonymous
| Your nanny is probably filling in her day with temp jobs. You’re kind of a jerk for refusing her hours and yet expecting her to still be available and reliable. Let me guess, you’re not paying for full time? |
Anonymous
OP here. She might most of the first week due to illness and that’s when we decided we didn’t want to pay full-time when we only needed part-time. I ended up taking another week for my maternity leave, and she started working two days a week. We are only paying her for the hours worked. She agreed part-time. We told her we understood if she wanted to back out, but she said she was still interested. |