Driving the kids/nanny car

[Anonymous]

Question to the nannies;I drive the family SUV everyday to the kids activities and today I was parking and I scratched the car really bad on the side.
I feel terrible.
Do I have to pay for the repair?
Should I offer to pay for it?Ugh

[Anonymous]

Yes and yes

[Anonymous]

Offer, yes, but they should pay.

[Anonymous]

You could offer to pay the deductible.

[Anonymous]

No. You should not have to pay. Our nanny got a dent and a scratch on a car we leased for her at my daughter’s school where the parking is a nightmare and we would never expect her to pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes and yes

No and no. If an Amazon driver dents the amazon truck doing a delivery they don’t pay. No delivery company makes the employer pay.

[Anonymous]

It depends on your contract. Mine reads that anything accidental or due to the other driver's error is not my responsibility. If I cause damage through an error (like running a red light and getting hit or hitting someone else), I'm responsible for the deductible. If I do anything purposefully, I'm fired and sued.

[Anonymous]

You shouldn’t have to pay. You can offer to help

[Anonymous]

If I were in your shoes OP, I would tell my employers what exactly happened then show them the damage.

I would also offer to pay for the repair - but would expect my bosses to cover the co$t.

[Anonymous]

I would never expect our nanny to pay for the repair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were in your shoes OP, I would tell my employers what exactly happened then show them the damage.

I would also offer to pay for the repair - but would expect my bosses to cover the co$t.

+1 Employer here. Glad no one was hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were in your shoes OP, I would tell my employers what exactly happened then show them the damage.

I would also offer to pay for the repair - but would expect my bosses to cover the co$t.

Ridiculous
OP, tell them but do not offer to pay unless you were doing something stupid. You weren't and you should not be expected to pay

[Anonymous]

Most nannies simply don’t get paid enough to afford incidentals like this.

[Anonymous]

As the mom/employer, I’d want my nanny to tell me what happened, show me the damage and be upfront about it.

I wouldn’t expect her to pay, unless it was a glaring lapse of judgment, like she was on her phone or had an unapproved friend in the car or something. Otherwise I would chalk it up to bad luck and move on.

Also we put our Nannie’s on our insurance plan.

[Anonymous]

House mom here. It’s an on the job accident. That’s what insurance is for. Does a UPs driver have to pay for damage if he wrecks the company truck? Same thing.