DB shortchanged me AGAIN!

[Anonymous]

No one is cheating you. You are being paid for the time you work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is cheating you. You are being paid for the time you work.

OP never said she was being cheated - her post said she had been "shortchanged" twice by the same DB.

[Anonymous]

You are not being shortchanged or cheated. You are being paid for the time you actually work, which is consistent with the way 99% of hourly jobs out there work. If that is not your understanding of the deal you struck with this family, you need to step up and explain to the Dad that there has been a misunderstanding about your compensation.

I can't believe you just sent them an email saying that you won't be available to them, with no explanation. That is incredibly immature and short-sighted. Honestly, if you are that hot-headed and incapable of dealing with conflict, the family is probably much better off without you. Now they can hire a professional who acts as such.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are not being shortchanged or cheated. You are being paid for the time you actually work, which is consistent with the way 99% of hourly jobs out there work. If that is not your understanding of the deal you struck with this family, you need to step up and explain to the Dad that there has been a misunderstanding about your compensation.

I can't believe you just sent them an email saying that you won't be available to them, with no explanation. That is incredibly immature and short-sighted. Honestly, if you are that hot-headed and incapable of dealing with conflict, the family is probably much better off without you. Now they can hire a professional who acts as such.

I completely disagree with you assessment of OP. And I completely disagree that an employee should not expect to be paid when told to report to work at a certain time (and does) but the boss isn't there for another fifteen minutes.

[Anonymous]

My question is this, she says they wanted her there at 9, but did DB know this? Did DB know what time she was supposed have started working? I had one family pay me for babysitting based on when the mom thought I was going to be there, but she didn't know the dad had called me and asked me if I could come in earlier. So, I was originally only paid from the time when the mom thought I was supposed to be there. But it told her what time I started due to dad asking me to come earlier and she adjusted how much she paid me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are not being shortchanged or cheated. You are being paid for the time you actually work, which is consistent with the way 99% of hourly jobs out there work. If that is not your understanding of the deal you struck with this family, you need to step up and explain to the Dad that there has been a misunderstanding about your compensation.

I can't believe you just sent them an email saying that you won't be available to them, with no explanation. That is incredibly immature and short-sighted. Honestly, if you are that hot-headed and incapable of dealing with conflict, the family is probably much better off without you. Now they can hire a professional who acts as such.

I don't think that there are many jobs that give you a start time, expect you to be there ready to go, and then don't pay you from your start time. I used to work in a daycare. I was supposed to be there at 7:00 to open. If the first child didn't arrive until 7:10, I still got paid from 7:00. Similarly, I don't think the 7 11 clerk is unpaid if no one happens to be shopping.

I do think the OP should offer a reason. It's possible that Dad just didn't know what time she started. It's possible he's an asshole. Either way it can't hurt to offer a reason, and can possibly help.

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of people are being /way/ too hard on OP. If the job's more aggravation than it is worth, at the end of the day, it's not her job to educate the dad.

That being said, there's a certain irony that she's going into nursing. That job is notorious for calling people off and requiring them to use PTO or not be paid. You can also have required "on call" time where you have to be available to come in, but, you are not paid if you are not called in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here with no opinions on commas.

OP, I don't understand how exactly you have been cheated. Do you have guaranteed hours? This would be rare for such a very part time position. Do you have a stated cancellation policy?

If you don't have either, then you haven't been cheated. Your DB and you have different expectations. He paid for hours worked. You expected guarantees you didn't negotiate.

In the future, be explicit about your policies. This is your fault, not the DB's.

Another example of a parent who likes to cheat nannies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people are being /way/ too hard on OP. If the job's more aggravation than it is worth, at the end of the day, it's not her job to educate the dad.

That being said, there's a certain irony that she's going into nursing. That job is notorious for calling people off and requiring them to use PTO or not be paid. You can also have required "on call" time where you have to be available to come in, but, you are not paid if you are not called in.

Of course. They're paid a lot more for that.

[Anonymous]

NP here with no opinions on commas.

OP, I don't understand how exactly you have been cheated. Do you have guaranteed hours? This would be rare for such a very part time position. Do you have a stated cancellation policy?

If you don't have either, then you haven't been cheated. Your DB and you have different expectations. He paid for hours worked. You expected guarantees you didn't negotiate.

In the future, be explicit about your policies. This is your fault, not the DB's.

Another example of a parent who likes to cheat nannies.

Nothing in my post suggests I like to "cheat nannies", so keep your crazy assumptions and insults to yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here with no opinions on commas.

OP, I don't understand how exactly you have been cheated. Do you have guaranteed hours? This would be rare for such a very part time position. Do you have a stated cancellation policy?

If you don't have either, then you haven't been cheated. Your DB and you have different expectations. He paid for hours worked. You expected guarantees you didn't negotiate.

In the future, be explicit about your policies. This is your fault, not the DB's.

In OP's first post, she was released ten minutes early and the DB either miscalculated or docked for for a full half hour (eight bucks). This time, she was asked to be at work at 9:00 and was. She was paid from (9:15 to 4:00) because the parents and child didn't get home until 9:15. The situation has nothing to do with guaranteed hours - she actually stated she didn't care that they changed the hours on her.

Yes - if done purposely, it was the DB's fault for shortchanging her. She reported to work at the time specified and should absolutely be paid for those fifteen minutes. I think it is everyone's "policy" to be paid for the time they work. The OP having to wait at the family home for fifteen minutes was work.