Fired for calling in sick?

[Anonymous]

Op, with this kind of Atticus do work ethic, you would not fly in any job. Please grow up .

You may think nanny is a low paying job compare to others but how can you be a good nanny if you don’t even respect your own job/ duty?

A mother boss, who respect her nanny very much. But need the nanny to respect her job too.

[Anonymous]

Do any of you not realize we're in a pandemic? OP could have COVID-19.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a nanny, I would tell you that it's very clear she wanted to be even polite with you. Telling you that she had decided stay at home. Parents don't take like a big decision only after this incident with you. She just wanted to let you go and telling you this so you moved on. I am sure she started to look for a responsible, reliable and more professional nanny. At this point she should have hired someone else. My advice; "learn your lesson." Hopefully, you must be looking for another position.

Nah, she wanted a reason to stay at home. Now she can be like, "Honey, all of the nannies are unreliable. I need to quit my job." A lot of mom's are in denial about wanting to stay at home. They probably know their husbands won't support it. I saw this A LOT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any of you not realize we're in a pandemic? OP could have COVID-19.

If she does, it means she's probably not vaccinated, right? Which is a different conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just started a new nanny position last week, I had two trial shifts which were great. The family notified me I could "borrow" my sick time if needed. We hadn't signed a contract yet but were due to do so today. They had sent me a copy of the contract which worked great and had a generous amount of sick and paid leave.

This morning I woke up sick and texted them 20 minutes before I was supposed to start and asked if I could "borrow" my sick time for today.

I received a text a few hours later that the mom had decided to quit her job and stay home. She said they've had such difficulty with reliable childcare and is going to have her mom come in and help.

Ok, fine, whatever lady. But I still think it's a little harsh to fire me for missing one day or trying to access benefits that she had promised?!

Sounds like she needed a last straw and you gave it to her. You called in sick before signing a contract, during your first week? I would have fired you too. Unless you need to see a doctor because you are so ill, you were well enough to show up. 20 mins before a shift too? Who wakes up 20 mins before a shift? And then texts someone they are sick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a nanny, I would tell you that it's very clear she wanted to be even polite with you. Telling you that she had decided stay at home. Parents don't take like a big decision only after this incident with you. She just wanted to let you go and telling you this so you moved on. I am sure she started to look for a responsible, reliable and more professional nanny. At this point she should have hired someone else. My advice; "learn your lesson." Hopefully, you must be looking for another position.

Nah, she wanted a reason to stay at home. Now she can be like, "Honey, all of the nannies are unreliable. I need to quit my job." A lot of mom's are in denial about wanting to stay at home. They probably know their husbands won't support it. I saw this A LOT.

Except in this situation, the nanny WAS unreliable. She may have needed someone to prove her point, but she easily found it in this nanny. If you have an employer offering you a good contract with plenty of perks, you don't call out 20 mins before your start time during your first week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was looking for a reason. Don’t take it personally.

I interviewed for a position where a mom (surgeon) fired two nannies within the last 6 weeks.

One nanny fired for calling in sick. One nanny fired for coming sick. Can’t win with crazy.

Mom is a surgeon so she needs reliable child care. Her job depends on her child care. If she cannot work, someone misses their appointments or needed surgery. If Mom gets sick, she cannot do her job.

Then she should have her husband stay home.

Like what do you want? Hire a robot? Ya can’t have it both ways. If her job is that demanding, maybe kids weren’t the best decision.

She cannot exactly cancel surgery which is why she went with a nanny to have reliable child care.