Nanny fell asleep while watching my kids

[Anonymous]

Op knew exactly how to stir the pot here on dcum.

[Anonymous]

The nannies here are the ones with an ethical problem and they know it. There is NO legitimate reason for a part time nanny to not offer to make hours when she can't work if she does not want to use PTO or take unpaid leave. The nanny is responsible for informing her employer if she isn't well enough to work. An employer shouldn't come in and find the nanny fast asleep.

The problem here is that many nannies seem to think its perfectly fine to sleep at their job even when they aren't ill. They lack professionalism. Once you encounter a nanny like them, you now have a dependent, incompetent adult who is no longer responsible for their actions. You haven't hired a professional, you've just gotten an additional child.

[Anonymous]

I had a ruptured cyst, was in the ER, etc. VERY painful. Still not good the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Op knew exactly how to stir the pot here on dcum.

She hasn't come back so yeah...that's probably the case

[Anonymous]

IF you were home upstairs, why did you make her come to work? It seems your kids are too old for a nanny anyway.

She probably just dozed off unexpectedly...perhaps it was the pain meds. I wouldn't make a big deal about it, I am sure it was nothing.

I hope you gave her the rest of the week off.

[Anonymous]

I've fallen asleep before when the kids were sleeping too. It was 1AM, I had been working since 8AM and the parents were out for a halloween party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PPs.

Tell her to take tomorrow off.

If you do offer PTO, remind her that this is what it is for and to please call out sick if she's ever not feeling up to working.

If you don't offer PTO, consider why you don't feel that's an important benefit to give another human being who might encounter emergencies like ruptured ovarian cysts.

Many jobs don't offer paid time off. It's life and if OP's nanny is part time then it's normal she wouldn't get paid. Important benefit my a**!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PPs.

Tell her to take tomorrow off.

If you do offer PTO, remind her that this is what it is for and to please call out sick if she's ever not feeling up to working.

If you don't offer PTO, consider why you don't feel that's an important benefit to give another human being who might encounter emergencies like ruptured ovarian cysts.

Many jobs don't offer paid time off. It's life and if OP's nanny is part time then it's normal she wouldn't get paid. Important benefit my a**!

You don't think paid time off is an important benefit? Really? I'm not asking if every job offers it, but I can't believe an actual human being would dispute its importance. "That's life"?? Yeah so is pollution and drunk driving and the enormous class divide, but we try to fix those problems too, just as we should try to fix unfair or even cripplingly bad employment offers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PPs.

Tell her to take tomorrow off.

If you do offer PTO, remind her that this is what it is for and to please call out sick if she's ever not feeling up to working.

If you don't offer PTO, consider why you don't feel that's an important benefit to give another human being who might encounter emergencies like ruptured ovarian cysts.

Many jobs don't offer paid time off. It's life and if OP's nanny is part time then it's normal she wouldn't get paid. Important benefit my a**!

You don't think paid time off is an important benefit? Really? I'm not asking if every job offers it, but I can't believe an actual human being would dispute its importance. "That's life"?? Yeah so is pollution and drunk driving and the enormous class divide, but we try to fix those problems too, just as we should try to fix unfair or even cripplingly bad employment offers.

I agree with pp that PTO for a part-time worker is not the norm and should not be expected. To say otherwise is doing a disservice to those new to the job market.

[Anonymous]

While I agree it would be great to have PTO offered for PT positions, most people doing PT only need care for x amount of hours each week and either cannot afford to pay more than that, or are not willing to pay for time that is not being used with working. FT is a different story, the person is taking their whole day/whole week for that family and is not earning any other money (normally). PT, you usually have time to find other work (like babysitting) to make up the hours you missed while still getting enough time for yourself in the schedule, or you have another position that brings in additional money. Benefits for PT is not the norm and saying that you can't believe a human being wouldn't consider it is going overboard. It's not that some people don't want to give PTO days, it's that they cannot afford it themselves. Either the parent who works at home has to take time off their work to replace you, or they hire someone else and have to pay them. These are the people that if needing FT care, will usually have the kids in daycare.

But after school care is totally different. Most of these people are not doing childcare for a living (even though I am), they are college kids that want the flexible schedule and a way to earn some extra money working with kids. I ask for benefits because I do this for a living, have lots of experience and I am high in demand (my current families all want me back next school year and my summer positions have said they would love me to continue into the fall and I have only just started working with them a bit on weekends). A college sitter just won't get the same benefits that they will give to someone like me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PPs.

Tell her to take tomorrow off.

If you do offer PTO, remind her that this is what it is for and to please call out sick if she's ever not feeling up to working.

If you don't offer PTO, consider why you don't feel that's an important benefit to give another human being who might encounter emergencies like ruptured ovarian cysts.

Many jobs don't offer paid time off. It's life and if OP's nanny is part time then it's normal she wouldn't get paid. Important benefit my a**!

You don't think paid time off is an important benefit? Really? I'm not asking if every job offers it, but I can't believe an actual human being would dispute its importance. "That's life"?? Yeah so is pollution and drunk driving and the enormous class divide, but we try to fix those problems too, just as we should try to fix unfair or even cripplingly bad employment offers.

I agree with pp that PTO for a part-time worker is not the norm and should not be expected. To say otherwise is doing a disservice to those new to the job market.

My experience has been otherwise; I've received less PTO in PT jobs, but have always accrued some as I've worked. Regardless, I did not say it was the norm. I said OP should think about why she doesn't offer any, if indeed she doesn't.