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I’m in a little bit of a predicament. We just found out last Friday that my LO (3 y.o.) was accepted into a prestigious preschool that we’ve been on the waitlist for, for a while. However, they want her to start at the beginning of January. We were always planning for our caregiver needs to change once she got into preschool, but we were hoping for some more lead time so that our nanny had ample opportunity to find a new position with a different family. This leaves us with letting our nanny go with 2.5 weeks notice and it’s during the holidays.
She has been with us for 2 years and has been wonderful with our child. The last 6 months though, it appears she has become less engaged and almost unhappy in her position. She was running late for a stretch of time that was remedied once we brought it up, but her attitude has been very apathetic towards us and slightly less so with our child. We hear great things from other families who see our nanny out and about with our child. Things such as she plays very well with her and isn’t on her phone very much. But when she is at home with our child, I notice she is on her phone more and isn’t as engaging as I would prefer.
Now these are all nuances that aren’t the reason we are letting her go. But I wanted to give some insight on how she has been these last six months in order to tailor how I should give her notice at the end of this week. So all in all, I’m looking for advice on how to do this as kindly and gently as possible as I know it’s a really crappy time with not a ton of notice (would have preferred a month) and it being during the holidays.
Thank you all for your help!
P.S. We do not have a contract with our nanny as she preferred to not have one. It was discussed during the interview and it was her choice. Our prior nanny’s have all had contracts in place. This is why it’s a bit of a grey area for us.
She has been with us for 2 years and has been wonderful with our child. The last 6 months though, it appears she has become less engaged and almost unhappy in her position. She was running late for a stretch of time that was remedied once we brought it up, but her attitude has been very apathetic towards us and slightly less so with our child. We hear great things from other families who see our nanny out and about with our child. Things such as she plays very well with her and isn’t on her phone very much. But when she is at home with our child, I notice she is on her phone more and isn’t as engaging as I would prefer.
Now these are all nuances that aren’t the reason we are letting her go. But I wanted to give some insight on how she has been these last six months in order to tailor how I should give her notice at the end of this week. So all in all, I’m looking for advice on how to do this as kindly and gently as possible as I know it’s a really crappy time with not a ton of notice (would have preferred a month) and it being during the holidays.
Thank you all for your help!
P.S. We do not have a contract with our nanny as she preferred to not have one. It was discussed during the interview and it was her choice. Our prior nanny’s have all had contracts in place. This is why it’s a bit of a grey area for us.
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