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[quote=Anonymous]While I think 19:55 went too far with what they said, I do kind of agree. This is the worst time of year to fire someone. I decided to leave a job in the past, and decided I wanted to do this about 2 weeks before Christmas. I ended up waiting until the middle of January to give notice because I didn't want to tell them I was leaving and make them find someone new (or try to find something new myself) right in the middle of the holidays. As it wasn't a situation that I needed to leave immediately, it just wasn't working out in the long run, I felt it best to wait another few weeks and I started my search, but knew that it would be hard to interview during a time like that.

I also agree with the PP that said the nanny might have decided to change her christmas plans (coming home early/late or just canceling her plans totally) once she knew that money might end up being an issue. If I was making huge plans like leaving the country, I would have preferred to have known by Sept/early Oct that I might not have a job by the beginning of the new year. That way I could have planned something else instead, saved up my money not just from that trip I canceled, but even from casual spending over the previous months.

I think any nanny would prefer a heads up in advance and then later be told if it is just getting too much financially for the parents and get a months notice, than to just get notice at the very end.

In a way, she did know that something was up, but when you told her not to worry about her job, that might have been taken as you had more money than you really did, and that even having no job for 6+ months wouldn't have been an issue with your finances.[/quote]

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