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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I am so sorry this happened to you. As a fellow nanny myself, I empathize w/your feelings toward your charge. It must break your heart to think you may never see her again.

In my opinion, however calling in sick 4x in 5mos is kinda a lot. Not too much, but enough of a headache that the parents either had to stay home from work or scramble to find back~up. Can you tell us what you stayed home for? What people don't realize is that those of us who work w/young children are exposed to every germ imaginable, bar none. Families need to take this into account and arrange back~up options. However, there are more nannies looking for work than families hiring and this family knows this and is taking full advantage of it.

While I agree they should have given you ample notice of your firing, in the nanny profession it is advised by many experts to NEVER leave your child in the care of someone who you have already fired. Experts say this can put a child at risk since once the nanny is fired, she may take her anger out on the child and/or house. I am not saying that is what you were going to do, but it is best that when a family fires a nanny, they let her go immediately. I think they could at least given you 2wk severance pay however.

Anyway, this family must view you as indispensable since after 20mos they let you go.
Most "normal" families do not want their child exposed to a revolving door of nannies.
They want their child to have stability and will compromise at times to allow that.

You probably dodged a bullet here.
This family didn't offer you any severance pay plus they fired you after almost {!} 2 yrs.

You can offer to meet them for coffee.
Explain that they could have given you a warning first. Maybe you can save your job?! Not sure at this point.
At the very least, hopefully you can get a reference from them....though if they tell your new family that your reliability is spotty, it might be best not to use them.

Good Luck.
Again, so sorry and hope things work out either way.[/quote]

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