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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a MB and I've read plenty on these boards about job creep, but I have the opposite problem (what I'd call "job retreat").  My nanny is fantastic and we have a good relationship, but in the past couple of months (she has worked for us for 2 years), she has stopped doing tasks that are in her job description to do [let me pause here because this is DCUM to say she is well paid, has paid vacation, guaranteed hours, sick time, the works, and we are generous with bonuses as well; her only tasks are strictly child related, she is not required to clean up anything other than what she and the kids use, she is not required to do any laundry at all, even the kids' laundry, and all of the cleaning tasks she has are listed in her contract -  I am also not one of the "keep yourself busy while the kids nap" kind of MBs, so during nap, she watches our netflix, or naps herself on rough days, and that's fine with me as long as the monitors are on].  For example, she has stopped emptying the diaper genie before trash day, tidying up the children's rooms after nap or playtime, making up the toddler bed after nap, etc., and she also has been coming in late (just 5-10 minutes here or there, but pretty frequently).

Nanny is great with the kids and we have a good relationship.  Since we do talk frequently, I don't think her performance issues are related to anything going on in her family that is distracting her.  I don't want to fire her, and if it were just one thing, or even more than one thing infrequently, I'd probably just ignore it thinking the kids gave her a rough day. So, I'm perfectly happy to sit her down, and I know that's what needs to be done here.  Because of our relationship, I want to be considerate and respectful of her when we do talk.  But I'm also a pretty commanding person by nature and she is not, so it would be easy to injure our good relationship just by being my usual (admittedly aggressive) self in explaining the issues I see having come up.  So here's my question my question to nannies out there - how can I tell her to go back to being the tip top nanny she used to be instead of the too comfortable slacking a little nanny she has become over time? If your MB came to you about this, what could she say that made the point clear without insulting you?[/quote]

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