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[quote=Anonymous]My MB has four children, 1 of which has complex special needs and requires a FT aide. All children are homeschooled from 8-2:30 during the day by a hired teacher. I come in for relief from 2:30-5:30 Monday to Friday. The children are great however the aide is so incredibly unreliable. In the 6 weeks I have been with them she has missed three days because she was sick, two days because her cat went missing, and has left early 3-4 times (between 5 and 5:15). She'll leave early if the kids have calmed down or are busy with activities with me. She'll talk way too much, about personal issues like how much her rent is, how much money she makes (she'll gripe about how I make $15 and she makes $18.50), how much her student loans are, how her social services diploma has "gotten her nowhere", how her dad fixes her car for her (the list goes on). She'll criticize my school and degree, (i'm doing a bachelors of social work), and say her two year college diploma is equivalent to my four year degree. She will make up obvious lies about things that don't make sense. I have disclosed zero personal information and will politely say i'm busy or I can't talk right now when she starts to go off on a tangent. She'll disappear for 20 minute bathroom breaks, chat with the neighbours, take the kids to get the mail and take 15 minutes. Today when I came in she took a personal call for 20 minutes!

She raises her voice regularly with the kids. Will voice her emotions like "I am so frustrated with you right now". She acts like a bully haranguing the kids all the time and criticizing or patronizing them. She locked one of the children's stuffed bears in the closet "just because".

I don't think MB is picking up on it, but to be honest I need more support. One kid bumped his head and was bawling for 10 minutes straight, my coworker was nowhere to be found and when she came up she said she was "looking for snacks for the kids in the basement." Should I just learn to deal with an unsupportive coworker or should I mention this to my MB? I tolerate her when I'm at work and will encourage suggestions such as "why don't we use positive reinforcement instead of always giving time outs?" to which she is not responsive. I kind of just needed to get this out, ugh.[/quote]

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