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[quote=Anonymous]I have been with my current family for almost 3 years. The parents had to decide if they wanted to send their youngest to kindergarten this August. I knew that if they decided on sending him that they would need someone part time and that I would need to find another part time job and do part time after school hours for them or find another full time position. The parents told me back in March that they decided they were going to do pre-k instead and they didn't feel he was ready for kindergarten just yet. Then they told me the end of May that they changed their minds and will be sending him to kindergarten. I figured ok well I guess I won't have another year with them and I will need to speed up my job search. I was a little upset that they changed their minds but only because it puts me back into looking for a job again. I do respect the fact that they have the right to change their minds and it is a big decision to make. I definitely understand why they changed their minds and thought well I still have til mid-August of full time employment so I have time to find something. Then the parents come to me again this past Wednesday night saying that they just realized they don't need me for all of July and explained why. They said that I am welcome to come back in August to do a week or 2 of full time hours and then do the after school hours part time if I would like to and said they would need to know asap what my decision was going to be so they have as much time as possible to find someone knew. Even thought I supposedly have guaranteed pay and up until this point that has been the case they said they don't want to pay me for all of July because they don't need me and would pay me for 1 or 2 weeks and they would discuss it with each other and get back to me on what they can do. So I essentially have until the end of this month to find a new job. I don't have a ton of savings so I don't have a long time to find another job. I'm shocked that they would wait til this late in the month to tell me that plans changed. My husband is unemployed right now as well and they know this so their change of plans really hurts us a lot right now. I feel like they have been jerking me around. They say they just now realized that they wouldn't need me for all of July. I really doubt that that is true. I feel like they waited to tell me this at the last minute because they knew there was a possibility I would line up another job and leave before they were ready for me to leave. I originally had planned to try and find a part time job in the mornings so I could keep the after school hours with them but after they did this I am really thinking that I will just find another full time job and do the occasional babysitting job for them. I really love the kids and it hurts to have to say goodbye but I'm starting to think it's for the best. I really just needed to get this off my chest because it's really been bothering me.[/quote]

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