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[quote] Or a better question is how is this normally handled in other shares.[/quote]

I guess my question is how are excessive days without pay handled. At this point family B has taken about 3.5 weeks off without pay and we are about 3 months into the share. Family B has a two week vacation planned in the coming months and have sort of guilted me into not taking my paid vacation days because their trip is an expensive international one times with furlough days.  If both families continue at the same rate it really adds up. This next pay period I won't get a check at all from Family B. 3 days notice was given....I would have held off on a big ticket purchase (stroller) had I been made aware that their parents had a planned visit.

Another component that I haven't shared is the close nature of my relationship with the mom of Family A. Shaving someone's legs and getting them Dressed really creates a bond *sighs* at this point I am on more professional terms but there was a huge blur where she confided a lot in me (after she recovered) mostly about how overwhelmed she was and how her husband was of no help. That's why I took on a lot of responsibilities that were out of the realm of normal nanny duty stuff
The problem is she expected that to continue even though she is paying me less and I now have another
Child to care for. Now that the babies are
Moving out of me making all of their food I will have time to take a break and think that if they are napping and I am done with everything related to the children and cleaning the kitchen I should be given a break. She feels like I should take on other stuff because in her words "I don't want to pay you to sit down and relax". This is each families first time having a nanny and I am having a hard time conveying the "givens". But I feel like if I make your life easy then you should at the very least not try to make mine more challenging. Sorry for the novel feels good to vent. [/quote]

You shouldn't have to hold off on a "big ticket purchase".. Why the heck are you buying $400 strollers? Not one family has a stroller? I would've just stayed in until they purchased one for me to use.

When they bring up the break issue you need to tell them that unpaid lunch is great but who's going to come watch the babies while I run to the deli or Dunkin donuts to grab a sandwhich/coffee? When they say you need to be there on your break then you tell them that it's not truly a break if you're being forced to stay.

Stop being a passive pushover. Seriously.. You need to act like a professional and lay out your reasoning prior to talking to them. They are obviously more business then you and think they can manipulate you into thinking you don't deserve to get paid during your 'break' (definitely not a break though).

If the other commenter is correct and you are the same nanny who comes on here every once in a while to vent then I think you need to get a new job or suck it up because coming on here will do nothing for you unless you take the advice.[/quote]

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