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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a nanny. Being a nanny isn't a serious profession. Shit happens. It's a job based around flexibility. If you want a job where you know when you're expected to come in and leave to the exact minute - go apply for an office job. I'm so sick of nannies acting like this.[/quote]

+1.  Most professional jobs require some level of flexibility in hours.  Nannies should, of course, be paid for every hour they actually work, but they should not expect to get paid until 7 every night because the parent might miss the 6:30 target here and there.  If nannies want to be respected as professionals, they need to stop acting like childish prima donnas.[/quote]

But in OP's example the parents are MOSTLY late, rather than MOSTLY on-time. That is the difference.

I have never turned down a schedule change in my current position - come in early, stay late, shift hours, I have (luckily) been able to accommodate it all. However, I do so because my boss is home on time (or early) 99% of the time. There is a mutual trust and respect that grows over time and encourages both parties to offer maximum flexibility for one another, but if you begin on a dishonest foot (i.e. hiring a nanny to stay until 6 and almost always getting home at 6:30 or 7) you aren't going to reap the rewards of a happy household employee.

If you're being respectful, open, and honest with your nanny, you should be able to depend on her flexibility. If you aren't...well, you made your own bed in that case, and you'll have to lie in it.[/quote]

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