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[quote=Anonymous]We have a fabulous live-in nanny who does  a great job with our kids overall. She's extremely organized and tidy and plans fun outings for them everyday. We pay per pretty well -she earns $1000 net a week plus we pay her taxes above that plus health insurance. However I have the following concerns that are making me feel that this is not a great fit but I am struggling to call it quits because she is very good at her job. My concerns are as follows:

1. I was very clear during the interview that we would need her on some Saturdays. Her contract says 2 Saturdays a month. However she is usually unwilling to work on Saturdays at all. She has been with us since march but has only worked one Saturday so far. We both work full time so we like to go out on Saturday evenings. I don't expect the nanny to work all day- just a few hours a couple of Saturdays a month.
2. I was clear in the interview that we would need her to clean the house. My kids at in school until 12 for 3 days a week. She helps with getting ready in the morning and drops them off at school which is 10-15 minutes away and picks them up. At the interview I told her that I expected the house to be cleaned once a week on one or over all 3 of the days the kids are at school. During her first week here she told me she is too busy to clean and she had asked her friend to clean  for is for $60 a week. I was taken aback but I agreed but I am not happy because I think there is more that enough time for her to lean the house. 
3. Again, during the interview, I was very clear that I want my kids to be spoken to in Spanish. It is very important to me. She is Spanish speaking but she simply will not comply. I have had a serious chat with her, cajoled, pleaded- but she doesn't do it. I always have spanish speaking nannies for this reason. Her English is good but not perfect,  which is fine, except she insists  on speaking to the kids in broken English which has ruined their spoken  English while their Spanish is also disappearing. 
4. We have 3 kids. My oldest is 11 and is at school and sports all day until I pick him up at 4:30 an we come home together. The nanny mostly cares for our 3 year old twins. I noticed during the summer that she would not provide breakfast and lunch for my 11 year old. A lot of the time it was okay and he'd make himself a sandwich/cereal or get some fruit etc. at other times when those things were not immediately handy he just went hungry. I talked to her about it and asked her to make sure he had breakfast and lunch everyday. She looked very put out and tried to argue her way out if it by saying he was asleep when she gave the twins break fast or was not hungry when she was serving lunch etc. I had to tell her to just prepare the food and to let him know what it was and let him heat it whenever he was ready to eat.

She s brilliant with the twins but these things annoy me. I am thinking of letting her go. What does everyone think?
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