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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16:23 is getting coal in her stocking. What a heartless B you sound like.

OP, it sounds like your PTO arrangement is fair (since you knew about her trip before hiring her) and letting her know that additional time off will be unpaid is perfectly reasonable. Please don't cap it at 5 days, though, as foreign travel can easily eat up 2-4 days round trip and if THREE aunts are dying it's perfectly natural she will want to be home to support her parents through their loss. Use the money you'd otherwise be paying her to hire a temp nanny and let her fulfill her family obligations; I'm sure she will reciprocate with flexibility and gratitude if she's a normal person.[/quote]

Well i don't believe in santa and my family doesn't waste money on crap like coal. I used five day cap as an example, there is no reason for their NEW nanny to expect to be given unlimited unpaid days off no matter what the situation is. Families need a stable caregiver for their family and finding last minute help is difficult plus more expensive. She doesn't know when her relatives are going to die, so they can't plan ahead and arrange childcare now. While I believe in being considerate, there is a limit before it negatively affects you. For all they know she could lie in the future just so she can go on vacation (and lets not pretend that doesn't happen). She hasn't proven herself yet to be a reliable trustworthy nanny, that takes time and she's only been with them five months. If this was someone they have been working with for over a year then my advice would be similar to yours but she hasn't. by the way i'm a nanny.[/quote]

Obviously you're a nanny... just a young, dumb one. [/quote]

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