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[quote=Anonymous]Our wonderful former nanny went to work for another family when our kids got too old to need her. This is a woman who worked for us for six years, part of that time in nanny shares with other families, and every one of the familes that worked with her during those years loved her. I mean: LOVED her. Anyway, she worked for this new family for more than six months, and last week they fired her with no notice and no severance pay.

Stated reason? She inconvnienced them by taking one day off (with two weeks advance notice), she occasionally glanced at texts on her phone while toddler was playing, and she sometimes cleaned up in the ktchen while toddler played in the next room. Yes, you got it: she took her eyes off him for seconds at a time!

I can understand that in very rare circumstances, it might be appropriate to fire a nanny with no severance pay (because she stole, hit your child, or did some other sudden and egregious thing). But barring such situations, anyone who fires a nanny should give notice or severance pay. It's beyond appalling to fire a middle-aged women with dependents of her own without the basic human decency to give notice or severance pay.

I'd like to think the family that did this would read this and repent, but I doubt they will see it. But maybe it will inspire other families to remember that even if a nanny is a poor fit for you -- even if you feel she's not handling things the way you want-- she should still be treated as you yourself would want to be treated if you lost a job. It's fine to decide to let someone go if the fit isn't good, but that's not excuse to not treat an employee decently.

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