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[quote=Anonymous]I've been with my nanny family for 1.5 years. When I interviewed with them I made it clear that I most likely would be returning to university Sept 2014 (I'm in my early 20's) and they were fine with this. 4 or so months ago I confirmed that this was happening. About 6 weeks ago, DB's company closed and he lost his job with zero notice. Any concerns I had about keeping my job were abated when DB reassured me their financial situation is fine (MB is a high earning professional) and when he started to undertake some big (and relatively expensive) home improvement projects during his unemployment.

2 days ago DB gave me a months notice. They can't afford to employ me until the end of August any longer. I am totally shocked and scrambling to figure out how I'm going to fill a 5 week gap of unemployment.

I'm so mad at myself for naively assuming that at this point, after 18 months of being a great nanny, that my job was actually secure for the next 2 months. I'm mad that I came in this morning and DB was running off to meet with a contractor to finish their kitchen Reno, and asked me to pass a message on to the construction guys who are coming to pour concrete for their new patio and hot tub today. I realize that this is their prerogative and I have no right to question how they spend their money, but I find it really hard to believe that there was no way they could keep me employed for an extra 5 weeks.

I'm pretty sure the next time DB makes a comment about how expensive all his projects are becoming (and there have been plenty of those comments so far) I am going to have a rather snarky response. And I'm finding it REALLY hard to care about how unprofessional that is at this point. [/quote]

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