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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they were truly wealthy they would have been able to afford preschool half day plus you. Or kept you for after school care or household management while kid was at school.  Unless you didn't want that role. [/quote]

OP here. When they first told me they were thinking about preschool, around thanksgiving, they told me they were putting their son on the wait list for part time preschool in the mornings, and that I could watch him in the afternoons (which I said I was open to). They made it clear that would be only part time though, not full time. They told me at the same time "but more than likely he just won't start preschool until next fall anyway." Then, when they gave me my notice three weeks ago, they said "the preschool told us the only openings they had were full time, and we decided to go for it."

I know they are wealthy. They own three large luxury-brand vehicles, two of which were replaced with brand new models in the past year. They own three vineyards and their own nationally distributed brand of wine (this was all inherited by them). Their house is located in a very upscale and sought after neighborhood and is worth /at least/ a million dollars. Every single day they get boxes in the mail full of merchandise MB bought online from places like j.crew, and anthropologie, coach, etc. Once she left a box Iii OkI out that she had just opened up with the packing slip on top and I had a peek. She spent over $200 on a single throw blanket :/

I should also mention that they never paid me for sick days or even days they didn't use me because they were traveling, etc. The last two families I worked with always did, and we never had a contract or anything, so I was pretty shocked when this family just nonchalantly shrugged it off when I brought it up after their first vacation, three months after I began working with them. [b]In hindsight I should've just quit right then, but I decided to stick with them...now obviously I wish I had quit sooner! [/b]

Clearly, they /could/ have afforded to treat me properly, they just chose not to.

I will say that I've often wondered if they just don't understand what it's like living on so little money, and that's why it never occurred to them to be more generous? Like, somehow they honestly thought they were being generous just by employing me at all and didn't realize just how royally they were screwing me over? Ehh regardless I can tell you all that I am extremely glad to be done with them. My new NF has already written up a contract including guaranteed hours, vacation pay, etc, and they told me they gave their last nanny 1-2 weeks salary for Xmas so hopefully my woes are behind me :)[/quote]

"I was paid for my work. My employer is wealthy but didn't hand me free money and gifts. They are jerks. I should have quit and found a family I could exploit."

- This Nanny[/quote]

Who is this troll that constantly yells at nannies for asking for normalcy? Guaranteed hours is part of most ft  contracts. To not offer it is not ethical. All agency jobs that I've seen insist on it for  their nannies. Stop being hateful. [/quote]

1) This nanny is an adult and signed a contract with this family that did not provide her guaranteed weekly pay. Too bad for her, she is not entitled to this. Most basic jobs that don't require any education or training (such as nannying) similarly won't pay you for days that you don't work, even if out of your control. Blizzard preventing anyone from coming into the call center? No work no pay. Office computers down and no one can do any work? Too bad, you can go home without pay. This is common in America. The jobs that pay you on salary are jobs that require education and experience and qualifications.

2) This nanny is also whining about not receiving ENOUGH gifts of a large enough value. She feels she is entitled to larger, more expensive, and more frequent gifts from her employer. How professional![/quote]

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