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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, I'm sorry OP but you made a big mistake. I never give more than 4 weeks notice, and even then I never expect to be able to actually work all of those 4 weeks. Once a parent learns that their nanny's future plans do not completely revolve around their family, they find a new nanny.

This comes up on this forum time and time and time again. If there are two things we nannies must never do they are: 1) give a long notice period if we are quitting, or 2) tell MB that we are preggers at any point before it is glaringly obvious. Committing one of these "atrocities" will result in a nanny losing her job faster then the speed of light.

It's super screwed up in a fundamental way. You did everything you could to look after their best interests (by giving them more than enough time to find a new nanny to replace you). And they did everything they could to look out for their own best interests while simultaneously screwing you over. It sounds like they at least gave you two weeks notice and one week of salary as severance; consider yourself lucky that you got that.

It's a shame that your relationship with their children is forever marred, but now you can go find a new family with great kids to bond with, and hopefully this time you can try to screen for parents who aren't such colossal A-holes. Might want to consider adding something into your next nanny contract about "minimum of one months notice, or two weeks notice plus two weeks severance."

Good luck.[/quote]

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