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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my 3 year old daughter unfortunately got sick with bronchitis twice just a few weeks apart recently causing me to miss some work - total 4 days after I've only been at the job for about 3 months. My husband was traveling for work due the end of their fiscal year this month. Very bad timing obviously. I seriously did not see this coming as she's normally very healthy and rarely ever gets sick. She had symptoms such that her daycare couldn't take her. So yesterday, I was called by my employer and fired for unreliability. I feel so bad about having had this happen and it made me feel pretty low getting let go. I totally get why they did it because of course they need a reliable nanny...of course since they otherwise liked me, I do wish I'd had gotten some notice instead of just being let go immediately.

I just am trying to figure out if it's better for me to just do temporary, short term, and on call type jobs where I have more flexibility over my schedule. I've pretty much established my career as a nanny at this point in my life and I do not have the space at my home to host an in home daycare plus I can make more doing nanny work even with paying my daughter's daycare. Any other nannies been in this type of situation that can help shed some light on what to do from here?
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If your husband travels and you have no backup care yourself, then, yes, you need a more flexible job. You can't be the sole person in a position and have a lot of flexibility unless you work for someone who doesn't really need a nanny, in which case you probably aren't going to much like the job.[/quote]

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