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[quote=Anonymous]We have had our nanny for the past six months and loved her. Our son loves her too. Which brings us to the issue: in the last 3 weeks, she called out three times for one to multiple days at a time (sickness, sickness of her own child, sickness of her family member...), she does not arrive right on time for the shift, always at least 10 to 15 minutes late which is not a huge deal but places a strain on our schedules on a regular basis... She calls out last minute which makes us scramble, miss work hours, etc... Her personal requests for changes in the schedule are also increasing. We do not have family here which makes it difficult to have  plan B to the ready.
We have been generous with her (good pay, sick pay, allowing her to come with her child at our home and not reducing her hourly wage, vacation paid, etc...) in the last few months. 
We are seeing this shift and are wondering if this means we should just be starting to look for someone else... or are we being too harsh? We are borderline wondering if she is not picking up shifts somewhere else at this point. 
We have tried addressing the issue with her and received some excuses that we did not think were appropriate considering we hired her to be reliable.

Any experience with excessive absenteeism and lateness with your nannies?
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