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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YES!  It is a red flag!!  I am a nanny and I am shocked by this!  It is January 20th and she started on January 3rd?!  Two separate sick days out of 14 or 15 working days?!!!

Start looking for her replacement NOW.  [/quote]

This is the bigger issue. Is it possible that she just hasn't figured out alternative care for her daughter yet? It's possible she didn't expect to be employed so quickly. Not your problem, but maybe won't be a problem going forward.

FWIW, I offered to let my nanny with school-aged children bring them on occasion if necessary. It happened less than a handful of times over 2 years, and the kids enjoyed each other.[/quote]

Yes, we told her it was OK to bring her daughter when she first started. And her husband works early (like 5-1) so even if she wanted to take a half day we'd be OK with that too. The inconvenience is one thing that we can deal with (for example, I had specifically made a dentist appointment today for the same time my husband had made a haircut appointment thinking we'd have childcare; annoying, but not the end of the world because he just shifted his appointment to later). [b]But more importantly, it's making me doubt her honesty, which is never a good feeling.[/b] Kind of hoping I was just over-reacting. [/quote]

This would be an issue for me, too. She took the job understanding the hours, and now she doesn't like them. That's a problem. No one likes to work holidays/weekends/off hours, but almost all of do, at least in some jobs at some points in our lives. You get to decide when you accept the job if those are deal-breakers. If not, and you take the job, complain to your significant other and show up.[/quote]

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