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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  I think she is generally an honorable person, but I'm afraid that out of desperation due to her financial difficulties, she might act less than honorably, such as leave without notice or not be forthcoming about looking for a full-time position.  I'm not making assumptions out of thin air about her wanting a full-time position, I'm basing this on both things she says and doesn't say.  She has never indicated that working two part-time positions is in any way beneficial for her and in fact, has made negative comments about part-time work, namely, that her past part-time employers would not guarantee hours or pay or offer benefits, and how difficult this was compared to her full-time gigs.  I can find a replacement easily, but am more likely to make a sound hiring decision if I'm not under the pressure of trying to fill a vacant spot.  In any case, I want to be fair to her, even if she might not be fair to me, so I will have a talk with her.[/quote]

"Less than honorably?" Is this your first part time nanny? It is very difficult to find a long term PT nanny. But the way you find someone who will stay at least a year is to look for someone who wants part time for whatever reason (their own kids, school, other family obligations, they only need supplementary income). Any time you hire someone who was also looking for full time work, you have to assume she will leave if the opportunity arises. Hopefully she'll give you two weeks notice. But since you're thinking about firing her just because she's looking, you might consider how that's any more "honorable" than her leaving without notice. She will nto be able to replace the job as easily as (you think) you can replace her, so you're planning to threaten her with unemployment to get her to commit to a job that won't pay her bills.

Rather than thinking in terms of what she owes you, how about thinking about the fact that right this moment, this arrangement is mutually beneficial, but that it is not the perfect situation for either of you. You "own" this potential loss of your nanny as much as she will if she leaves, because you hired someone who told you that she needed more hours to make it work.[/quote]

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