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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  I found her through a sitter website so don't know anyone in common.  We are her only regular job (as far as I know), but she still takes occasional jobs.  I do have the contact phone numbers for her references and believe she still works for some of them, albeit on an occasional basis.  Would it be improper for me to contact one of them?  They probably wouldn't know her current situation, but might have an emergency contact as they have known her much longer than we have.

We've definitely been fair with her.  Aside from paying her the going rate for a native English speaking college grad, there has been no job creep, micromanagement, coming home late etc.  The schedule changes and cancellations have been 95% her doing; the first time we canceled on her was for the July 4th weekend and if she had been better about honoring our schedule, I would have made up the hours to her.  She has actually been kind of demanding and maybe the fact that I don't cave every time makes her think I am being unfair.  For instance, she's asked to switch schedule many times.  When she asked to switch from Friday to Thursday last week, I said we couldn't and her response was "you said your schedule over the summer was flexible."  That was true when she was coming just 2 days a week, but when we upped her to 3 days, this wasn't the case anymore.  There have been times here and there when she has been less than professional, but since they were minor, I let them go because there is a lot positive about her, too.  Maybe this is all coming back to bite me in the a**.   It is just really upsetting that despite doing my best to be a good person to work for and a good person in general, it wasn't enough to warrant the minimal courtesy of even a text to say she is quitting with even just a day's notice.[/quote]

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