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[quote=Anonymous]Our nanny has taken 20 days off this year, not counting 10 paid federal holidays and 3 days that we comped her after vaccine reactions. We want to be flexible and supportive (we believe she is genuinely ill when she calls out) but we're really struggling to cover the amount of time she needs. We have talked to her about the absences a few times. The last time was at the end of August. We told her we weren't able to continue covering so many days off. She said she understood, but now she's been out 4 days in the past 2 weeks. I think she genuinely can't do any better. Meanwhile I am drowning at work and starting to worry about my own job performance.

Do any families or nannies have advice for us? We are fond of her; she genuinely loves our kids. She has also taken some financial hits lately and we would feel awful firing her. But we can't go on like this and I don't know what to do. We do have some backup care options through our work, but they are generally not able to send someone on the same day, and she usually calls out first thing in the morning.[/quote]

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