Reply to Help! What Should I Do Now?

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "Help! What Should I Do Now?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been a Nanny for an adorable three-yr old little boy over a year now.

He was pretty sick this past Friday, fever, severe congestion + cough, vomiting and lack of energy.

I have a trip/vacation coming up on Monday w/my entire family.
We will be spending a wk up in the mountains for Christmas - a long-awaited family reunion of sorts.

Well since watching him was only three days prior to the day that I am going to fly out for my trip, I elected not to work on Friday after hearing how sick my charge was because I didn’t want to risk falling ill so close to it.

I was honest & explained this all to my bosses.
They both had important meetings at work that day (they told me) and really needed me to watch their son.

They both told me that the reason they hired a Nanny (vs. putting their son into a daycare) is so that they can have childcare for him even when he is very sick.
If I didn’t have this trip planned I would have risked getting sick however this time I didn’t want to risk it.

I don’t think other Nannies would have risked getting sick so close to an important trip.
I am seriously reconsidering working for this family when I return.
Their attitude was selfish.[/quote]

I get the trip was important, but they hired you to watch their kid and allow them to be professionals.  You can "seriously reconsider" your job, but I bet the family is seriously considering letting you go.  Priorities for parent hiring nannies vs child care are safety of kids and reliability of nanny.  Training and experience, personality, etc, don't count for much if you can't be counted on in a pinch. [/quote]

I cannot believe this nonsensical response.
So if the OP went in to work, cared for a young child who was feverish and throwing up then the likelihood of the OP catching whatever the child has is very high, even if she wears gloves and a face mask.

Then she is expected to have her vacation ruined all because her nf may fire her for not being professional??????
I wouldn’t risk a special vacation ruined over this.
In this case it appears to be an isolated incident — not a regular issue. The OP stated that she would normally have gone in to work, it’s just this was a special trip.

Say a Nannie was getting married in a few days , then a few days prior her charge began throwing up and had a fever of 102-3.
No one in their right mind would expect a Nannie to go to work.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics