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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will have been with my family for over 4 years when I leave this fall. I've always known my job will end once the child starts full day school. I would never expect severance pay. I knew the job would come to an end. It's not like their situation changed and they are letting me go sooner than planned. We have a good relationship and they understand I will need to start interviewing over the summer and may need to leave sooner than I would like. A goodbye bonus would be generous but I don't expect one. 4 weeks of severance pay for a job I've always known was "temporary" seems outrageous. [/quote]

4 years is not temporary.

You sound like a novice/newish nanny, because that is a long-term position and 1wk pay/year as severance is common (I won't say expected, although it is) for those kinds of partnerships.[/quote]

I'm sorry but I simply don't believe the one week severance per year of employment is the norm.  If that were the case why would this forum be so full of nannies who are underpaid and undervalued and unhappy in their positions?  Why would the same employers who allegedly don't value their nannies, constantly try to hire for the cheapest possible rate, think a nanny will be a full-time housekeeper for minimum wage, etc... then turn around and routinely pay out this level of severance.

The 4 year tenured nanny sounds rational and reasonable and like someone I'd hire.  And someone I'd give a parting bonus too.  A nanny who thinks he/she is ENTITLED to severance for a job that is guaranteed time limited from day one?  Never going to be hired by or retained by me for long in the first place.

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