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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 put temporary in quotes because while I understand 4 years is a long term position, especially for a nanny job, I also went into it knowing there was an expiration date. A nanny job isn't a job where you work for decades and retire. You're there until the kids have outgrown the need for a nanny and if you have a good relationship with your employers, you're aware of that date long before it happens. My employers have always treated me well and been generous but there is no way I'm receiving a 4 week bonus at the end of my employment and I am fine with that. Maybe it's considered the norm in the DC area but I'm in Chicago and I've never heard of a nanny getting that kind of end bonus unless they worked for a wealthy family.

I am grateful my employers are committed to helping me find a new position. That's more than you get with a lot of jobs. [/quote]

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