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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I once worked for a family who lived in my city (Chicago). They lived in a crappy area and told me they'd be moving to a better area that was closer to me. They put their loft on the market, but I guess no one was biting. Anyway. I got back from a mini vacation the day after Memorial Day and they told me they'd decided they were moving to a town 3 hours away and they wouldn't need me anymore. I had two weeks to find a new job.

Fast forward to the weekend before my last week. I needed to leave 15 minutes early one day to go to an interview. I texted mb. She was furious that I was "already looking for a new job when they hadn't even left yet" ummm...what did she expect. Anyway. She was absolutely not budging on letting me leave a few minutes early, so I told her I wouldn't be coming in that last week and it was absolutely not fair of her to expect me not to find a new job.

I went on that interview and fell in LOVE with the family and child and have been happily working there for two years.

That family was just terrible in other ways as well, so I'm not exactly devastated about it, and I don't feel a bit guilty. I could write a novel bout the horror that was the five months I worked for them.[/quote]

Well that was REALLY shitty of you. [/quote]

You're joking right? MBs seem to think there are no consequences to their actions. If you are inflexible with your nanny, she will not be flexible with you. If you are inconsiderate, expect to reap what you sow. [/quote]

I agree, you must be joking. They had no right to be angry with her interviewing for positions when they decided to move to a new city 3 hours away and had already given her 2 weeks notice! She asked to leave 15 MINUTES early one day (not even a whole hour!) for an interview. She wouldn't have had to be looking for anything if they had stuck to their original plan of moving CLOSER to her. I think that nanny deserves an award for dealing with such a crappy family in the first place. I hate when families make promises about something that are the reason you take the position, and then fall through with it. In this regards, they actually broke the "contract". They gave 2 weeks notice, when nanny asked for a small favor, family showed true colors, and so nanny then decided not to go in last week. She didn't ask for it to be paid, she didn't demand anything from them. She just left early which she had every right to do (especially since it seems like she would have needed that time to interview for positions anyways). No way was she in the wrong at all![/quote]

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