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[quote=Anonymous]One of the deficiencies you mention would be understandable, but together your list sounds problematic. Some are not a really big deal (maybe it hasn't occured to her that you'd want her to make a snack for the older kid - if it's important to you, maybe that needs to be spelled out). Saturdays are a bigger deal, but if you are paying north of $20 and offering time and half for the Saturday date, you'd have no problem finding a great babysitter! The housework - I can see how she might not get everything done in 8/9 hrs a week (I am an inefficient housekeeper, I admit), so I guess it would depend to me on whether she was doing something during schools hours, or just seeing the time as an extended break. Neglecting to speak in Spanish would be a much bigger deal to me.

So all told, it may be time to consider whether your current nanny is the correct fit.

I assume that you consider her "great" because the kids like her and she plays with them well. If you like her enough that you want her to stay on, it might be time to discuss the items on your list and state that some of them are requirements. Speaking Spanish, for example, if something that is well within her abilities to do, and important to you, but for some reason she just chooses not to. So I wonder: if she understands that her continuing in the job depends on speaking in Spanish, perhaps she'll agree to do it. (Since she has more facility in Spanish, I wonder why she doesn't actually jump at the chance to stay in Spanish most of the time.)

I would not worry about her "not liking her job" just because you gave her a performance appraisal with some negative points. It could happen -- but her job involves getting such appraisals and being responsive to your needs. If she doesn't handle this with a good attitude, or is very reluctant, then she really isn't a good match.

Basically, you are paying very, very well, and for that, you should have a nanny who is responsive to your requests.[/quote]

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