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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No the OP is part of the problem. She shouldn't be bragging that she is "all wrapped up like a package ready to go" 15 minutes before her workday is finished. OP- you will not go far with ANY employer with this attitude. No one wants a nanny who is all ready to leave and bolts out the door the minute you walk in early.

Most employers will send you home early or engage in casual conversation with you. Some may not but this doesn't mean you should start clipping your day. Its incredibly unprofessional. [/quote]

OP here: First of all she is sahm, so I don't bolt the moment she enters the house. Secondly this happens every single day twice a day (lunch and dinner) since I was employed. I stand about 3 feet from her and watch her eat and interact with her infant while I stand there. Every once in a while she will ask me to get her glass of water, another slice of bread or whatever she might need. Then its back to my position of standing there. I am never invited to eat with them. Honestly I feel like a slave and cannot wait to find something better and then I will leave. In the mean time I guess I have to suck it up. [/quote]

This whole situation sounds bizarre.  She's a SAHM with one child and also has a nanny?  What do you do all day?  And I ask this as an MB who works part-time and has a nanny occasionally on days when I'm not working, but I have 3 children.  It sounds like you definitely need to find a new situation for many reasons including the way your MB reacted when you said you were leaving.  However, I will also add that as annoying as it is to be all ready to go with nothing to do, you should always ASK before you leave early.  NOT just announce that you are leaving.  That's true for any job, not just a nanny position.  The best thing to do would be to say, "I've finished doing X,Y,Z. I know it's only 5:15 so is there anything else you'd like for me to do?" If she says no then you can ask if you can leave.  Or you can say, "well if there is nothing else you'd like for me to do is it ok if I leave a few minutes early."

I always let my nanny go as soon as I get home but if I was already at home I can't imagine ignoring her while she stands by the door waiting to leave. As soon as I saw she was done I'd tell her to go home but I also can't imagine not assuming my nanny would sit down and eat lunch with us as well.  I can't picture a situation where the nanny would have to ask to leave because I would know if she was done and let her go, however, if for some reason I didn't realize she was done, I would be annoyed if she just announced she was leaving early without asking.[/quote]

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