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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks everyone.  To answer some questions:

She drives; it's probably about a 20 to 30 minute drive for her.  
We pay very well, over $20/hour, with all the usual benefits.
She is certainly paid from the time I ask her to arrive.
She has generally blamed her lateness on the traffic.

I agree with one pp who said that maybe she wasn't expected to be on time before--that seems possible.  She just strikes me as unprofessional in this regard, not getting that your start time is your start time, and that we depend on her to be there at that time.

We had a really hard time finding a nanny this time around--of the five candidates we wanted to interview in person, two never showed up to the interview and never called, and one was 45 minutes late!  (and told me when I finally called that she was in a traffic jam--apparently it hadn't occurred to her to let us know)  Maybe we have bad nanny karma.  The thought of starting to search all over again is very unappealing but it sounds like it might be necessary.

I am wondering if I have not been firm enough with our current nanny about the importance of being on time.  I have not told her we'll fire her if this continues, although we do list chronic lateness in the contract as a reason for firing without notice.  I'm trying hard to start off on the right foot and want to be firm but not nasty.  [b]Nannies, would you want to be told you were risking your job with this behavior before being fired for it?  Or would you just assume that showing up late every day puts your job at risk, and you wouldn't need your boss to convey this?[/b][/quote]

She's been late already almost every single day. Of her FIRST week. If you keep her on, what do you think will happen? I can see things going smoothly, maybe, for a month or so. Then she'll start to be late again. And then you won't want to replace her because the kids are attached/the timing isn't great for finding a new nanny. 
As miserable as the search is, I'd say she lost her chance. Find a new nanny![/quote]

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