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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a nanny and I also do not like to respond to work related communication in off hours. My boss also thinks her important, pressing issues cant wait but when I just worked for you for 12 hours and its Friday and I just opened a bottle of wine to start my weekend, yes,your email about where clean sheets are can and will wait until Monday. She's a nanny not a house slave. You don't own her and all her free time and its time MBs figure this out. When I'm off duty, you don't exist to me anymore.  [/quote]
If a nanny decided to not respond to an email or text within a reasonable amount of time of 2 or 3 hrs I would fire them. And I'm a nanny. That's just not ok in my book. I wouldn't care if it was a simple text saying how did music class go. If you don't respond all weekend your just being a rude.[/quote]

It is infinitely more rude for an employer to contact the nanny on her time off to ask banal questions. I don't answer work communications on the weekend either (barring an emergency or a very pressing issue). Once you start, it is a quick and slippery slope. Soon you are being texted at 9pm asking where Lucy's duck blankie is. [/quote]
But the employer is the one who pays you so they make the rules. I can't imagine not responding to my employers. If I'm late responding to a text like an hr or so I apologize. If my boss calls me at 7am on saturday morning to find out where little Johnny's cleats are I answer the phone. [/quote]

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