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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][b]You're getting 2 extra weeks of paid vacation, and you are unwilling to drive 72 miles round trip and get their dogs from the boarders? Really? [/b]

And I don't quite understand how that would take up "a good portion" of your day. Where do you live/work that driving 72 miles, picking up/dropping off dogs takes more than 3 - 4 hours, max?

I guess I think a little give and take makes for a good work relationship. It's not like they told you they needed you to dog sit for 2+ weeks, right?[/quote]

This exactly.

I would absolutely think it selfish for a nanny with an extra paid two weeks can't do one errand on her last day (after 13 days of doing nothing) especially is she is paid guaranteed hours.[/quote]

Does this work in the reverse? Does a nanny family that doesn't do something they are not contractually obligated to do deserve judgement? There are some families that choose to not offer guaranteed hours. There are families that choose not to give bonuses, or acknowledge birthdays, etc. I do not think that choosing not to do something that you are not obligated to do, and that falls significantly outside of your typical duties makes someone a bad employee.

If the rest of their relationship is otherwise good, refusing to do this should not make or break it. Doing it out of fear or some imagined obligation, however, is a good way to end up bitter and resentful. In 6 months OP will be one of the many nannies on here complaining that they go the extra mile for their NF and it never seems to be enough/isn't ever acknowledged. Boundaries are not a bad thing, and flexibility doesn't mean agreeing to any and everything that is asked.

Being paid while they are away is not some gift to you OP. You don't owe them for it any more than you owe them for paid holidays that you negotiated, your own vacation time, or your paycheck. This was all part of the deal.[/quote]

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