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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never round up if I was a minute over.  Sheer greediness.[/quote]

Its not about greed, its about respect. If you think you don't need to round up until 5:52:30, what motivation is there to show up right at 5:45? What about when you arrive at 5:53? Are you going to remember to round up then? If you get accustomed to arriving at 5:50 instead of 5:45, soon 5:55 doesn't feel all that late, then neither does 6:00. Do you get it? If you don't show up when you're supposed to, you pay for it. You don't eek out a few extra minutes here and there if you respect your nanny's time. That being said, I don't clock my employers down to the minute, but it is important to not set the expectation that you will not play fast and loose with my time. [/quote]

You can do whatever you want.  As an employee (and MB), I will not.  But not all of us can have high ethical standards.[/quote]

This is not an ethical issue. Telling someone up front what your policies and expectations are is actually the ethical thing to do. My employers know I expect to be walking out their door at 5:30, and to be compensated if it is their fault that I'm not. What would actually be unethical is thinking it is okay to ask your nanny to possibly work over a half an hour extra each week for free. [/quote]

Of course it's an ethical issue!  You're asking your MB to pay you for time that you did not actually work.[/quote]

Then I'm sure you take an ethical stance on salaries, guaranteed hours, paid time off, and holidays, right? :roll: This is business. If you don't draw a line in the sand, people will take as much as they can get from you. If you say your end time is 5:45, but you can have 7 free extra minutes, there are lots of people who will take that and more. Conversely, if you say your end time is 5:45, and if you are late you will be charged until 6:00, that is nothing more than a penalty to disincentive being late.

I say this as someone with an otherwise wonderful MB, who I let slide on being a couple minutes late early on in our relationship, and now 2 years later feel backed into a corner about her being 10 minutes late DAILY, with no adjustment in my pay. It started with a minute or 2, and she would want a 5 minute update. Do not go down this road ladies. It does not benefit you, and they really aren't even going to notice those extra minutes soon enough. You aren't going to get a pat on the back for being flexible, because they won't even realize they're doing it.[/quote]

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