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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]oh, and PP here - we told our nanny we anticipated being in our care situation until preschool.  That was clear.  But "we anticipate" isn't "we will keep you on until _____".  If you want a job for 3 years, the contract should be a 3 year contract.

That said, I don't know any job that doesn't allow for a change in situation or expectation.  People's lives and needs change.  A nanny only willing to work 40 hours a week isn't great for a family if a parent gets a promotion or needs to travel.  And not everyone ANTICIPATES that happening to them when they have a child and are looking for care.

It sounds like a lot of you expect "be respectful of the nanny's life, not the family's".  Everyone has changes[/quote]

20.05 here.

I offer extreme flexibility, up to 24/7 care, and I have worked with families to met their needs every time they needed to switch or augment their schedule.  But if the parent chooses to quit a job or cut their hours back to almost nothing, they don't need me.  And I have yet to have more than 1 week of notice and no severance.  Which is why my contract now reads guaranteed 2+ weeks notice (or pay out the unwanted time) and 2 weeks pay as severance.  I have to pay my way back to my home base and start from scratch, and most live-in jobs are "stipend" (think a few hundred a month for lots of hours each week) or the situation is untenable.[/quote]

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