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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seven weeks is a long time. I think your options here are:

1. Get a temporary gig for the summer and go back to them in the fall.

2. Start looking for a new family.

Were you expecting to be paid for two months while not working? They *definitely* should have raised this with you directly and let you know that they can't employ you for the summer, but it is equally weird to expect to be paid for that long when the children are gone. [/quote]

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No I didnt expect to be paid for no work but I think you misred my post. The older ones are here during summer, they will be gone in the fall. So this “we don’t need you” during summer is kind of from left field. I expected to have my hours possibly reduced but still work and possibly having 2 or 3 weeks off because I know they will all travel as a family and go away at some point on vacation.  I didn't anticipate not working at all. They paid me thru 10 weeks of covid last year so yeah I find this odd that she wants to furlough me and still expect me to be available in the fall. Im weighing my options [/quote]

If the older kids are college age, moving away and the youngest is 12 they really don't need you and its time to find a new job.  She should pay you through covid as you could work and she choose not to have your come.  Same as now.  She should pay you during their vacations as well if this is a full time job.  A 12 year old really only needs a driver before/after school.[/quote]

12yo may need a tutor, but unless OP's boss is gone overnight frequently, I'm not sure why a 12yo still has a nanny.

The 2 older kids may be going to boarding school or moving in with the other parent in the fall.  Regardless, they are older than 12yo and don't need a nanny.[/quote]

If the parents work or aren't involved, a 12 year old needs someone to monitor them, drive them to activities, make sure they are fed, etc.  But, they don't need a full time nanny in the fall except if its a 3-overnight or 3-10PM shift or something.  I would assume the older ones are in college.[/quote]

A 12yo is capable of getting their own snack and dinner, doing their own homework and does not need someone home with them for 2-3 hours unless there are SN.  In addition, they are capable of using metro or a bus, if it's close enough, but I agree that most parents don't think about public transit for tweens and teens when they purchase their home.[/quote]

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