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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Live in Nanny here. My nanny family is getting a divorce & wants to keep me along. The father has asked me more than once if I can get a car so I can drive the baby between their houses.

I have qualms with this family as they frequently underpay me & take advantage of me & I have plans to leave when my contract is over. I am a live in nanny but I am not provided with any of the board or benefits I agreed to before working here. I am not interested in getting a car because I know the family wouldn’t even give me gas money let alone follow industry standards for using your nanny’s personal car - but I found it quite insulting that he even asked that in the first place. Never had a nanny family not provide a car for me to use while on the clock & I don’t think my past families would ever dream of asking me to buy something so their family could use it.

The dad has been asking me frequently lately to get a car or if I’ve saved for one so I can ‘give him the money to buy a car’ & I have to hold my tongue because I want to respond & tell him that he doesn’t even pay me enough for me to think about a car. They want me to buy the car & fully take care of it & they asked for 50 dollars a month FROM ME for parking (this part was also insulting).

I’d definitely like some advice - do you feel that this is a rude request? How would you professionally decline this request? [/quote]

You simply say this is not something I wish to do.  If you have a contract and they have not lived up to its terms, they are in breach of contract.  You can leave immediately.  They sound horrible.[/quote]

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