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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
How a boss responds to your honest illness is an indication of their integrity, not yours.

It's a golden opportunity to access your boss's character. Take careful note and remember for the future.

Terrible advice. In the second week of a new job, there is no way to know if you are reporting an "honest illness" so the spotlight is on the nanny to show her integrity. She is the one who is raising red flags with early absences.

(I'm not suggesting, OP, that you are not being honest. I'm replying to PP only.)

The golden opportunity here is for the boss to judge your character. So far, it sounds like it is going well for OP. But others are right. She will need to establish herself for perhaps longer because of this red flag. I'm sure she can do it, but make no mistake, it is on her to prove herself, not on her boss.

You are totally wrong and here's why: 
The employer is well aware of this nanny's exceptional character, based on the nanny's established reputation (references.) Unless the employer offered a host of references for herself and spouse, what does the nanny have to go on? Nothing, except her day to day behavior.

For a lawyer, you should be smarter than you appear to be.[/quote]

You don't have very good critical thinking skills, PP. The employer is not "well aware of this nanny's exceptional character". The employer only knows that a few families have been happy with her performance as a nanny. She may be exceptional, or she may be just fine. The employer only has the data point of someone else's opinion and will need to decide for herself if the nanny is exceptional, based on her performance in this new job.

I have no idea what your point is about a host of references for the employer or spouse. It is pretty irrelevant to OP's case, except that it reinforces my point that the only thing both sides have to go on is the present day to day behavior. References are not some guarantee of truth and don't count as an "established reputation".

Finally, I don't know where you got the idea I was a lawyer. I'm not and never said I was. Clearly, you have reading comprehension issues as well.[/quote]

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