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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yesterday, my nanny was over an hour late. She is supposed to arrive at work at 8am, and I didn't hear from her until 8:45 and she arrived here at 9:15. I sent her a text at 8:10 and when I didn't hear back from her, I started calling and my all calls went straight to voicemail. When she finally returned my call around 8:45, she was very apologetic and claimed her phone didn't charge through the night and ended up dying, so her alarm didn't go off, hence making her oversleep. That also explains why my calls went to voicemail. She sounded very apologetic and told me she would be there as fast as she could.

The nanny was visibly upset when she got here, and we had a talk about the incident. Things started out calmly, but I just couldn't shake how she was so irresponsible and didn't have a good excuse except "my charger must have come unplugged". I'm currently pregnant with my second, and my hormones are all over the place, so I know I was way more angry than I should have been.

I work from home, but since she wasn't here, I had to watch my 18 month  old and missed an important 8:30 call. I don't know what I was thinking, but in the heat of my anger from missing my call, I fired her on the spot. I didn't offer any notice or severance, just told her I didn't think this was going to work out anymore and told her to go home. She was shocked and left teary-eyed.

I feel like I made a mistake. She has been with us since my daughter was 3 months old. My child loves her and she's been a good nanny. She's never been late before- maybe a few minutes here and there, but nothing like this. I was just so upset that I fired her in the heat of the moment. I texted her this morning asking if we could talk, then another text with a long message apologizing for my behavior, but she hasn't responded even though the text is marked "read". That was over an hour ago.

Now,  I'm sitting here scrambling texting all my family members trying to find someone to watch my kid for a few hours so I can get some work done. I have absolutely no leads for a new nanny. I feel like my old one has seen my true colors and would never come back to work for me again. I feel shit out of luck.

Am I insane? I slightly regret firing her, but being over an hour late is a big deal. She really put me in a bind. Who is in the wrong here??[/quote]

Give her one more chance,if doesn't work kick her ass.
Don't apologies,she's need to have responsibility.

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