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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]I've been a nanny for a month, two boys 7 and 4. My hours are 7-7 mon-fri. No set contract, never signed anything. Parents are going through a divorce. From 7:00-8:30 i get the kids ready for school and have breakfast. 8:30-2:00 i have free time, but cant commit to anything. 2:00-4:00 i have just the 4 year old and from 4:00-7:00 i have both. The mother wants the kids bathed and in their pajamas by 6:30 every night. I was under the impression that the mother would be home from work between 6:30-7:00 which is fine. In the month that I've been here, she's maybe come home twice between 6:30-7:00. The rest of the time she has been home early.

My problem is [b]I don't feel that I should still be there once she gets home[/b]. One day she came home at 5 and I had to stay till 6:00. She has a late night once a week which is Thursday. She takes off from work and yet I'm there all day. I don't understand why I should be putting her kids to bed while she's sitting on the couch with a glass of wine. Let me go home early and dock my pay. Am I wrong? On top of that, the kids are out of control![/quote]

Well, you can approach your MB and tell her you want to leave once she appears in her home. That will solve your problem, since she will then fire you.

Seriously though, you need to either accept that it's not your business what your employer(s) do while they are paying you to care for the kids or you need to change career paths. I don't understand why you would rather lose pay than just do your darn job regardless of where MB happens to be. I get that as a newbie nanny and as a nanny new to this family you are adjusting to your environment, but I think your time might be better spent working to establish a relationship with your charges that will lead to less wild behavior regardless of who else is in their home when you are working.[/quote]

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