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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP do you guarantee her hours? If so, then her canceling on your to work other hours is completely gaming the system, and she sounds pretty dumb if she flat out told you this. However if you haven't guaranteed her hours, I don't think its wrong for her to occasionally take a (significantly) higher paying gig for the day. I had a crappy boss once, that refused to guarantee my hours, and I made it work for a while but if I was offered a higher paying gig for the day, I would tell her I couldn't make it that day. When you hire a nanny you pay for her services and her availability. If you don't guarantee pay, you open yourself up to competition for her time if she's in demand. [/quote]

Even if the hours weren't guaranteed the nanny made a commitment to be there on that particular day. It is wrong for her to take a higher paying job when she already made a commitment to the OP for those hours. OP is already paying the nanny more than the nanny's previous employer. This nanny does sound money hungry. That's a concern b/c if she did this once it's conceivable she'll do it again. I wouldn't want to employ someone like that. [/quote]

If you don't guarantee hours, then your arrangement is just that, not guaranteed. She's not guaranteed pay, and you're not guaranteed access to her availability. I'd also question how competitive the pay is that OP is offering, considering her nanny was able to beat that rate by $5/hour. That's pretty significant. I don't think you'll have to worry about firing her OP, she won't be sticking around long. [/quote]

There are plenty of jobs that don't guarantee hours, but an employee is still expected to show up when scheduled. These are positions that pay hourly. If someone takes a job in a restaurant or chain store (grocery, clothing, etc...) that person is expected to show up to work at the agreed upon time. It's quite possible the person will be sent home on a slow night (hence the hours not being guaranteed), but it doesn't mean that it's ok for the employee to decide not to show up to work one day b/c a one-day, higher-paying temp job came along. That could very well get the person fired.

I agree that the difference in pay was significant, but it still doesn't give the nanny a free pass to take a different job one day just b/c it paid more. She was hired to work certain days at certain times. She presumably knew that when she accepted the job. Has OP even commented on the guaranteed hours argument? For all we know she does guarantee the hours she hired the nanny for. Regardless the nanny made a commitment to OP for those hours. Taking a one-day temp job went against her commitment. [/quote]

Those jobs you reference tend to have variable schedules and presumably more than one employee. In the case of employing a full time nanny, you are generally reserving a set schedule each week and there is no one to trade hours with. I worked in traditional hourly jobs (fast food) and I could set and change my availability as needed. I could also give away an unwanted shift as someone was usually on call. A nanny job is not like that. Also typical hourly employees are not all that committed to a particular position and the turnover rate is not desirable for a nanny employer, so its best not to aim for an identical environment or you'll get identical results. [/quote]

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