Anonymous
02/14/2014 11:06
Subject: I think I need a little more time.
She is paid through a payroll service. Thanks first poster. THat is excellent advice.
Anonymous
02/12/2014 22:25
Subject: I think I need a little more time.
Why are you paying cash? Is she illegal?
Anonymous
02/12/2014 17:30
Subject: I think I need a little more time.
I think most nannies would be fine with what you've proposed. I've had it happen in a couple of positions that we needed to mess around with the start/end times a bit until we found what works.
I would start it out as a casual conversation, mostly just a heads up that you may want to change the hours so that she can start thinking about what she's comfortable with. Let her know that you like her, and let her know about your promotion. Let her know that you'd definitely like to add at least 15 minutes to those days, but that depending on how the promotion works out, it may be more. Make it clear that you're not quite sure yet how the promotion might affect your hours, but that you just wanted to get a sense of what her evening availability might be. This way it's on her radar, and she gets a chance to think about how it will affect her before she commits to any changes.
I would start it out as a casual conversation, mostly just a heads up that you may want to change the hours so that she can start thinking about what she's comfortable with. Let her know that you like her, and let her know about your promotion. Let her know that you'd definitely like to add at least 15 minutes to those days, but that depending on how the promotion works out, it may be more. Make it clear that you're not quite sure yet how the promotion might affect your hours, but that you just wanted to get a sense of what her evening availability might be. This way it's on her radar, and she gets a chance to think about how it will affect her before she commits to any changes.
Anonymous
02/12/2014 13:24
Subject: I think I need a little more time.
Two bits of great news: I love our new nanny who has been with us for a month and I'm getting a promotion and pay raise.
I think I need a bit more nanny-time b/c my new position makes leaving right on time harder. I am getting home right at nanny go-home time which I don't like. I prefer that we overlap so that 5-10 minutes that is needed for transition happens on our joint time, not her personal time. So that would be about 15 min day X4, 1 hour. Also, I work from home one day a week and she is very nice about being flexible on this day, her half time day. I ask in advance if she can stay late or come early, she says yes, and I pay cash. She's been with us 4 weeks and it's happened twice one hour each time. So really, at most, I only need about 2 more hours a week.
So, have you renegotiated your contact so soon after hiring a nanny. If so, did you do it for so little time? Part of me just wants to offer her cash every week for the overtime...but part of me wants to be clear about my time needs and although they are still in flux, it is obvious to me that we've made the contract for too few hours. Maybe I should wait for my promotion to take full effect and then renegotiate.
Thoughts?
I think I need a bit more nanny-time b/c my new position makes leaving right on time harder. I am getting home right at nanny go-home time which I don't like. I prefer that we overlap so that 5-10 minutes that is needed for transition happens on our joint time, not her personal time. So that would be about 15 min day X4, 1 hour. Also, I work from home one day a week and she is very nice about being flexible on this day, her half time day. I ask in advance if she can stay late or come early, she says yes, and I pay cash. She's been with us 4 weeks and it's happened twice one hour each time. So really, at most, I only need about 2 more hours a week.
So, have you renegotiated your contact so soon after hiring a nanny. If so, did you do it for so little time? Part of me just wants to offer her cash every week for the overtime...but part of me wants to be clear about my time needs and although they are still in flux, it is obvious to me that we've made the contract for too few hours. Maybe I should wait for my promotion to take full effect and then renegotiate.
Thoughts?