Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You sound like a great employer. Apologize to your nanny for your neighbor putting her is such a bad spot and tell her that you will be speaking to him and that you insist that she never feel obligated to do this again. While a gift card is always a nice gesture, it isn't your fault this happened. Honestly, I'm a nanny and I would have said no to him - it would not be fair to my employer to take another job while I was working for them.
I agree on the last point actually - I think if she had said yes and accepted money from him, I would have been irritated with her. I'm paying her to be with my kids, so taking another job while working would not work for me. I think she just said yes because it didn't seem like a big deal to her and the kids wanted a play date anyway. I did tell Her that I would talk to him and to please let me know if it happened again.