Anonymous
09/03/2014 10:09
Subject: Re:How do you manage scheduling?
I have been in this situation before. MB was a visual person so she would need to see her planner and where each thing might fit. The problem is that instead if just scheduling my time she was doing all of her scheduling in one sitting. I ended up penciling my availability into her planner each Monday when I got my schedule for the next week. Then she would do her planning for the next week on Monday night. Tuesday I would get my schedule and we had time to work out any kinks.
Anonymous
09/02/2014 16:21
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
Anonymous wrote:You are the employee. She is the employer.
You can let her know your preferences but that's as far as you can go. If you don't like following directions from your employer, you need a new job.
MB here. Agree. I am assuming your employer pays hourly and pays you for your time.
Anonymous
09/02/2014 15:52
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
Anonymous wrote:You are the employee. She is the employer.
You can let her know your preferences but that's as far as you can go. If you don't like following directions from your employer, you need a new job.
MB here. I agree with end part that ultimately if what your MB wants and what you want don't match, MB will likely have final say which means you need to find a new job if it's an issue that's a big deal to you.
That said, MB should absolutely be either working this time into the hours you are already working or pay you extra to stay late on an agreed upon day. If she doesn't, she's absolutely in the wrong and you should find another job because you deserve an MB who won't take advantage of you.
Anonymous
09/02/2014 15:42
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
You are the employee. She is the employer.
You can let her know your preferences but that's as far as you can go. If you don't like following directions from your employer, you need a new job.
You can let her know your preferences but that's as far as you can go. If you don't like following directions from your employer, you need a new job.
Anonymous
09/02/2014 14:49
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
"
I would let her know that if she prefers to schedule face-to-face then either
A) she needs to pick 1 day a week/month to be home early to do the scheduling because you cannot stay past your end time OR
B) she needs to pay you to stay late on days that you do scheduling
either way I think having her pick 1 specific day to do scheduling would help. "
good suggestion.
I would let her know that if she prefers to schedule face-to-face then either
A) she needs to pick 1 day a week/month to be home early to do the scheduling because you cannot stay past your end time OR
B) she needs to pay you to stay late on days that you do scheduling
either way I think having her pick 1 specific day to do scheduling would help. "
good suggestion.
Anonymous
09/02/2014 11:09
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
I would let her know that if she prefers to schedule face-to-face then either
A) she needs to pick 1 day a week/month to be home early to do the scheduling because you cannot stay past your end time OR
B) she needs to pay you to stay late on days that you do scheduling
either way I think having her pick 1 specific day to do scheduling would help.
A) she needs to pick 1 day a week/month to be home early to do the scheduling because you cannot stay past your end time OR
B) she needs to pay you to stay late on days that you do scheduling
either way I think having her pick 1 specific day to do scheduling would help.
Anonymous
09/01/2014 21:50
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I tried google calendar, but she "couldn't see it." MB is a bit of a luddite.
meant to call the nanny a bitch, not PP.
0P here. Not sure what part of this is bitchy. That is a direct quote, and was the only explanation she gave before explaining that we had to go back to the previous method of me standing there and going over each day in minute and excruciating detail (which as I said, doesn't really work for me). Some people are not into technology. There is an adjective for that. I used that adjective to describe my employer, who is not into technology. This is how the English language works.
Anonymous
09/01/2014 11:56
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
Anonymous wrote:I tried google calendar, but she "couldn't see it." MB is a bit of a luddite.
meant to call the nanny a bitch, not PP.
Anonymous
09/01/2014 11:55
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
Anonymous wrote:Google calendar?
wow, you're a real bitch.
Anonymous
09/01/2014 10:15
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
Schedule a day to make the schedules. 
Anonymous
09/01/2014 08:05
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
I tried google calendar, but she "couldn't see it." MB is a bit of a luddite.
Anonymous
09/01/2014 00:26
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
Google calendar?
Anonymous
08/31/2014 23:47
Subject: How do you manage scheduling?
I have a part time job without guaranteed hours and MB prefers to schedule time by having me stay a few minutes late and standing in front of a physical calendar and talk about each day individually. In the past, I have always created a chart or calendar listing hours for each day and discussed via email. I prefer that because
1) I can do it on my time, rather than staying late after work on a day that that may not work for me
2) it is all in writing--not just the dates we decide on, but the conversation back and forth about why a day does or doesn't work
3) We can plan months in advance rather than a few weeks (while we technically COULD schedule in advance her way, we never do, because going day by day takes a LONG time and one or both of us has to leave after 20-30 minutes, which only gets us through a month or so).
MB finds my approach too confusing. Does anyone have another straightforward approach to scheduling that might work for us both?
1) I can do it on my time, rather than staying late after work on a day that that may not work for me
2) it is all in writing--not just the dates we decide on, but the conversation back and forth about why a day does or doesn't work
3) We can plan months in advance rather than a few weeks (while we technically COULD schedule in advance her way, we never do, because going day by day takes a LONG time and one or both of us has to leave after 20-30 minutes, which only gets us through a month or so).
MB finds my approach too confusing. Does anyone have another straightforward approach to scheduling that might work for us both?