Our nanny was coming in late several times a week due to traffic or whatnot. She always left exactly at quitting time. Finally, DH told her that she needed to be on-time and leave earlier if necessary to allow for bad traffic. She now arrives early and uses the extra time to unwind while listening to the radio or catch up on emails in her car. She tells us if there is anything that is bothering her about the job and we address it in a timely manner. Communication and mutual respect is so important.

Anonymous wrote:Are you always the one to relieve nanny? DB is constantly late. I have a feeling MB doesn't know. I used to leave very early to be on time. Now I'm consistently 2-3 minutes late. I've waited nearly 20 minutes with no call or text a few times

OP here. I always relieve the nanny and am home at least 30 minutes before her end time. Always.

So far responses haven't been promising, if anyone else has experience with this, please share!

Are you always the one to relieve nanny? DB is constantly late. I have a feeling MB doesn't know. I used to leave very early to be on time. Now I'm consistently 2-3 minutes late. I've waited nearly 20 minutes with no call or text a few times

DS has a great nanny who has never once been late in three years and two months. Never once. It can be done and should be the minimum expected. Tell your nanny that lateness is a firing offense.

You are probably right. I did have enough success to keep my nanny, but she was never as good at it as I would have liked. The next time I needed to hire someone, confirmed reliability and punctuality were major factors in my decision.

I also agree to put her on probation, probably for 1-2 months. You want it to be a long enough period to see if any changes will really stick.

I would also put in writing the penalties for continued lateness, and a clear warning that job loss is a possibility.

You're the employer, you have every right
to expect her to arrive on time. Put her on
probation, if things don't improve, let her go.

I am the OP on this thread: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/329805.page

I am planning on having a review with our nanny tomorrow and plan to bring up her daily and excessive lateness. In my experience, though, some people are just always late and rarely, magically become punctual. That is just my experience and I would like to hear if anyone has had any success in this situation. If not, I'd like to keep my expectations in check... Thanks!