Anonymous
Post 01/13/2014 00:02     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Getting nervous that he won't have the money tomorrow.

I will then just say "DB, I cannot work anymore"


I wouldn't take a check. Cash only. What if the check bounces?

GL = Good Luck.

Why are you going through your savings for this?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2014 22:08     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Another nanny taken advantage of.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2014 22:08     Subject: When parents can't pay.
?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2014 01:11     Subject: When parents can't pay.
GL.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2014 00:55     Subject: When parents can't pay.
OP here.

Getting nervous that he won't have the money tomorrow.

I will then just say "DB, I cannot work anymore"
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2014 08:24     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here.
Thanks pp. He sent me an email today to let me know that if needed, he can post date a check tomorrow (date it for the 13th). Should I do this?
yes. Just to let you know, you can actually deposit it now and the bank is not obligated to honor that date. They're only obligated to honor corporate payroll check dates. You could write a check for six months from now and the receiver could cash it tomorrow, so don't get too hung up on the date of the check. I'd prefer cash in your situation and would probably ask from some kind of cash deposit...like $500 or so.


IF THe teller notices it is post dated they won't honor it
nanabanana
Post 01/02/2014 14:15     Subject: When parents can't pay.
OP, did you get paid???
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2013 20:37     Subject: When parents can't pay.
OP, you have to end this now. Tell him you need to be paid for your hours worked or you're quitting. C'mon.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2013 19:50     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Anonymous wrote:Whatever's going on in his life is not your problem. He can't afford childcare, he has no business having you continue to come in. You need to stop working for free and if that check doesn't come on Jan 13, take him to court.


This. Don't allow yourself to be a doormat.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2013 04:31     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Whatever's going on in his life is not your problem. He can't afford childcare, he has no business having you continue to come in. You need to stop working for free and if that check doesn't come on Jan 13, take him to court.
nanabanana
Post 12/29/2013 22:48     Subject: When parents can't pay.
OP, I would start making and collecting all sorts of evidence to prove you worked during this time. Record all your time-in and time-outs everyday. Take dated pictures, send e-mails talking about the day etc.. This is in case you need to sue him for the back pay you are owed. It's a extremely nice thing you are doing for him (work almost 2 months without any pay) and I would certainly hope what you learn is to not do it again!! I would also expect financial recognition (AKA A BIG ASS BONUS) but looks like he's broke so chances are you wont get anything extra, if at all. I hope you do get your money and that your boss will pull it together and not use the chance to screw you.... god luck.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2013 22:46     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here.
Thanks pp. He sent me an email today to let me know that if needed, he can post date a check tomorrow (date it for the 13th). Should I do this?

You may, or may not, see some money. A post-dated check means nothing really. He can close that account before the 13th.
It's up to you. What happens to you, if you stay and still get no money?

Can you somehow manage if you keep working and don't get any money "later"? It all depends on what you want.


I can afford to keep this up until the end of January.

And then what? You're broke?
Tell him you need something now. Could even be something of value.
What exactly is his problem?


Yes, at the end of January, rent, groceries etc will have eaten through my emergency savings. His partner recently left him and going from a 2 income home to a 1 income home has been difficult.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2013 20:38     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Anonymous wrote:Good grief 13:21, not every single post is troll. YOU are the only troll on here. Just because you have not experienced a particular situation, doesn't mean no one has. Pull your head out of your ass and live a little and you'll experience a whole world of people and situations that are distinct from your own!

OP, I would let DB know you NEED to get paid on Jan 13 or you will not be available any longer. Personally, I'd blow the dust off my resume and start applying to jobs that interest me because the writing is on the wall...he can't afford a nanny anymore and is most likely working on other options. I would also let him know you need a partial payment sooner so you can at least pay rent (don't tell him you have savings to cover this.)

Good luck, I hope things work out for all of you, but if he's willing to go without paying you now (esp right at Christmas) then he'll do it again. I'd be looking elsewhere.


You misunderstood 13:21, youngster. When someone says they have a bridge to sell you, they are referring to the Brooklyn Bridge.

From Wikipedia:
References to "selling the Brooklyn Bridge" abound in American culture, sometimes as examples of rural gullibility but more often in connection with an idea that strains credulity. For example, "If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you." George C. Parker and William McCloundy are two early 20th-century con-men who had (allegedly) successfully perpetrated this scam on unwitting tourists.[61]


Yes, one finds trolls under bridges also but that is not what this phrase refers to.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2013 19:49     Subject: When parents can't pay.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here.
Thanks pp. He sent me an email today to let me know that if needed, he can post date a check tomorrow (date it for the 13th). Should I do this?

You may, or may not, see some money. A post-dated check means nothing really. He can close that account before the 13th.
It's up to you. What happens to you, if you stay and still get no money?

Can you somehow manage if you keep working and don't get any money "later"? It all depends on what you want.


I can afford to keep this up until the end of January.

And then what? You're broke?
Tell him you need something now. Could even be something of value.
What exactly is his problem?
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2013 19:45     Subject: When parents can't pay.
You are allowing yourself to be taken advantage of. This is a job. I don't imagine you'd stay at any office, restaurant, or store position if your pay was being withheld for a month. Look for another job, and be prepared to go to small
claims court.