Anonymous
01/15/2015 07:38
Subject: Nanny took sick days then quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bet she got a better paying job.
We pay her very well and she told us how happy she was with us. We feel slightly betrayed.
How did you find her?
Sittercity.com
Success stories from them and care.com are uncommon. I'm sorry.
I found three great jobs on care.com - two part-time and my current full-time position (have been there for over a year). All great families, all high paying jobs. [/quote
How much is high paying? Where?
My current position is in Falls Church at $20 and hour (started at $19) paid legally with overtime and benefits.
From care.com that's unheard of. What range did they advertise?
NP, I have been using care.com for years, my current family was found there and they are the best family I have worked with so far in the last decade. The pay is $25/hr but I don't remember if they advertised that on care.com or not.
Anonymous
01/15/2015 07:34
Subject: Nanny took sick days then quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You could add a 30 day trial period at the beginning of your contract, in which any time off, aside from any you approve at hiring, is unpaid leave. Or you could have them accrue, maybe 1/month.
Because people can just will themselves to never get sick more than 1 day a month. Smart.
I said allow it to accrue 1 day per month. That's 6 days per year and generous. Ideally a nanny doesn't need to take a sick day once per month.
I think 1 per month is 12 a year hun, not 6
No need to condescend. I meant half a day per month, however that was not the point. OP could use an accrual system in the future to prevent a nanny from burning a lot of sick days and vacation days up front.
Anonymous
01/15/2015 07:26
Subject: Nanny took sick days then quit
I don't think she was sick at all.
Honestly OP, I think there is something about the job that didn't sit well with her.
She may be one of those people who has a tough time talking things out with others, it may just be easier for her to avoid confrontation so she tends to walk away.
She probably told you on Friday after she got her final pay, right?
When hiring any nanny, this is a risk you will always take. Bar none.
Your nanny will always be an at-will employee. Whether or not they sign a contract stipulating they will give you six months notice, if they walk out on you with zero notice there is no way you can recoup your loss legally.
Since the beginning of time, people have been walking off jobs on a moments notice as well as have been fired on a moments notice. It's life as we know it.
Your best bet in a situation like this is to just pay the extra fee and go though an agency. Having the agency as a go between/buffer will hold the nanny more accountable should anything like this ever happen again.
Good luck.
Honestly OP, I think there is something about the job that didn't sit well with her.
She may be one of those people who has a tough time talking things out with others, it may just be easier for her to avoid confrontation so she tends to walk away.
She probably told you on Friday after she got her final pay, right?
When hiring any nanny, this is a risk you will always take. Bar none.
Your nanny will always be an at-will employee. Whether or not they sign a contract stipulating they will give you six months notice, if they walk out on you with zero notice there is no way you can recoup your loss legally.
Since the beginning of time, people have been walking off jobs on a moments notice as well as have been fired on a moments notice. It's life as we know it.
Your best bet in a situation like this is to just pay the extra fee and go though an agency. Having the agency as a go between/buffer will hold the nanny more accountable should anything like this ever happen again.
Good luck.
Anonymous
01/14/2015 08:36
Subject: Nanny took sick days then quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bet she got a better paying job.
We pay her very well and she told us how happy she was with us. We feel slightly betrayed.
How did you find her?
Sittercity.com
Success stories from them and care.com are uncommon. I'm sorry.
I found three great jobs on care.com - two part-time and my current full-time position (have been there for over a year). All great families, all high paying jobs. [/quote
How much is high paying? Where?
My current position is in Falls Church at $20 and hour (started at $19) paid legally with overtime and benefits.
From care.com that's unheard of. What range did they advertise?
Anonymous
01/14/2015 07:48
Subject: Nanny took sick days then quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bet she got a better paying job.
We pay her very well and she told us how happy she was with us. We feel slightly betrayed.
How did you find her?
Sittercity.com
Success stories from them and care.com are uncommon. I'm sorry.
I found three great jobs on care.com - two part-time and my current full-time position (have been there for over a year). All great families, all high paying jobs. [/quote
How much is high paying? Where?
My current position is in Falls Church at $20 and hour (started at $19) paid legally with overtime and benefits.
Anonymous
01/13/2015 21:29
Subject: Nanny took sick days then quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bet she got a better paying job.
We pay her very well and she told us how happy she was with us. We feel slightly betrayed.
How did you find her?
Sittercity.com
Success stories from them and care.com are uncommon. I'm sorry.
I found three great jobs on care.com - two part-time and my current full-time position (have been there for over a year). All great families, all high paying jobs. [/quote
How much is high paying? Where?
Anonymous
01/13/2015 21:10
Subject: Nanny took sick days then quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bet she got a better paying job.
We pay her very well and she told us how happy she was with us. We feel slightly betrayed.
How did you find her?
Sittercity.com
Success stories from them and care.com are uncommon. I'm sorry.
I found three great jobs on care.com - two part-time and my current full-time position (have been there for over a year). All great families, all high paying jobs.