Anonymous
Post 10/05/2015 12:41     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

OP never said they couldn't visit.
I think all nannies know that grandparents while lovely throw a wrench into the routine.
I think most of us, op included, suck it up and deal for the duration of the visit.
OP isn't just dealing with disruptive grandparents, she's dealing with grandparents that are racist and undermining the care she gives her charges, and mb/db are not supportive. I think that is a legitimate complaint.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2015 11:43     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

They have every right to visit.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2015 16:51     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

Anonymous wrote:OP, you sound terribly immature. The grandparents have been here a week and a half. Presumably if you get an offer in writing and sign a contract with another family and if your start time works out perfectly, you will give 2 weeks notice. When you leave grandparents will remain for another 2 weeks and then be gone.

Unless there are other critical job flaws, you are not so bright and not cut out for hard work.


Coming from someone who had to deal with revolving family members in her last position, 6 weeks with grandparents might be manageable, but follow that with the other set of grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, and you get the picture of unreasonable bosses. And that was with a MB and DB who were completely clear to all the family members that I was in charge, and that anyone disrupting the schedule would be asked to leave. If OP's bosses aren't backing her, it's not manageable, and it *will* happen again, even if she stuck out the full 6 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2015 10:56     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

Anonymous wrote:OP, you sound terribly immature. The grandparents have been here a week and a half. Presumably if you get an offer in writing and sign a contract with another family and if your start time works out perfectly, you will give 2 weeks notice. When you leave grandparents will remain for another 2 weeks and then be gone.

Unless there are other critical job flaws, you are not so bright and not cut out for hard work.



lol
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2015 05:58     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

OP, you sound terribly immature. The grandparents have been here a week and a half. Presumably if you get an offer in writing and sign a contract with another family and if your start time works out perfectly, you will give 2 weeks notice. When you leave grandparents will remain for another 2 weeks and then be gone.

Unless there are other critical job flaws, you are not so bright and not cut out for hard work.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2015 13:36     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

Wow op I do feel for you. I only came here today to look at similar situations because my mbs mom is in town. She tends to hover and talk to the kids like I never do a thing with them. She says things like "larla we really should be working on sight words otherwise you'll be behind" knowning damned well I do her words with her every night lol. But what's worse is she thinks I'm an uber service. I can't escape her to save my life. Whenever she hears my keys jiggle she grabs her purse and hops in the car. Taking 3 yo to nursery school, she hops in. Picking him up, she hops in. Picking up 6 yo from school she hops in, taking her to gym, she hops in. Going to the library she hops in, park, she's coming too. It wouldn't be so bad if for one I felt more comfortable, the kids didn't test me more because she is around and try to treat me like a second class citizen, she didn't ask to "run by here" or " grab that for dinner" etc.

I made a thread not too long ago about she and her husband and their last visit. She tried to get me to unload the dishwasher and she really tried it with the job creeping. My mb however completely has my back and tells me to ignore her and please come to her if I feel like I'm at a breaking point because she doesn't want me to hold things in and up and quit. The thread is called "do grandparents hate nannies" or something like that. I'm of a different race from my family also and wondered if she was low key being racist towards me when treating me like the help and her son asking me about fried chicken when he was visiting lmao. People are a trip. If your mb doesn't have your back I suggest calling the other families that reached out to you and look at other options just in case.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2015 04:23     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

I worked with an agency to find this job.

Do you think it would be worth it to involve the agency in this matter or just leave?
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2015 00:06     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

Anonymous wrote:But a tent and bring it to the park. Stay there the entire day for meals and naps. Go home at bedtime.


I don't know if you meant to, but this made me laugh and I really needed it, I'm very upset over this situation. I've never left a position before the families have always outgrew me ( sent the kids to school) I've never needed to give notice.
I really hate this.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2015 23:47     Subject: Keep me in your thoughts

But a tent and bring it to the park. Stay there the entire day for meals and naps. Go home at bedtime.