Anonymous wrote:Long time nanny here. The employer has the right to let me go for any reason at any time. Will I be happy about it? Probably not. Will I act immature about it? No. I will act professionally and decent, probably even nice and understanding, depending on the circumstances. I would expect employer to do the same if I decided to leave the position. I have the same right as they do.

I've read through most of this thread and I don't see what was "back-stabbing". Sorry, I have to be honest and call it as I see it. She employed her for almost a year. She found an immersion nanny in a language that is really hard to find. She's making the choice for her children. What is the problem? Also, she gave her the rest of the week to work and earn pay, then severance for the next week. That's two weeks' notice. If that is their agreement, what is wrong with that? I see that ideally it would be nice if she had the weekend to process it, but hey, this is the adult real world. Sometimes you don't get a weekend to process the notice that you'll lose your job in 2 weeks. It happens. That is not the end of the world.

As far as her not working the rest of this week, I say if she has vacation/sick days due to her, then count them towards this week while she is taking off. If not, don't. In that case, pay her the 2 weeks' severance minus the days she took off because she was upset. If you want to be really nice, pay her the 2 weeks whether she shows up this week of not, but you aren't obligated to.

NP here. If I am following this thread correctly, OP stated that nanny actually owes her 33 hours of vacation, since the nanny took them before they were accrued. So, if the nanny gets paid for today and tomorrow without working, she will have received pay for six days even if she doesn't get next week as severance. I think many of the posters are being overly critical. If she was that bad, why would the nanny offer to do weekends and fill-in sitting?

Anonymous wrote:OMFG. Pay for the days she took off to "process". That's just precious. Let me recommend adding "processing days" to my company's paid leave policy.

I know, right?

Pretty funny.

OMFG. Pay for the days she took off to "process". That's just precious. Let me recommend adding "processing days" to my company's paid leave policy.

OP I think you sound like a foolish jerk. And no, I'm not a nanny.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long time nanny here. The employer has the right to let me go for any reason at any time. Will I be happy about it? Probably not. Will I act immature about it? No. I will act professionally and decent, probably even nice and understanding, depending on the circumstances. I would expect employer to do the same if I decided to leave the position. I have the same right as they do.

I've read through most of this thread and I don't see what was "back-stabbing". Sorry, I have to be honest and call it as I see it. She employed her for almost a year. She found an immersion nanny in a language that is really hard to find. She's making the choice for her children. What is the problem? Also, she gave her the rest of the week to work and earn pay, then severance for the next week. That's two weeks' notice. If that is their agreement, what is wrong with that? I see that ideally it would be nice if she had the weekend to process it, but hey, this is the adult real world. Sometimes you don't get a weekend to process the notice that you'll lose your job in 2 weeks. It happens. That is not the end of the world.

As far as her not working the rest of this week, I say if she has vacation/sick days due to her, then count them towards this week while she is taking off. If not, don't. In that case, pay her the 2 weeks' severance minus the days she took off because she was upset. If you want to be really nice, pay her the 2 weeks whether she shows up this week of not, but you aren't obligated to.

Notice this, OP. Even the nanny who's on your side says you should still pay her the severance (in this case, since she is not working Tuesday through Friday, you still owe her pay for Monday and next week since you had told her you'd pay her for it (6 days total).

If she doesn't pay for the day(s) it took for the nanny to process, that's reprehensible.

Anonymous wrote:Long time nanny here. The employer has the right to let me go for any reason at any time. Will I be happy about it? Probably not. Will I act immature about it? No. I will act professionally and decent, probably even nice and understanding, depending on the circumstances. I would expect employer to do the same if I decided to leave the position. I have the same right as they do.

I've read through most of this thread and I don't see what was "back-stabbing". Sorry, I have to be honest and call it as I see it. She employed her for almost a year. She found an immersion nanny in a language that is really hard to find. She's making the choice for her children. What is the problem? Also, she gave her the rest of the week to work and earn pay, then severance for the next week. That's two weeks' notice. If that is their agreement, what is wrong with that? I see that ideally it would be nice if she had the weekend to process it, but hey, this is the adult real world. Sometimes you don't get a weekend to process the notice that you'll lose your job in 2 weeks. It happens. That is not the end of the world.

As far as her not working the rest of this week, I say if she has vacation/sick days due to her, then count them towards this week while she is taking off. If not, don't. In that case, pay her the 2 weeks' severance minus the days she took off because she was upset. If you want to be really nice, pay her the 2 weeks whether she shows up this week of not, but you aren't obligated to.

Notice this, OP. Even the nanny who's on your side says you should still pay her the severance (in this case, since she is not working Tuesday through Friday, you still owe her pay for Monday and next week since you had told her you'd pay her for it (6 days total).

Long time nanny here. The employer has the right to let me go for any reason at any time. Will I be happy about it? Probably not. Will I act immature about it? No. I will act professionally and decent, probably even nice and understanding, depending on the circumstances. I would expect employer to do the same if I decided to leave the position. I have the same right as they do.

I've read through most of this thread and I don't see what was "back-stabbing". Sorry, I have to be honest and call it as I see it. She employed her for almost a year. She found an immersion nanny in a language that is really hard to find. She's making the choice for her children. What is the problem? Also, she gave her the rest of the week to work and earn pay, then severance for the next week. That's two weeks' notice. If that is their agreement, what is wrong with that? I see that ideally it would be nice if she had the weekend to process it, but hey, this is the adult real world. Sometimes you don't get a weekend to process the notice that you'll lose your job in 2 weeks. It happens. That is not the end of the world.

As far as her not working the rest of this week, I say if she has vacation/sick days due to her, then count them towards this week while she is taking off. If not, don't. In that case, pay her the 2 weeks' severance minus the days she took off because she was upset. If you want to be really nice, pay her the 2 weeks whether she shows up this week of not, but you aren't obligated to.

Anonymous wrote:I am not a nanny, OP, but my wish for you is that you receive all that you so richly deserve, soon, and in spades.

Right. Burn in hell for giving 2 weeks notice. BURN!!!

I am not a nanny, OP, but my wish for you is that you receive all that you so richly deserve, soon, and in spades.

What is the point of this conversation?!?!? People get the life. It's not even tomorrow yet so we don't know what nanny is going to do !!