Last October I took on six hours a week as a home help/cleaner for an elderly couple.
In April after the Easter holidays I realised that it would be pretty much impossible to carry on through the summer as I dont have any childcare and the job is too few hours to get any tax credits to pay for it. So I told them I was giving a months notice. The lady got very upset, saying I was the best 'girl' they'd ever had, and asked why I was leaving. I explained and she said that if I could find someone to cover for me over the holidays I could have the job back afterwards. A friend of a friend has been doing the job over the summer and I am due to go back in two weeks.
But the lady rang to discuss days/hours the other night, and said that she wants a guarentee from me that I will work for them for at least two years, as is 'too traumatic' for them to have to get used to new people all the time. I don't feel able to give this - what if my circumstances change, I want a full time job, I can't get childcare etc etc?? and so said I'd think about it, and dropped them a letter last night saying I would not be going back.
I feel very guilty about it all, like I have let them down, but I couldn't bring myself to lie and say yes, two years is fine, when I had no idea if it would be. I'm worried they will phone and try to change my mind - I'm not very assertive and find it hard to say no (hence the letter) and the lady is quite guilt-inducing. And also I think in a way she IBU for expecting that much commitment from a six-hour-a-week cleaner? Or AIBU for changing my mind after further thought?
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mummywhodrinks · 16/09/2008 11:02
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