the nannies who want to moan,get advice,scream,be happy staff room thread!!!

anyoneoutthere - I've had the same thing happen to me a couple of times now, all was fine on the last day I was there, then I got an email saying they would no longer be needing my help as their needs had changed... the last day I was there, we had been discussing what we were going to do, she was happy for me to fit it around another job etc etc, and she was really impressed with how I was with her baby, then out of the blue! the email.

prior to that, I had a job that I waited around nearly 3 months for, the second day I was met with an evelope containing a weeks pay and the mother telling me she no longer wanted a nanny as she has suddenly become aware how small and clingy her 7 week old daughter was???

AND THEN I had a au pair job(don't ask) live in but in a separate house. the original advert stated that they were happy for the au pair and her partner to share the accomodation, so this was pretty much a big part of the reason I applied for it, to save me and my boyfriend money... and at the last minute the father decided he no longer wanted this to happen so he now wants someone with no boyfriend/family to live there!! and to make matter worse, they have been asking me to do temp work for them and only paying me £5.50 despite my saying I normally charge £8 ph. but hey, I needed the money...

I'm done now

Any more advice would be appreciated

What can I do-i really don't want to leave, but i got a feeling they may let me go, then this would be unfair dismissal and i don't want this to turn into a bad relationship with the family. If this is a hassle for them now what it going to be like later on. I have an appointment tomorow at the hospital and be cause im kind and didn't want them have to take time off, i arranged for a friend to come and bring the kids i look after and her kid so she could watch them for me, I didnt have to do that. I am sooo stressed right now and to be honest when I do go back to work, don't want to face them but I have to. Really peed me off this has, as I was doing fine and happy till got pregnant. Im very happy to be pregnant, the family are causing me quite a bit of stress

thing is I have explained this to them, and the mum was pregnant when her now 3year old had c.pox-this is my first and i dnt want anything to go wrong. Thing is to be quite honest I want to leave asap now as she really has annoyed me, mean she was nice but had enough. And yes I am getting very stresses over this, I even rang NHS to get advice they have told me to stay away-i have told them situation the nurse and doctors, I am with him 5days a week-8-6 and they have still told me not to go near him. I haven't just took the days off for no reason, grrrrrr soooo annoyed. I love the kids but to be quite honest i really don't want to work for them now they think this is too inconvenient for them. Yeh I know they got to think about their kids I have done a wicked job with their kids.Said to me maybe we should have a chat and see how we want to go about this, basically I think they will wanna let me go, to be honest id rather do that. I am worried, jobwise, and moneywise. I had jobs in nurseries and walked out in both and this doens't help me with this job in this situation either. Id saty in contact with the family i think this is just gonna get to stage where ill get cross and have to leave, wouldn't be able to keep in contact with them and I don't want to do this

Hi im 15wks pregnant and im a nanny-look after 3 kids. one of them found out got chicken pox yesturday and I know to be near him I can be at risk. The other thing is I can;t remember if I had them and neither does my mum. I have had my blood test today now just gotta sit and wait for the results. Thing that annoying me is-the dad was rude to me when I told him I coauldn't come in today. i Have been working there for like a year nearly think in that Ive had like two bloody days off, just no please in some people makes me grrrrr. I told them at xmas I was pregnant if they were gonna need cover obv they shoulda thought of that at the time as Im gonna need to.Just phoned me the mum and they can't understand why Im taking the day off. I rang the NHS up for advice told me I need to have an injection bit i am with him 5days a week 8-6-1 nurse telling me im fine and the other person telling me other. Mum can't understand why I can't be there near the child. Sorry this is long winded, since I have been pregnant I think i had 2 days off or where i have to go home early, which is nothing. What do people expect from us. Suppose to leave in july for maternity but do you know I really have had it now.

That is pretty rude, anyoneoutthere..... poor you!

Well, turns out my lad was really really ill, despite the temp and so on being ok during the day as all the meds were "masking" how bad he was. I feel pretty bad now!

New week, new start, hopefully all the new prescriptions will mean he's better this week.

They really are the most wonderful kids, I think they've just all been ill. I so want to do my best by them.

Oh, I'm torn between here and the CM staff room!!

I'm not officially either at the moment. Used to be a nanny but have been a cm for the last 2 years. Just moved and have to re-register which is likely to take another 3 months. I've got a nanny interview on Monday but it's only for 8 hours a week. I'm in an area where there aren't really any nannies so I should go to the interview and see if at any point the hours will be increased.

Good luck to those about to start new jobs!!

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I rarely ring anyone, always prefer using e-mail. Some of us are just like that I suppose.

Why wouldnt someone ring instead of sending an email. It just seems so inpersonal

Maybe she didn't know she would have no more work with that particular client. Maybe she thought work was lined up with other clients, but that didn't become reality. There could be reasons why she didn't tell you yesterday.

No it didnt because she is freelance. Im not angry aboutthe job finishing - im angry about the lack of communication and respect. I was there yesterday and she didnt say a word. And then to send anemail?!?! How bloody rude!!

So does that mean she's paying you in lieu of notice? Or did the contract not include a notice period?

I am so fed up with being messed around.
I was working for a single mum who was freelance. Was there yesterday and everything was fine. Got an email today saying she didnt have anymore work and so wouldnt need me anymore. Its just nonsense!!! IM SO ANGRY!!!

angisnuts,
i start my new job monday and i too look on nannyjob etc.i think i have got into a pattern of doing it,i have been looking for 7months!
Where did you find your job,i advertised on lots of sites but in the end Gumtree found me a job.
i will be looking after twin girls 14m, i have never looked after twins before so i am sure i will be faced with lots of different challenges.
i took my son[5]to meet them yesterday,mum took us to a twin p&t and he was really good very calm around them all.
This is a great job as its term time only so if i moan about it remind me its a good job.
enjoy your last week off

I am at home with ill middle child this week. He's on half term but I don't want to go traipsing around while he's still being given inhalers and so on cos his chest is so bad.

I got serious attitude from him today - 5 hours in to half term and "i'm bored - (ex nanny) used to take us to the pictures"

"yes, but we've got that planned for tomorrow, haven't we? and we're going to the museum."

I feel quite sorry for him but he doesn't really like drawing and sticking... or cooking (boring) or playing games (boring) or reading a story together ("boooooring") or even going to the park wrapped up warm.

What do YOU do with kids who are determined the only thing they'll ever enjoy is watching TV? To be honest I haven't done that badly with him today as he only watched TV for 30 mins and that was when he was waking up (he's so ill he takes a while to "come to")

Oh....... I don't know!! hahaha... he's using up all of my default craft activities, cooking activities and so on....

Oh, am I allowed to crash this? Congrats on the new job, Callaird. A few weeks ago we had a babysitter organised and DD said "I don't like x" (can't remember who it was now). And I said, okay, which babysitter do like the best and she sai "ummmmmm.... (long pause)... the one that ran out of petrol on her way here".

Thought you might like to know that you attained "favourite" status on one babysitting session. Did you feed her vast qualtities of treats and let her stay up late???

im LOVING my new job! so much better than last one! im made to feel so important IYSWIM. am told im the most important staff member (part time housekeeper too) so the niggles im having with her will end in my favour! i have to admit last week was difficult- never had a 9 year old to look after (half term)

BUT mumboss tried to fill the days for me, playdates and stuff as ive not been here long enough to have any. but this week mumboss is on her schools half term so she will be around, so will be easier, just baby to care for.

baby hopefully off oxygen soon! she is only on at night now so only affecting me when i babysit. so is such a lovely girl, really happy!

Good luck with the new jobs. Start how you mean to go on!!!!! Your main reason for being there is to keep children safe, happy, feed etc So if the washing and other jobs don't get done - just explain you ran out of time. As long as children are happy that is the main thing In my job I only do the washing etc if I get the time. Some days we are busy so there is no chance of getting those extra jobs done. I always tidy up kitchen and toy areas. You are only human, relax and enjoy yhe nannying