I've recently employed a new nanny, after a bit of a disaster with the previous one. She is brilliant, and really lovely, and in some ways I don't want to rock the boat...
...BUT - she lives in an area that is about 20 miles or so away from where we live, and is going back over there with the children every day (which is currently only 2 days a week, will go up to 3 over the Spring/Summer) after doing the school run with my eldest.
I have no problem at all with her doing this other than the mileage that she is going to rack up by doing 30-40+ miles every day that I hadn't really envisaged. We pay petrol at 40p per mile, so this could add up to quite a lot if she does it every day.
I know it might sound petty, but paying for her basic salary plus tax/NI etc is a big financial commitment for us - we also leave a kitty for activities, snacks etc., and large amounts of petrol money on top of that aren't going to be easy to find!
She's always nannied in her local area before, and has nanny friends there, which is why she is going back there - I don't want to stop her doing that, and the children have a lovely time with her, she sometimes takes them to her house and they feed the chickens etc. But WIBU to tell her she has a daily or weekly mileage allowance, and that anything over that is at her own cost? We don't have a contract yet (she will be signing it this week) so I could put something like that it.
Just wondered what you all think!