Is this odd? (Nannies)

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Sorry me again!!!

Friday - mb home from work at 3:45pm as felt sick
Db home from work at 4:00pm
I then was expected to stay until my finish time... 3 of us for 2 kids

Monday - mb ill but did school run as off work
Db off as works shifts
Worked usual hours

Is that the norm for a nanny?

It's your working hours, what would you expect?

you should know by now that your mb/db like to get value for their salary they pay you (fair enough)

if my mb/db come home early as ill, i ask them to stay upstairs/in bed ie out of my/kids way

tbh if they are too ill to be at work, then they are too ill to play with their children iyswim

parents coming home early, again same principal, coz if the kids see them then they want their parents (again fair enough) so i say to them to stay out of way or me to go home

M

You're paid for the hours so you can hardly complain about having to work them.

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Mb on Friday wanted to sort the children out so I had nothing to do. As everything was done!

Today - getting ready for school was a nightmare!! Took 55mins to get dressed and eat breakfast - could of done it in 15 mins

Agree I'm paid for the hours but she wants me to work a weekend soon so kinda thought that time of in lieu?

If you want time off in lieu then you should discuss it.

It was mentioned when I agreed as mb said that was the best way to do it.
This weekend is like 2 weeks ago and after looking at dads shifts can't see how it will fit.

They aren't the most reliable or easy to talk to people.

Are you saying you are working the weekend for free? If part of working the weekend is that you get time off in lieu you should have arranged that time when you agreed to the weekend. Otherwise these things have a habit of slipping into neverland.

90% of the time if my mb is off then Im not needed however sometimes she needs a day off for errands etc so she has a lie in and I do breakfast then we get ready while she has a shower and go out etc

Time of in Leiu was agreed but no days, kinda thought that if they were both off they wouldn't need me the full hours

I think you probably need to have a more formal/open discussion about when you have your time off in lieu - not just assume. The parents most likely have different assumptions!

Your communication with this family has been poor in the past so it's even more important that you agree this lieu time up front. What/when do you want it to happen? Did you only agree time for time or time and a half/double time off for the weekend worked? Do you want full/half days off? Do you have specific dates in mind? Would you have been happy if the family had allowed you to go home early when the mum was ill? Or would you have considered that to be a useless bit of time which didn't allow you to do anything for yourself, particularly as it was short notice?

Seriously, HOW do you see this working if you don't talk to each other? Are you going to be back here in three months complaining that your boss has added up all the half-hours here and there which you have had off/come in late and declared that you have had your "lieu time"?!

You absolutely need to talk to them a) to set so e ground rules about how it works when one or both are around and b) about the weekend.