Au Pair left with her stuff in the 20mins that I took to drop kids to school

[abhivirtara]

I am in SHOCK. Our au pair has been with us for the last 3 months and we've had no issues / arguments / problems at all. This morning she got the kids ready for school and since I work from home on a Friday , I did the school drop. She was normal when I left and 20 mins after when I came back home, there was no sign of her or her stuff. I am in such a shock as I can't imagine What happened ? Where did she go ? Why did she decide to leave so randomly ?

least she is safe but silly/sad/pathetic she couldnt even reply to your emails saying she was safe without the police telling her

maybe try and get a temp nanny/cm while you sort out other childcare

I am not sure of the etiquette here, but would it be wrong of you to inform her new employers of the way in which she left you?

Posted too soon: at the very least, you are presumably going to let the agency know?

What a nightmare. Silly girl and poor you.