Wonderful Gurus of MN.
Help!We are about to hand in notice to my CM as i just can't trust her anymore. Long back story but involves her dog scratching my sons face, yes an accident but i have yet to see the accident log, poor communication, poor nutrition and lack of daily trips out, her ratios are 1 of her to 2 under ones and then my son at 13 months and a 2 year old. I think this is against some rules, but she dismissed me when i pointed this. Maybe my expectations of a CM are too high? Notice being handed in tonight, 2 whole months of bloody notice for inadequacy ... hey ho. Can you feel my stressing? I am literally losing sleep over this now as my options are limited.
So he is hopefully going to get a place elsewhere maybe in Feb 2017 depending on movement. So i need a nanny for Jan - Feb but poss longer. There are no other options near me as all full, longer wait lists etc and i cannot let him stay longer somewhere i feel the trust has gone. We can , we think, just about afford a nanny for 2 months or so but not longer term.
My questions - this is a a temp position, 745- 6.30 4 days a week.
- How much do i pay and how? Weekly? Hourly? Monthly? Gross?
- What sort of contract is this? Is there such a thing as temp , fixed temp contact for a Nanny?
- she adhocs for an agency for travel nannying at weekends. Does this matter?
- She put it on me to offer a salary? We pay £12ph cash for adhoc nannying ( ie when son is ill and i need to work and last minute texting the night before if she free and bank transfers) She is very sweet but a bit clueless financially.
- Is it too complicated to do the PAYE myself? Am trying to be upright here and do it properly, to protect both her and us.
So... MN lovelies, how should i proceed? How much to pay and how to negotiate a contract?