We have someone that lives in, sourced through agency.
Approx 30hrs a wk Monday - Friday.
She lives in so has her monthly wage, accomodation and groceries and mileage (using her car) paid.
She’s very happy in her work role
She gets her own groceries outside of our own, as we eat different things.
Bearing in mind she works 5 days a wk in her contracted hrs - how much would you said is an approx amount to reimburse for her groceries per week?
She does her weekly shop once a week and leaves receipt on side. The total amount can change week to week. Sometimes there’s multiple receipts, sometimes it’s less. Just not sure what’s a fair amount to cap it as?
She’s free to use and does use our milk, eggs, fruit (things we all generally eat that’s lying around the kitchen) ontop of her groceries here and there if she wants, needs to.
I’m finding sometimes she’ll go to get herself some extra shopping on a personal shopping trip when she’s got LO and pop some few bits for LO (when not asked to get anything) and use that personal trip to go get errands done for herself and because there’s been something added on the trip of her own accord (like an avocado or or pouch for LO in the trip into town. I’ll then get billed milage for this personal trip into town to cover her fuel costs. This is a trip for example to go to the post office to post some personal stuff or for her to go browsing round the shops. So I then end up covering her mornings fuel for this personal errands trip at 50p a mile. This can end up adding up a bit each time.
Am I wrong that this is a bit cheeky?
And on rare occasion I’ve paid her milage to go do a grocery shop for us (when I’ve been short of time) - and I say rare occasion as since this has happened below, I decided it’s best I always go do our personal grocery shop now always. But when she did this on odd occasion previously, I noticed she’d added extra groceries beyond her previous own grocery shop for herself in that week. Onto our grocery shop. Like slipped in quite a few extra luxurie for herself.
Ive noticed she adds the odd hr or two onto her hrs worked also. Knowing I’m busy and thinking I may not have logged them down so it may not get noticed.
not loaded. But I'm also not stingy. I’m aware though, that the more money draining add ONS that get sneaked in or mis used eats into the amount that is there to employ her.
Just feel these cheeky add ons really undermine my trust and our relationship which I feel is good generally but when she does these things. It’s brings me back to reminding myself unfortunately people will take where they can. Do the least they can. Take short cuts. Do less hours. Slack on professionalism or the give and take attitude. And it’s uncomfortable to have to subtley rein it in 🤦♀️