I'm not reqlly seeking advice here. I just want to have a good moan.
AS most of you know, my Current (lovely) Nanny (CN) is leaving. I have hired her replacement, New Nanny (NN). NN came over on a Holiday Maker visa to work as an au pair. The family increased her hours (doubled them in fact) for no extra pay. They would swap her hours around at the last minutes by saying thing like Oh by the way we are going out tomorrow night so you can start late tomorrow and then work late to babysit until we come home. They paid her CIH and have no contract, which would be okay if she was an au pair but she was in fact doing the job of a sole charge live-in full-time nanny. They have one child. Can't remember the exact age, but somewhere round 16 months. So, anyway, she gave them 4 weeks notice to be kind. She is due to move into our house 13th Sept. So, yesterday, they told her they had found someone else who is moving in on Saturday (yes, this Saturday) and she has until Friday to sort herself out and move out of the house... 2 days notice?!?!?
I am on her behalf.
Obviously, they want her out before their NN arrives so she won't tell her what they are like.
Maybe we should send the new nanny an anonymous letter explaining all her employee rights so she will know to protect herself. You know, like have a contract with a reasonable notice period. And two days is not reasonable when the worst you have done is resign.