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No staff at nursery

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catlady1234 · 18/10/2022 09:30

Hi,

My DC (10 months old) has just started nursery, this should be their 3rd week. They go 3 days a week.
Last weds they were sent home with upset tummy as they are teething. Had to have Thursday off too as per their policy.

They should have gone in today but at 7:30pm last night we get a message via the app saying they have no staff and they can't go in.

Is this common?

I'm worried they have staff issues and also the last min communication is a huge issue for us! We don't have easy solutions and it gave us no time to find any options.

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2pinkginsplease · 11/11/2022 20:47

NurseryNurse10 · 11/11/2022 18:45

@2pinkginsplease I do agree that all childcare workers should be qualified. Also, agree that you should be paid more than them. Being agency is certainly not easy though. Constantly adapting to new places, children and people, staff treating you like you are something on the back of their shoes, being sent to areas far out from where you live, uncertainty of work week to week etc. Definitely not easy. I'm just doing it while I wait for a suitable nanny role.

The agency my last nursery used had an online booking system and each person booked their own jobs so could pick and choose what hours and nurseries they went to themselves.

im just speaking for experience listening to the agency staff saying the actual staff were mugs for working for the wage they got and how they were paid more and had no qualifications.

NurseryNurse10 · 11/11/2022 22:23

Not my experience.
I'm paid £10 an hour and told I have to do full days of 9 hours and cannot pick my own hours.
I think I am at the wrong agency!

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