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Should I be paid

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escourtie · 02/01/2006 13:17

I need some advice from you all please I did a weeks shadow nannying and after the week I quit because I didnt enjoy it I never gave the mum any notice which I know was wrong

Should she still pay me for the hours I worked or not?

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chjlly · 02/01/2006 13:19

My dh took a job in London but left after 3 days we didn't ex[ect any pay but they did send a cheque!
This was a big company though

Twiglett · 02/01/2006 13:21

if shadow nannying is hanging around watching the mum do what she does and you didn't give any notice then no I don't think she should pay you

if you had sole charge then probably yes you are owed some money

but really if you'd done that to me I'd laugh in your face

hercules · 02/01/2006 13:30

No.

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escourtie · 02/01/2006 13:42

Twiglett what I ment by shadow nannyin was the old nanny was still there doing her last week and I was there too helpin her and learning the routines etc

I tried to talk to the mum about the situation on serveral occasions without sucess

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hercules · 02/01/2006 13:49

I dont see why you should be paid, sorry. I would be gobsmacked you asked.

uwila · 02/01/2006 18:49

No. You shouldn't be paid for a job you didn't do. What you did was waste her time and get a bit of free training.

WigWamBam · 02/01/2006 18:59

So you spent a week watching a nanny who was leaving, with the intention that you would take her job - then you left without notice and without giving the mother the chance to find another nanny before you went?

It would be a cold day in hell before I paid you.

Hulababy · 02/01/2006 19:09

No, I don't think so. You left without giving notice. Was there any agreement about notice terms when you started? If there was then you may well owe her money.

rickshaw · 02/01/2006 19:22

If she's incurred expense because you didn't give reasonable notice then she could, technically, sue you.

Tanzie · 03/01/2006 09:23

You are joking, aren't you? I would be furious if someone did this to me - how do you think the Mum felt, thinking she had someone all lined up to take over and then you just don't turn up when you are due to start? Presumably she would have had to have taken leave herself or got expensive emergency child care to cover the gap.

If you didn't feel you could talk to the Mum at the time, could you not have had the courtesy to phone later and tell her (or at least left a message on her answerphone) saying that you wouldn't be turning up and why?

If you did this to me and then had the cheek to ring up asking for payment, I'd tell you to rot in hell. And would probably have named and shamed you on every nanny website going.

Shame on you. Have some consideration for others next time!

santasweetdreamer · 03/01/2006 13:24

No you shouldn't be paid and as a former nanny I'm amazed you think you should be paid.

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escourtie · 08/01/2006 20:00

Uwila what do you mean by free training

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escourtie · 08/01/2006 20:03

I tried to speak to the mum on numerous occasions without much luck

So you lot are sayin you all would have stayed in a job that you didnt enjoy and when you tried to talk tto your boss about it you got nowhere

I feel I should be paid because I did a weeks work and by law I am entitled to it

I have decided to pursue this matter through the CAB

Thankyou for your opinions

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WigWamBam · 08/01/2006 20:06

No, you shouldn't have to stay in a job you don't enjoy - of course you shouldn't. But you DO have to give notice of your intention to leave - and you didn't, so presumably the mother was left in the lurch with no childcare, and even worse with no idea that you weren't going to turn up. You chose to break the terms of your employment so you will probably find that legally you are entitled to nothing. In fact, you'll probably find that if she chose to do so, the mother could sue you for breach of contract!

uwila · 08/01/2006 21:45

Whaat exactly are you going to say to CAB? That you walked out on the job after training. You gave no notice, and now you want to be paid. Did you have a signed contract? Does it give a start date and a required notice period?

And what exactly do you mean you tried to talk to the mum? Either you talked or you didn't. Did you tell her that if she didn't make certain arrangement you weren't coming back? Or were you a bit wishy washy and then just didn't turn up.

If you did this to me, you'd be on every blacklist I could find.

THANKFULLY, my nanny is nothing like you. People like you give her profession a bad name. I don't think CAB is going to do much for you. WWB is absolutely right about breech of contract.

Tanzie · 08/01/2006 22:54

I'd imagine the staff at the CAB will have difficulty in keeping straight face.

"I did a week's shadow nannying for a week, didn't like the job, tried to tell the Mum I wasn't happy and never bothered turning up on the Monday. No, I didn't phone her and tell her I wasn't coming, I just didn't turn up. And now I want paying for that week.."

I would say you have, at very least, forfeited your week's pay in lieu of the notice you should have given this poor woman. And as I said, if you couldn't speak to her in person, could you not have phoned her and told her that you didn't feel that the job was for you?

And I agree with Uwila and WWB.

Mishmash · 08/01/2006 23:33

sorry I don't think you should even consider asking for payment. I am sure it took the mum long enough to find a replacement for nanny A and will take time and more expense to find nanny C

uwila · 09/01/2006 05:58

Hiya Mishmash. Nice to see you!

Twiglett · 09/01/2006 06:51

I would think very very carefully before trying to get money out of this woman through the courts .. you may end up in debt because even though CAB is free as is Small Claims Court she could very easily counter-sue and I do truly think she probably has a much stronger case for you owing her money than for her owing you.

I am assuming here you are not a professional nanny .. in fact would be flabbergasted if you had any professional training at all with this kind of attitude.

Write it off .. you messed up .. you are owed nothing

runtus · 12/01/2006 12:33

The poor mum................makes my blood boil this kind of thing.

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