Her Nanny Left Work To Have A Baby, And She Thought The Woman Quit, But Now The Nanny Wants The Job Back, And She Doesn’t Need Childcare Anymore
This woman initially hired a nanny to care for her daughter up until grade school.
But, this year, her nanny became pregnant, and there was clearly a serious misunderstanding about her nanny’s plans to continue working.
Apparently, she thought that her nanny planned to quit after having the child. Yet, once the baby was delivered, her nanny asked to come back to work.
For context, her nanny would say things like she was “going to have to leave to take care of the baby” or that she was “planning not to work after having her baby.” Her nanny never phrased it as though there was an intention of just taking maternity leave or a break before coming back to work.
So, she did not anticipate the nanny wanting to continue working for her family afterward.
To add even more confusion to the situation, her nanny’s baby was born prematurely, too. That’s why the nanny had to stop working much earlier than anticipated.
“Because of this, we were a bit caught off guard for childcare as we had expected a little more time to find a new nanny,” she recalled.
In the end, since they were strapped for time, she just decided to put her daughter in daycare. And according to her, her daughter wound up really liking it, too.
That’s why she thought the situation had worked itself out and she wouldn’t have to find a new nanny after all.
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However, her nanny recently called her about coming back to work, and she was seriously confused– thinking the woman had quit.
“The nanny was saying she just meant that she was taking maternity leave, not that she quit,” she explained.
“But I feel like if the nanny had meant just a break for maternity leave, then she would have clarified when she planned to come back.”
Regardless, the nanny is now claiming to have expected a job to come back to with her family after giving birth. So now, the nanny has no clue what to do since she doesn’t have any other work lined up. Remember, when she hired the nanny, the plan was to continue working with the woman until her daughter reached grade school– which is still two years away.
So, she found out that her nanny had banked on having a job for at least two more years. And currently, she isn’t sure what to do since they really don’t need a nanny anymore.
“Our daughter is doing very well in daycare, and we feel like it’s better for her because she gets to socialize more and she has made friends,” she vented.
That’s why she’s now been left wondering if not rehiring her nanny after the woman seemingly just quit would make her a real jerk or not.
If you were in her shoes, would you have also thought the nanny just quit? Since there was a misunderstanding and she already found alternative care for her daughter, is she required to give the nanny the job back? What would you do?
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