She’s not very late, but keeps showing up anywhere from 5-15 minutes late and I need to get to work.
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Can you talk to her about it? What if you change her start time to a half hour earlier, then she would be showing up on time? I suppose my willingness to work with her on this issue would depend on how much I liked/trusted her and how easy it would be to replace her.
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@Jenniferbk: If you have said something and she is still late then, yes, I would fire her. If you really like her, then I would address it and give her the opportunity to fix it.
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@Jenniferbk: If I pointed it out, asked her to correct the issue, and it was still happening, yes. Not sure how old your LO is or if you intend to keep this nanny around for several years, but eventually there will be things like classes, and more importantly, school, that she'll be responsible for getting LO to on time. I wouldn't want a nanny's lax attitude about timing to reflect poorly on my family/my child in a school environment.
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I would have a serious discussion, along the lines of “I know it’s only a few minutes but it’s a real problem for me, I really need you to be on time, this is going to have to be your last warning,” and then yes, I’d be prepared to fire her. Unless it’s not actually a serious problem for you (like, your start time is flexible) and you like her in every other respect, then I’d probably be more inclined to let it slide.
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Has she been with you for awhile? And is this a new issue? If so, I would first make sure nothing is going on in her life. But if this has been an ongoing, constant issue I would have a serious conversation with her and, yes, be prepared to fire her if it doesn't change.
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My nanny is perpetually late, but I'm also perpetually late. I have probably only had to wait on her a couple times in the last year; but I'm definitely never to work on time. If I ever get my shit together enough to be making it to work on time I would just tell her "I know I'm usually paste, but I'm working on fixing that, so I'll need you to make sure to be here by 7:30"
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have you given her a chance to resolve her tardiness? If so and she’s still always late and it makes your life more difficult- more traffic, reprimands from your manager, less productivity, less raise/ bonus opportunity then yes let her go.
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This would end in being fired if she didn’t fix the behavior after being asked once
I can’t be late to my job; I have a patient caseload and start on time, to the minute. I expect the same from anyone I’m paying. It’s one of those non-negotiable being an adult type of things. Once in a while with a good reason is acceptable since life happens, but as a matter of
Routine? No way.
I’ve let two cleaning ladies go because they can’t show up on time.
I “fire” my patients if they dont show up on time repeatedly. -
If you’ve already spoken to her about it and reiterated how crucial it is for you to leave on time, then yes.
If you haven’t said anything yet and just greet her then go, I would say it would be unfair to just terminate her. Although it should be understood that you should be on time for work 🙄 I would still give one warning before just letting her go. And document it! -
Agree with others.
If it's "traffic" and she cannot leave any earlier to factor in the traffic then this employment relationship just isn't working out.
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I'd warn her, document it and if it continued then I'd probably look at terminating her. Or I might do a 3 strikes and your fired....
I am perpetually late to work... if they warned me or put me on "notice" I'd do what I had to to make it work or I'd leave.
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Definitely address it first and let het know that it affects your ability to be on time. If she doesnt improve then I would look into replacing her.
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We had this happen recently but it was missing alarm and being quite late. Like 5 times in a month. We did let her go and it think it was better for her too. 5 minutes wouldn’t bother me, but 15 would. I would even offer to pay her up to 15 minutes early so she plans to be there earlier. Maybe she’s trying to cut it close with traffic?
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I'd speak to her about it - let her know you really need to leave AS SOON as she gets there.
Our nanny has been showing up late, BUT, it completely my own doing because I'm slacking and leaving like 20 minutes after she arrives.... On the days I know I need to be in, I just mention that I can't slack on so-and-so day, so I need to leave the second she arrives, and she's always on time those days.
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