The situation is really awkward and I am not comfortable doing working for them anymore. We live in the same neighborhood though so I don't things to be awkward. HELP!
2007-03-16 10:39:21 · 11 answers · asked by Rachel 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I hate that people are telling you to lie! Let them know that you've decided you don't want to babysit for them anymore, and give them at least 2 weeks to find someone else.
2007-03-16 11:09:33 · answer #1 · answered by calliope320 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In essence, you are quitting your job. And with quitting any job - and you most likely will resign from quite a few over the years - you need to be professional and firm. Excuses aren't always needed. That is, you can just say that you can no longer babysit. Give them a few weeks notice so that they can search for another person to replace you. Just note that they, as your "employers", have the option of saying that they won't need you any more right away. It is their choice. You do not have to give them a reason for quitting, but if they ask, you can state anything from the truth (what you wrote here is fine - they may need to hear it!) to a "white lie" (another job, too busy with school, other opportunities, need more money, etc.).
Even though this is hardly some big corporation, learning how to handle things professionally now will benefit you tremendously in the years to come. By giving them ample notice of your resignation, they have time to get a replacement. By remaining calm, yet pleasant, that will save the relationship (which is crucial as they live near by). And they may even provide you with a reference some time in the future, if needed.
Good luck!
2007-03-16 10:51:18 · answer #2 · answered by doctoru2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming this is a regular job, give them a week or two of notice, (in case a future client wants to call them as a reference. Too, you don't want to be trashed by them around the neighborhood.) Tell them you are making other work plans, and thanks for the work to date. No other explanation is necessary. If they press you for an answer, repeat that you are making other work plans, and that presently you can't discuss it.
Don't badmouth them to anyone else. And if a new client asks why you left their employ, you can honestly say that you were looking for a better opportunity/more time for school/for more challenging work/for a situation with older kids/fewer kids, or whatever is appropriate. Good-luck.
2007-03-16 10:51:03 · answer #3 · answered by smallbizperson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$forty in keeping with day is stable pay whilst babysitting. maximum adults who run childcare companies in basic terms get $20-$25/day (in keeping with new child it is - and there is rate reductions to extra suitable than one new child in a kinfolk). it quite is $2 hundred/week which you have been incomes. Do you have any skills that would desire to earn you larger pay? as an occasion, a level in early youthful people training or ten years of journey as a nanny? in case you do no longer choose this job next summer season, in basic terms permit the mummy comprehend which you would be no longer able to settle for the babysitting job for next summer season. Be mentioned which you mustn't be waiting to detect a "real" job in spite of the shown fact that, after which you're earnings would be long gone. you are able to permit the kinfolk comprehend which you may nevertheless be interested in babysitting some evenings or weekends in the event that they choose your centers (shop the techniques open). yet another question could be to ask once you're paying taxes on the $2 hundred/week you gained from this female. If no longer, then you definately might desire to understand that as quickly as you paintings a "real" job the taxes will directly be taken out of your pay each and every week. you will might desire to paintings a minimum of forty hours a week (at a minimum salary job) to sparkling $2 hundred each and every week. stable good fortune to you... in basic terms think of this determination with the aid of before you're making your selection.
2016-10-02 06:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by zaheer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should explain to the family you got accepted to another baby-sitting job in a few neighborhoods away, but you'd really like to try it out. Explain to them how you enjoyed working for their kids, but also say how sorry you are for quitting. Besides, sometimes a little white lie is the only thing you can do.....
2007-03-16 10:43:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Give them notice that you will no longer be able to babysit for them. You don't owe them a reason, just be polite.
2007-03-16 10:50:16 · answer #6 · answered by brassinpocket 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just say that you're busy or it's time that you get a real job and do not have time for babysitting anymore. any kind of excuse should work.
2007-03-16 12:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could tell them you are too busy with school work. Or that you got another job.
2007-03-16 10:45:24 · answer #8 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just talk to them like adults, they will respect you for it, tell them you no longer want to babysit for them.
2007-03-16 10:41:56 · answer #9 · answered by ♣Kellina♣ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
may need more info, but just tell them u have other opportunities that may conflict with babysitting. Or tell the truth they'll get over it. plus you'll probably be leaving for school or something.
2007-03-16 10:51:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋