Speaking of trial periods, I have a bad boss story for you. I interviewed with a woman off of Craigslist who was hiring for a nanny, the salary was 1400 a week. There were two children, she lived off CPA and West 93rd... She described the job in such a way... I wanted it. She called me back and said she was interested but wanted to know if I would consider a trial day, whatever, to see if it is the right fit. I agreed. We made arrangements for me to come on a Thursday at around ten. Wednesday night she called and asked if I could come at 7, just to familiarize myself with the morning routine. Of course I said... Why Not... So I show up at 7. The housekeeper is there. She is nice, she tells me, the woman isn't here, but tells me what to do and shows me where things are. I make breakfast for the kids, check homework and walk the oldest to his school. There are directions for a playgroup to go to that morning and I take the 2 year old. Non eventful. I meet some people, but very superficial greetings which is expected if you are a nanny. I pick the older kids up from school and bring them home. The housekeeper shows me the dinner plans and what she has "prepped." I asked if I had missed the mom. No, I hadn't. Could I stay later, she'll be late, but she appreciate so much". So at 1120 PM, the door opens, and the father came in and nodded to me. He says "Thank you, XXXX will call you in the morning." So I left. I never got a follow up call. When I finally got through to her, because she never took my calls,she told me, we weren't a good fit and that it wasn't a paid trial". She clearly misled me to think that the job was fine and used me for a 16 hour workday and didn't pay me anything. I have a feeling I wasn't the first or the last. Because she had such a nice apartment and a housekeeper and was going to pay $1400 a week, I never considered that she would bat an eye about paying for a day. I have done trial days before and they are always paid.
So who is this woman? What does she tell her children? The older boy? Maybe he wonders why no one sticks around or takes it personally. She responded to my Craigs List Ad, she uses a hotmail email address that includes the word "wink". Her phone number area code is 347. Her housekeeper is an older, white woman of about 60 and wears a housekeeping dress. The woman is very tall, attractive, blonde with sharp bone structure. She has a 2 year old and a 7 year old, both boys.
