I have this family and I have watched their son since he was 4 months old, he is now 2. They were always good about paying me on time. About a year ago they started having problems and divorced. Thats when I started having problems with them. My contract says I need to be payed friday for the following week. He gets payed friday, so I let him pay monday morning. Last week wednesday rolls around and he has not payed. I get the mail that day and his check from the week before has bounced! So I call him right away and tell him and he is apologizing. He pays me the following day for last weeks bounced check the the week we were in on thursday, and added an extra 25.00 fee. So now this week rolls around. Monday was MLK day and I am closed all federal holidays so of course no check from him. I send him a text and tell him to bring it the following morning tuesday. He responds to me with sort of an attitude and says he will be there in the morning. Well of course we end up getting a snow storm and schools are closed and so is the federal government. I offered to watch their son because the mom asked if I would for a few hours since the snow was not starting until later and I said yes, but they ended up not coming. The snow did not start though until around 10 am! I get a text from him saying he was running late for work and he will bring it later, but he does not show. I have not even responded back because I am so annoyed. It is now Wednesday and I have not been paid. What should I do? I can not terminate because we of financial problems. I hate being in these situations because we have no money
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Well it's not like you're getting paid anyway...and now you've worked for free (or did I misread that?).
I've made a lot of mistakes allowing families to get away with stuff but not paying me doesn't fly. I'm financially tight too so not having my paycheck on time hurts. Better to find a family that will pay on time than one that not only doesn't pay on time but also bounces checks...
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Well I have not watched his kid yet this week because Monday was a federal holiday, and they did not bring him yesterday because of the snow storm. They still owe me the money because my contract says I am closed all federal holidays with pay, and I offered to watch their child yesterday but they did not show up. I am sure his mom will bring him today, but the dad still needs to pay me. They are divorced and he brings me payment. He is making me feel like I am begging for my money. He was supposed to bring it in the morning yesterday but did not show up. Then he said I will come in the afternoon and did not show up. Now it is wednesday morning.
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Originally posted by Dsquared View PostWell I have not watched his kid yet this week because Monday was a federal holiday, and they did not bring him yesterday because of the snow storm. They still owe me the money because my contract says I am closed all federal holidays with pay, and I offered to watch their child yesterday but they did not show up. I am sure his mom will bring him today, but the dad still needs to pay me. They are divorced and he brings me payment. He is making me feel like I am begging for my money. He was supposed to bring it in the morning yesterday but did not show up. Then he said I will come in the afternoon and did not show up. Now it is wednesday morning.
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I just sent her a message and told her they need to bring payment before they drop him off. I am looking to replace him. I have a new family starting on Monday but they are replacing another family who is leaving. I need to maintain a certain number of kids to survive.
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He responded with a text of course making me feel like I am being annoying. And I do start to feel bad because I did not work monday, and then the snow on tuesday. But everyone else pays on time and on fridays for the following week. He should be bringing it by this morning before his child gets here.
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Originally posted by Dsquared View PostHe responded with a text of course making me feel like I am being annoying. And I do start to feel bad because I did not work monday, and then the snow on tuesday. But everyone else pays on time and on fridays for the following week. He should be bringing it by this morning before his child gets here.
Then yesterday the same dcd gave me a check so I let mom know and she said he must have forgot they already paid....yeah right, after all that. Then she proceeds to tell me not to cash that check until Fri., which is fine, she said if I cash it early, we would BOTH have fees because it would bounce! No, you would have a fee!
Some parents. How would they like it if their jobs didn't pay them! This is the only family that I have like this. I used to feel bad, but realized it's not my fault and I don't feel bad anymore at all! DO NOT feel bad!
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I am going to have to talk to her. He finally ended up bringing the cash about 1 hour ago. The mom is staying home with the boy today because schools are closed and the roads are bad. Hopefully tomorrow everything all be back to normal. Thanks!
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I agree ..they need to pay before you care again...
like someone else stated ,,,, how would or what would they do or feel if they did not get payed from their work....
You have bills to pay, and you can not do your job properly if you can not oay your bills....
NO FEE, NO CARE......
I've had to tell a client that they would have to start paying by cash if they had one more bounced cheque.... ( after the third time ).....
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