Lauren interviewed for me and my family. She was a little quiet but seemed sweet, didn't seem very confident in herself but answered appropriately. She was supposed to start working for me on Thursday as I expressed the importance of dependability due to my working situation. She texted me at 5 am that Thursday morning telling me about some sort of family issue, which I can understand, but as a manager myself,...
Lauren interviewed for me and my family. She was a little quiet but seemed sweet, didn't seem very confident in herself but answered appropriately. She was supposed to start working for me on Thursday as I expressed the importance of dependability due to my working situation. She texted me at 5 am that Thursday morning telling me about some sort of family issue, which I can understand, but as a manager myself, texting out is not a acceptable way in "calling out". Apparently I wasn't "empathetic" enough to her situation, however, I did hire her to babysit my child and texting is not a way to communicate to your employer in my opinion. However, I did text her back and sent my regrets towards whatever her family was going through, AND apologized if I sounded rude in any way. I even sent her a response asking how her family was in concern for her and her family, and was asking when she would be returning because I was needing her to sit Saturday. Lauren was already scheduled to work for me Thursday "morning", and Friday "evening". She told me on Sunday 5-6-12 via text that she babysat for someone else family that Saturday, when she told me that she was not returning home until that Saturday at some point on our last conversation that previous Thursday. Then I ask her I needed to know if she was still interested in the position and her response was, "No thank you. My family comes first and if something major like that happens again I will be leaving as soon as I hear about it". I told her that she could of at least given the decency to communicate to us that she was no longer taking the job, and thanking her for letting us know her decline in the position, and it was very unprofessional on her behalf. Her response was "your welcome".
Then she proceeded to tell me I was rude to tell her she should wait two hours just to take my child to school while her grandpa is in the middle of having a stroke. (Which, 1. the first time she told me it was her dad, and then 2. I simply told her she could have left as soon as she dropped off my daughter considering that was the only thing she needed to do, and texting was not a acceptable method of calling out.). I am a nurse and I travel close to 3 hours away to supervise, and take care of very sick, medically fragile children, many of which are ventilated!
Any way, the remarks continue on by Lauren, telling me I was treating her and her family wrong, and questioning MY Christianity, how my actions was not of a Christian, and how I was being condescending. She also said she was not apologizing to me or my family. The only thing I have to say about this one is, WOW and UNBELIEVABLE! If you want a little drama added into your family and your life this one is the choice for you! I wish Lauren all the best in her life ventures and her babysitting career.
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