I work in a daycare center with infants and we have one set of parents (particularly the mom and the dad is just plain whipped and goes along with everything she says) that are simply put a PITA. They complain about everything, nothing we do is ever right, and if we do what they ask they turn around and say they want the opposite. It is all about control for these people. I understand it is their child, and they have the right to be picky, but these parents are absolutely rediculous in their expectations and wants. I won't go into details about everything they expect b/c it would take centuries. Not joking.
Well, today we each (all the girls that work in my room) get pulled into the office for a "talk". They have a 3 page note in tiny print about all the complaints the parents have had recently and what they expect us to do to remedy it. Everything is stuff that has either already been addressed or the parents just don't like the answer. Each complaint was numbered and during the "talk" the directors just quickly went over each one and then said that we needed to sign it and return it. They wouldn't let me get a good look at it while we were talking and wouldn't let me read it in front of them.
I take it back to the classroom and read the first paragraph and it states "This is considered a formal write up for each infant teacher". They never said anything in the "talk" that this was a write up, so I consider this both being blind sided and extremely passive agressive. At that point I didn't any further than that.
We have had nothing but problems from these parents since they started. I just want to know at what point do the directors realize that nothing is going to make these parents happy and that they need to start siding with their staff? Is the income they get from this one family worth losing a bunch of staff?
I don't even technically work in that room anymore, I moved up to the next room and only work in that room in the afternoons when I get back from my break (at 3pm), and about 90% of the stuff covered in the letter doesn't even apply to me or have anything to do with me. Oh, and I also found out through the letter that every time something goes wrong two of the girls I work with blame everything on me and the other girl that I work with in the afternoon. Lovely, huh?
Would you sign and agree to being written up if this were the case? I do have an interview for another position at a different center on Thursday, that I made prior to this "talk". I'm also applying at another center sometime this week. My husband doesn't want me to sign it, but I'm afraid doing so will cost me my job. Granted, I've never interviewed for a daycare position and not gotten the job (I have over 15 years of experience, which is hard to find), but I don't know. I also don't want to get the mark on my job record b/c I've never been written up before. I don't want future employers to call them and find out that I was written up.
I just don't know what to do. What would you do??
Well, today we each (all the girls that work in my room) get pulled into the office for a "talk". They have a 3 page note in tiny print about all the complaints the parents have had recently and what they expect us to do to remedy it. Everything is stuff that has either already been addressed or the parents just don't like the answer. Each complaint was numbered and during the "talk" the directors just quickly went over each one and then said that we needed to sign it and return it. They wouldn't let me get a good look at it while we were talking and wouldn't let me read it in front of them.
I take it back to the classroom and read the first paragraph and it states "This is considered a formal write up for each infant teacher". They never said anything in the "talk" that this was a write up, so I consider this both being blind sided and extremely passive agressive. At that point I didn't any further than that.
We have had nothing but problems from these parents since they started. I just want to know at what point do the directors realize that nothing is going to make these parents happy and that they need to start siding with their staff? Is the income they get from this one family worth losing a bunch of staff?
I don't even technically work in that room anymore, I moved up to the next room and only work in that room in the afternoons when I get back from my break (at 3pm), and about 90% of the stuff covered in the letter doesn't even apply to me or have anything to do with me. Oh, and I also found out through the letter that every time something goes wrong two of the girls I work with blame everything on me and the other girl that I work with in the afternoon. Lovely, huh?
Would you sign and agree to being written up if this were the case? I do have an interview for another position at a different center on Thursday, that I made prior to this "talk". I'm also applying at another center sometime this week. My husband doesn't want me to sign it, but I'm afraid doing so will cost me my job. Granted, I've never interviewed for a daycare position and not gotten the job (I have over 15 years of experience, which is hard to find), but I don't know. I also don't want to get the mark on my job record b/c I've never been written up before. I don't want future employers to call them and find out that I was written up.
I just don't know what to do. What would you do??
