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First time posting, long time reader. You guys have helped me out alot! However, right now I need a really good vent and some advice on my next moves.
I am a recently graduated music education major, but my love has always been small children. That is why I went for a degree using the two things I love: music and children. This job at the daycare I'm at right now (lets call it Happy Time Daycare since I don't want this coming back at me... you will see why in a second) is the first one I have been on payroll at. Other daycares I volunteered at or did it for cash (like at the church I taught at for so long). I have to say, I love the children and my coworkers so very much, but the boss and her boyfriend is incredibly shady. I have been here for less than a year so I do not feel as though I have any authority to say anything to anyone. Here's the rant and concerns:
1. The bosses boyfriend.
I have noticed this is a common trend for the boss to let her boyfriend take over by reading on this forum frequently. I wonder why that happens. My boss was a very nice woman that always put her employees and the children first. She knew she made enough money from tuition to keep everyone happy and everything in working order. Not so much anymore now that her boyfriend has stepped in. He spends several hours a day sitting in front of the TV's downstairs the cameras go to and writes down everything every employee does wrong. Even if it is as small as "you got the kids out of bed at 3:45 instead of 3:30" you get grilled for it. And I mean he drags you to another room to yell at you. He also comes in during naptime to do any construction work and wakes the kids up, then plays with them. Even if there is an hour left of naptime, he will get them up then we have to deal with the unnecessary cranky kids. My coworkers and I have asked him to wait until after naptime to do work, but it never happens. We're pretty sure he checks us on Facebook and anywhere we go online in our private time because he asks about things noone has told him.
2. Holiday Pay? Yes and No.
At first, we were all told that we would get paid for Labor Day. She is just implementing holiday pay so all of us coworkers we excited. Ask her again later and only full time employees were getting paid. Ask again later, and only employees who worked full weeks before and after the holiday got the holiday pay. The paycheck was today and NOONE was paid for the holiday. Apparently she changed her mind (again) and now to get paid you have to have a certain amount of training each month (that we have to pay for) to get holiday pay. I can get behind any rule for pay, as long as it is decided on and followed. This going back and forth is driving me crazy.
3. Son lives in the building...
This just seems highly unprofessional to me. She 23 year old son lives in the basement of the daycare and comes and goes as he pleases. There have been times we were punished for leaving the door unlocked when we were absolutely sure we have locked it the day before. We have smelled pot coming from downstairs (we have CHILDREN in the building!!!!) and beer cans in the playground outside. These parents are paying over $1000/mo and this just seems like that money could be spent better somewhere else.
4. Where are the bagels from?
We have bagels. Lots and lots of bagels. There are mountains of bagels frozen int he freezer downstairs. Anytime we ask for food for the kids we are deferred to this bagel freezer until she fits it in her schedule to go shopping, which could be weeks later. She says these bagels are day old bagels from the place down the street, but she brings them in garbage bags. I am not sure if she bought them from this place or if she dug them out of the trash can. I want to believe she bought them but wouldn't a business put anything you bought from them in nicer bags and not giant trash bags? She freezes these bagels for months. In fact, we were just given a bag with a date from LAST YEAR on it. Day old frozen bagels frozen for a year just doesn't sound like a nice snack for small children. We usually throw these out and sometimes buy extra food on our lunch to feed the kids something that not hard as a rock.
So that is my rant. Sorry it is so long and I do feel pretty bad about starting my time here on an unhappy note. You people are so nice and helpful I just needed to tell you my concerns about this place and ask for help. I have no idea what my next move should be. I love these kids like crazy and if I fin a new job then I feel like I am leaving them in an unhappy environment. Everyone employee is doing their best to not let these things effect their jobs, but you know somedays it just happens. Are there any options for me, or should I just move on? I really do not want to leave these kids. Thank you everyone!
I am a recently graduated music education major, but my love has always been small children. That is why I went for a degree using the two things I love: music and children. This job at the daycare I'm at right now (lets call it Happy Time Daycare since I don't want this coming back at me... you will see why in a second) is the first one I have been on payroll at. Other daycares I volunteered at or did it for cash (like at the church I taught at for so long). I have to say, I love the children and my coworkers so very much, but the boss and her boyfriend is incredibly shady. I have been here for less than a year so I do not feel as though I have any authority to say anything to anyone. Here's the rant and concerns:
1. The bosses boyfriend.
I have noticed this is a common trend for the boss to let her boyfriend take over by reading on this forum frequently. I wonder why that happens. My boss was a very nice woman that always put her employees and the children first. She knew she made enough money from tuition to keep everyone happy and everything in working order. Not so much anymore now that her boyfriend has stepped in. He spends several hours a day sitting in front of the TV's downstairs the cameras go to and writes down everything every employee does wrong. Even if it is as small as "you got the kids out of bed at 3:45 instead of 3:30" you get grilled for it. And I mean he drags you to another room to yell at you. He also comes in during naptime to do any construction work and wakes the kids up, then plays with them. Even if there is an hour left of naptime, he will get them up then we have to deal with the unnecessary cranky kids. My coworkers and I have asked him to wait until after naptime to do work, but it never happens. We're pretty sure he checks us on Facebook and anywhere we go online in our private time because he asks about things noone has told him.
2. Holiday Pay? Yes and No.
At first, we were all told that we would get paid for Labor Day. She is just implementing holiday pay so all of us coworkers we excited. Ask her again later and only full time employees were getting paid. Ask again later, and only employees who worked full weeks before and after the holiday got the holiday pay. The paycheck was today and NOONE was paid for the holiday. Apparently she changed her mind (again) and now to get paid you have to have a certain amount of training each month (that we have to pay for) to get holiday pay. I can get behind any rule for pay, as long as it is decided on and followed. This going back and forth is driving me crazy.
3. Son lives in the building...
This just seems highly unprofessional to me. She 23 year old son lives in the basement of the daycare and comes and goes as he pleases. There have been times we were punished for leaving the door unlocked when we were absolutely sure we have locked it the day before. We have smelled pot coming from downstairs (we have CHILDREN in the building!!!!) and beer cans in the playground outside. These parents are paying over $1000/mo and this just seems like that money could be spent better somewhere else.
4. Where are the bagels from?
We have bagels. Lots and lots of bagels. There are mountains of bagels frozen int he freezer downstairs. Anytime we ask for food for the kids we are deferred to this bagel freezer until she fits it in her schedule to go shopping, which could be weeks later. She says these bagels are day old bagels from the place down the street, but she brings them in garbage bags. I am not sure if she bought them from this place or if she dug them out of the trash can. I want to believe she bought them but wouldn't a business put anything you bought from them in nicer bags and not giant trash bags? She freezes these bagels for months. In fact, we were just given a bag with a date from LAST YEAR on it. Day old frozen bagels frozen for a year just doesn't sound like a nice snack for small children. We usually throw these out and sometimes buy extra food on our lunch to feed the kids something that not hard as a rock.
So that is my rant. Sorry it is so long and I do feel pretty bad about starting my time here on an unhappy note. You people are so nice and helpful I just needed to tell you my concerns about this place and ask for help. I have no idea what my next move should be. I love these kids like crazy and if I fin a new job then I feel like I am leaving them in an unhappy environment. Everyone employee is doing their best to not let these things effect their jobs, but you know somedays it just happens. Are there any options for me, or should I just move on? I really do not want to leave these kids. Thank you everyone!
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