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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion: Archive September 2007: New Job Vent
I just started a job with our local YMCA in the drop in child care center. It doesn't pay very well but the hours are totally flexible..you can almost pick entirely when and for how long you want to work and I can bring my kids with me. This was just my first week..today being my third day. My son and I get there and all the other workers are arriving and one employee walks in with her two dd's and the girls are crying and running after her and she is saying...Back off Get Away from me. If you get close to me again I'm going to kill you you brat. This is a woman whose job it is to take of children?????? I did not really care for this person from the start because of this. I'm sure it took a good 10 minutes just to pick my chin up off the floor after hearing her talk to to her childre that way. It started to get busy in the center and I was occupied with my job of taking care of 10 toddlers...most of whom wanted me to hold them...and only them. My son is 5 and so he went outside to play with the bigger kids and this same woman from earlier was one of the workeres who was assigned to watch the big kids. Right before my shift ends this woman comes over to me and says "I have to tell you what S did while outside. He and another boy were picking up worms and had them in a bucket. The boys mom came to pick him up and told the boy to put the worms down as it was time to go. S took the bucket from the friend and the worms went flying all over the patio. S was sent to timeout and isn't allowed to go outside anymore. I thought it was important that you know about his behavior" ----I was thinking there had to more to it than this...like maybe he had been naughty all morning and the worms flying all over the cement patio was just the straw that broke the camels back so I asked the woman and said "Oh - no it was just the worm incident". Do you think what my son did warrants being totally banned from outside? I do think that it needed to be addressed with him as it happened. As in something like...S you need to stay here and make sure that all the worms get back in the bucket so that you can take them back to the grass. etc. I have been stewing over this all morning and I'm not sure if it just because I didn't really care for her because of how she treated her dds or if I am just being a protective mommy but I really dont' want to bring my son back there but I WORK THERE for goodness sake....Did I mention that a lot of the workers seems to huddle around one another and "chat" the entire time while childre are crying, screaming etc.
Sounds to me like a job I would quit and quickly!!
Doesn't sound like the most child-friendly place! Yikes.
Agree with Melissa. Not sure I could stomach having to deal with that nonsense on a daily. At 5 playing with worms is expected and isn't grounds for removal of privileges IMHO.. He should have been told/asked to pick them up and put them in the grass, end of discussion on it. IF he threw a fit, then maybe a time out but a removal of privileges?? I don't think so..
LMAO sorry Tonya.. I must have Melissa on my mind... LOL
Golly. Maybe a word to the boss?...
Wow, doesn't sound like a place I would want to work OR send my child.... I agree, I think I would be out of there.
Ditto Tonya..........and Dawn............and Bobbie.............
I would quit and not look back! There are much better places, thank goodness.
I agree with those above - it's time to quit and to tell the boss why you are quitting. If I were working in childcare I certainly would not want to work with someone who treats her own children as you describe. If your financial situation is such that you really need the money, then I suggest you start looking for another job and get out as soon as you can. And yes, I think the punishment for your son is overboard unless there is a whole lot more to it than she is telling. At most, if at all, a few days or a week of grounding, but not a permanent ban. That's just stupid.
Sure enough.. We are talking about a 5 year old. If she is treating your son that way with you in the building what is she doing to the kids that don't have their mom's there? It is a day care, they are supposed to be dealing with the children not sitting around chatting. Bunch of bunk.. Look into a new job and if you are able to quit I would make sure it was very clear why I was leaving to the supervisor. If this was just a case of her over punishing then I would just speak to the supervisor but since it seems that she isn't the only one doing her job right then this isn't a well run day care, for sure. What a pickle.
Run away as fast as you can!!! Yikes!!!
Wow, that's a tough one. I would definitely speak to someone in charge, and likely quit. My only concern is for the children who are stuck there, and whose parents likely have no idea how the children are treated. What a shame!!
That is awful! I agree- quit as soon as possible and let someone know what is going on!
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