| Be Careful! She is irresponsible and dishonest.
She has been through a few different households including mine. SHe committed in June to arrive in August. She took a short summer job while waiting and then wouldn't commit to her arrival date. When I finally got a date from her, two weeks later she took that week-end to take care of a friend's dog.
Then on her arrival date, several days after her original date, she showed up several hours late and didn't even call leaving someone at the train station waiting for her. I was in the hospital having a baby.
She came for the first week and told me that she forgot to let me know that she was going away for the week-end and had to leave on thursday, then she went to a friends house for the weekend and pretended to be sick, called me that morning and let me know she was sick and that she made a mistake and was leaving on Wednesday for the long week-end instead of Thursday.
At that point I called her back and told that she had to decide if she wanted the job. She said yes, but a day later sent me an email telling me I could find another au pair that would be great for my family. She lied saying she was trying to call me she never tried and never called or left a message.
The way I see it, was that she committed to the job here because she was going to study, but then didn't get the paperwork in on time and decided that she didn't want the committment and blew us off.
We had promised her a phone, but we didn't get it for her in the first week. Thank goodness! Her room wasn't ready yet, so she had to stay in another room. I can't think of anything else that she can say except that because of the situation (baby and all) there were a lot of people in the house and it was messy at the time.
I can't tell you how bad she made the situation and I was practically hysterical since I had a five day old child and a five year old and no help because everyone i knew was at work. If there was ever a situation in which you need someone it was this situation. I felt that Evelyn was irresponsible from day one by accepting the position and holding usup from looking for someone else for several months and then pulling out at the last minute, as I'm coming home from the hospital with a new baby.
She wants to hang out with her friends and nothing should interfere with that. |
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