planning to terminate the helper

hi to all,


i have a friend who is really upset these days..she hired a helper almost 3 months. she is not happy of the helpers performance but she had no choice but to continue the contract as she is working mom and 7 months preggy at that time. She just gave birth last sept 12. Aside from the newly born baby , she have a 2 more children ages 5yo and 6yo.


the 1st worst things happenned last week. she (helper)is about to pick up the 6yo daugther to school. She went out 1 hour earlier from the school ends. unfortunately she arrived more than 1 hour later and the school need to close. then teacher must brought back the kid at home and said that the helper is not reliable.


then yesterday is helper off..but she didnt came home and too much unacceptable alibis., she didnt even say sorry for what happenned.


Now the problem is, she want to terminate the helper but the big problem is no one will help her as she have 3 children and a working mom.


any advice..i will appreciate if you give some... as my friend have no time for this and im not relly that expert..


many thanks..

- Get grandma to help.

- Find new helper fast.

It's not that easy to find a helper who will "love" going into this situation (single mom with 3 kids - one newborn). Can you imagine what it would be like if you were the helper?

I assumed the "friend" was a single mom, but may be wrong. She just gave birth to a 3rd baby, the daddy must be there somewhere...


But as commented on, this one of the situations helpers hate to be in. And a very good suggestion above was to get a second helper.

What's with the not coming home on her day off? Helpers are entitled to 24 continuous hours off.

thanks guys to your replies... she fired the helper and resigned to her job...she will takeover for the time being...as his husband is very supported anyway...