Going to be honest, the “unpaid training period” goes both ways. It is a tryout for them, on their own dime, and I am not surprised that some of them decide not to move forward. My kids would only take something with an unpaid training period as a last resort, and I’d tell them to feel free to jump ship if something else came along during that period before they were actually getting paid. You want their time, you should pay them – period.
It seems to me that if the prospective employee is at the center, learning how the center operates, they are indeed “actually working.” As others here have said, required unpaid training can signal “shady employer” to potential employees. It’s something your business owner should discuss with a lawyer sooon - if it’s within the letter of the law, the lawyer will know and then no problem.
I’m hoping that’s a typo - did you mean that nap time is until 12:45, not 2:45? I wouldn’t be a happy customer if I thought that my child was essentially receiving no direct care for 25 percent of the time he/she was at the center.
It looks like the OP is 19 or 20 years old. I think she made a valid point. If you aren’t going to show up for the job at least call.
Rant made, comments made. Focus isn’t on etiquette, which I think is what the actual topic was supposed to be.