Is it an expectation that daycares and nannies get snow days with 1/2 inch of snow?

[Anonymous]

This is something to discuss with your nanny before you hire her. Our nanny lives kinda far away and has a crappy car so she doesn’t come in if the roads are bad. It’s not convenient for us to go get her so she just gets a few snow days each year. She does not make them up. It’s a hassle

[Anonymous]

Our daycare closed for two days. It made things very difficult for me as I didn’t get any “snow days”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare closed for two days. It made things very difficult for me as I didn’t get any “snow days”.

What about using personal days or vacation days? That's what I use.

[Anonymous]

I live in an apartment complex with a lot of women who do this type of work. Often they do not drive and rely on public transportation. They aren’t going from a heated home to a car with heat and vice versa. They may need to stand on a bus stop to get to the Metro and then stand at the Metro for another bus before walking 4-6 blocks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in an apartment complex with a lot of women who do this type of work. Often they do not drive and rely on public transportation. They aren’t going from a heated home to a car with heat and vice versa. They may need to stand on a bus stop to get to the Metro and then stand at the Metro for another bus before walking 4-6 blocks.

People are really in a bubble when they complain about nannies being lazy, trying to get off work, how unfair it is to have to pay them when they aren't needed, etc. I read all the time about people here bitching about how hard it is to make it at $150k a year and we figure out how to get by on a third of that. Many nannies can't afford cars, don't have health insurance and can't afford to live close to their employer's neighborhoods. We have no HR depts. We can be fired (and quit admittedly) at will with no notice. We can't sue, we can't afford lawyers. If you personally have a problem with your nanny sit down and discuss it with them but the lumping of all nannies into one group as lazy unskilled workers who don't GAF is simply untrue and ignorant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live in an apartment complex with a lot of women who do this type of work. Often they do not drive and rely on public transportation. They aren’t going from a heated home to a car with heat and vice versa. They may need to stand on a bus stop to get to the Metro and then stand at the Metro for another bus before walking 4-6 blocks.

People are really in a bubble when they complain about nannies being lazy, trying to get off work, how unfair it is to have to pay them when they aren't needed, etc. I read all the time about people here bitching about how hard it is to make it at $150k a year and we figure out how to get by on a third of that. Many nannies can't afford cars, don't have health insurance and can't afford to live close to their employer's neighborhoods. We have no HR depts. We can be fired (and quit admittedly) at will with no notice. We can't sue, we can't afford lawyers. If you personally have a problem with your nanny sit down and discuss it with them but the lumping of all nannies into one group as lazy unskilled workers who don't GAF is simply untrue and ignorant.

This. Well said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live in an apartment complex with a lot of women who do this type of work. Often they do not drive and rely on public transportation. They aren’t going from a heated home to a car with heat and vice versa. They may need to stand on a bus stop to get to the Metro and then stand at the Metro for another bus before walking 4-6 blocks.

People are really in a bubble when they complain about nannies being lazy, trying to get off work, how unfair it is to have to pay them when they aren't needed, etc. I read all the time about people here bitching about how hard it is to make it at $150k a year and we figure out how to get by on a third of that. Many nannies can't afford cars, don't have health insurance and can't afford to live close to their employer's neighborhoods. We have no HR depts. We can be fired (and quit admittedly) at will with no notice. We can't sue, we can't afford lawyers. If you personally have a problem with your nanny sit down and discuss it with them but the lumping of all nannies into one group as lazy unskilled workers who don't GAF is simply untrue and ignorant.

I think it’s a theory of mind issue. These people constantly complaining really and truly think that their nannies are the help, i.e. they exist to serve the employers/make their lives easier. They don’t think of nannies/daycare workers/teachers as being real, actual PEOPLE with lives of their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved from Boston and things would have been business-as-usual with such a light dusting as today. But here in VA, daycares close and nannies say they can’t travel, even though it’s a light snowfall! We are WFH so that still continues, and we have to juggle kids or cancel meetings. Should we just set our mind to accepting it?

Yes. Virginia is not Massachusetts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved from Boston and things would have been business-as-usual with such a light dusting as today. But here in VA, daycares close and nannies say they can’t travel, even though it’s a light snowfall! We are WFH so that still continues, and we have to juggle kids or cancel meetings. Should we just set our mind to accepting it?

Yes. Virginia is not Massachusetts.

. It is also very hot and humid in this area during Late June through September. So don't complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved from Boston and things would have been business-as-usual with such a light dusting as today. But here in VA, daycares close and nannies say they can’t travel, even though it’s a light snowfall! We are WFH so that still continues, and we have to juggle kids or cancel meetings. Should we just set our mind to accepting it?

Yes. Virginia is not Massachusetts.

. It is also very hot and humid in this area during Late June through September. So don't complain.

+1. And the food isn’t as good here as Boston but our drivers are better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare closed for two days. It made things very difficult for me as I didn’t get any “snow days”.

Then you should have made arrangements for backup care a long time ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved from Boston and things would have been business-as-usual with such a light dusting as today. But here in VA, daycares close and nannies say they can’t travel, even though it’s a light snowfall! We are WFH so that still continues, and we have to juggle kids or cancel meetings. Should we just set our mind to accepting it?

Yes, or hire a nanny who lives close enough to walk to work or find an in-home daycare near your house.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our daycare closed for two days. It made things very difficult for me as I didn’t get any “snow days”.

Then you should have made arrangements for backup care a long time ago.

Like what? A sitter couldn’t walk to our house! Daycare IS the backup!

[Anonymous]

Not where I am in Canada. We had a ton of snow on Tuesday and all the kids went to school, all people worked. They did cancel the afternoon busses, so parents had to find the way. But, as it is most parents work from home right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved from Boston and things would have been business-as-usual with such a light dusting as today. But here in VA, daycares close and nannies say they can’t travel, even though it’s a light snowfall! We are WFH so that still continues, and we have to juggle kids or cancel meetings. Should we just set our mind to accepting it?

Daycares do not need your approval of when they decide to close due to inclement weather. If a nanny feels it is too dangerous to drive, this is her choice. Virginia is not Massachusetts.