Nanny vacation dilemma

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is 10 vacations days the norm for someone with such a crucial job?

I think our daycare get at least 15 of their chowing...

Among our peer group everyone gives their nannies 10 days of vacation. But as I mentioned because DH and I have around 4 weeks of vacation annually, we will give her nearly 4 weeks off paid each year, it’s just not of her choosing.

If she can't choose when she wants off then it isn't a vacation for her.

NP. It is a vacation but a sucky because she can't plan for when she wants to go.

This.

[Anonymous]

I used to be a Nanny and had a week of my choosing and a week of their hoosing. I think its presumptuous of your Nanny to ask for the extra 2 days off personally. I never would have done that.

[Anonymous]

All - when you are talking about weeks so you mean 5 days or 7 days. So a week of your choosing and a week of their choosing is 2 weeks I.e 14 working days or 10 working days.

[Anonymous]

Give her Jan 2nd if you can swing it, unpaid. Shows that you tried, and also signals that she can't willy nilly take days off that she doesn't have.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I negotiate for vacation phrases one of two ways in the contract. 1. I have 2 or 3 weeks, to use at my discretion. I have to give my employer 1-3 months of notice and I don’t take more than a week at a time. All other times are considered working weeks, and at least half of my normal hours during a week without children is spent on larger projects: organizing and restocking children’s pantry, purging and replacing clothes, purging toys and reorganizing playroom, moving bedroom furniture and reorganizing kid’s bedroom, etc. 2. I have no vacation of my choice. For a family who has at least 4 weeks of vacation, and who will never ask me to go along and work, who knows at least 2 months prior to when they are going, I’m happy to agree that our vacations will be the same. I will never do large projects while they are gone, and I’m not going to pick up mail, water plants or care for animals.

The what now? The children's pantry? The children have a separate pantry?

This is a world with which I am not familiar.

Parents never eat at home, ergo nanny reorganizes and restocks the pantry because it is exclusively for children’s use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is 10 vacations days the norm for someone with such a crucial job?

I think our daycare get at least 15 of their chowing...

Among our peer group everyone gives their nannies 10 days of vacation. But as I mentioned because DH and I have around 4 weeks of vacation annually, we will give her nearly 4 weeks off paid each year, it’s just not of her choosing.

If she can't choose when she wants off then it isn't a vacation for her.

So public school teachers get . . . no vacation?

I got 10 days PTO of my own choosing when I was teacher.

My mom was a teacher in Ohio for 30+ years. She had 2 personal days a year and sick leave. She had to use one of her personal days each year to attend a professional conference she helped plan. The other day she saved to go to one of my school events. One day a year that wasn’t chosen for her by the school calendar.

My grandmother and mother both taught 30 years. 10 pto/sick days per year, rolled to a maximum accrual of 100 days. They could donate up to 5 each year to any school employee with a critical illness/issue (cancer, death of spouse, etc). If your mother chose to work somewhere that only gave two days per year, that was foolish. And FYI, she CHOSE to attend your event; the school system scheduled it and SHE chose it...

[Anonymous]

^^I come from family of educators, going back to my grandmother who laughter 50 years ago. No one ever had such lousy conditions as those mentioned in the post above.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't give the days off. If OP has to work on the 2nd and 3rd, then the nanny has to work. That's the whole point. Nanny isn't entitled to having 6 vacation days over the holidays. She's entitled to 2 (25th and 1st) and is choosing to travel as a result of OP's generosity with the other 6 days. That's her prerogative, but the nanny shouldn't expect OP to accommodate it.

[prettylittlething]

As a nanny, she needs to realize a different job means different timestamps, traditions etc. You agree when you sign the contract. Let her take the days unpaid if she really wants them, and let her know in the future xmas break will not be a 2 week vaca and you need her to be available when you go back to work.

[Anonymous]

Let her swap two federal holidays for these days and you get child care on federal holidays, making them actual days off for you. Win-win!