If work opens before school/camps
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Anonymous
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I’m starting to think the office will open before kid stuff does. We are both working places where going part time isn’t an option. We will likely be afforded a bit of flexibility, but nothing like home-based work.
I’m sure others are in the same position. Have you thought of ways to solve for the mismatch? Things like “get a new job” or “ go part time” aren’t feasible right now. Especially since this will likely be a sooner rather than later situation. |
Anonymous
| The obvious answer is to find an in-home childcare provider (either yours or theirs). |
Anonymous
| If I have to go back to work before daycare and camps reopen, I will have my parents babysit and try to get a babysitter in to help them. It’s probably safer for the kids anyway. |
Anonymous
| Obviously a babysitter. Everyone in the same boat. A college kid or laid off daycare person. |
Anonymous
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Can you take FFCRA leave?
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave Up to an additional 10 weeks of paid expanded family and medical leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay where an employee, who has been employed for at least 30 calendar days, is unable to work due to a bona fide need for leave to care for a child whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19. |
Anonymous
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I have been thinking about this all along, because I work FT in healthcare and have to go in to work every day. My DH has been on extended telework but he could be told he has to go back. I can burn through PTO but obviously can't do that forever! And I really don't want to send my kids into a random daycare situation. So, we would hire someone (at this point, probably a college kid from in our neighborhood I guess?)
That said, even though I was nervous about this, I actually think our kids will be back into their normal routine before my DH. He works in a building with thousands of other people. Lots and lots of them use Metro. It's in downtown DC with tons of other buildings, also with lots of people in them. This is all way more complicated than my kids' schools which have 500-800 kids in them, very few of whom take school-provided/regulated buses. I think if/when you have to return, it will be on some kind of staggered schedule and they will phase things in, not just in your workplace but in all the other ones nearby. |
Anonymous
| I’m a SAHM and thought of offering to watch a kid or two in my home if workplaces open before day cares. That said, I think day cares will reopen fairly soon, before most people are physically back at work. |
Anonymous
| DH works at a university so he's teaching from home until May and since summer classes have been cancelled, he's doing his research/writing from home until August anyway, so we're good. |
Anonymous
| I will continue teleworking as much as possible until I can find childcare. I don’t think they are going to fire me over extending telework my a couple of weeks during a global pandemic. |
Anonymous
| My tentative plan is to negotiate two days of telework, have my ex telework twice a week and see if the sidelined college kid next door would hang with my kid on the other day for $15/hr. That would cost more than extended day but not as much as a nanny. |
Anonymous
Great to hear. OP - just ask your spouse to get a job at a university. That seems to work |
Anonymous
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Right now, my wife is taking off MWF/T-TH on alternative weeks. This gets us to 20 weeks. She's also remote for the time being like I am. I will probably get called back as soon as next week. So, our plan is to use annual leave (I have like 100 hours) and try to fill in as much as possible so my wife isn't working remotely and dealing with home schooling and kid care.
We hope camps open in July. |