Nanny wants three days off for 2nd vaccine

[Anonymous]

Our nanny is never sick but has asked that she take three days off when she gets the second vaccine shot for fear of being sick. She’ll be off for the day of the inoculation as well as the two following days and then the weekend.

It’s going to be really, really hard for us right now with working from home but she definitely has the time coming. And our toddler will have a hard time without her. How can we compromise on this?

[Anonymous]

You can’t. I’d suck it up.

[Anonymous]

Does your nanny want "three days off" or "the flexibility to call out if she is strongly affected" and do you trust her to not take advantage? and are you OK if she phones it in for the two days if she is sluggish?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does your nanny want "three days off" or "the flexibility to call out if she is strongly affected" and do you trust her to not take advantage? and are you OK if she phones it in for the two days if she is sluggish?

Oh, never mind. I saw she has the time coming. You gotta let her take it.

[Anonymous]

I’d just give it to her. It’s really only one extra day that she probably doesn’t need. And sounds like that’s a Friday. I’d just be happy she’s getting vaccinated!

[Anonymous]

She’s using her time off for a potential vaccine recuperation.

I’d say that that was pretty responsible of her.

[Anonymous]

It’s going to depend on her reaction. I had a strong reaction to the second shot. There is no way that I could have worked as a nanny the next day - I had a fever, aches, chills, and could barely sit up in bed. I probably would have been fine to go the day after, but I was still not 100 percent.

Bottom line, the advantage to you is that she’s getting her shot, and it’s not like a boutique thing where you have your pick of appointment days and times. Don’t be jerks.

[Anonymous]

You sound really unreasonable OP.

[Anonymous]

If your nanny has the time coming you give it to her. There is no compromise.

[Anonymous]

You need to allow this. You are acting like a snowflake.

[Anonymous]

I'm a healthcare provider who was vaccinated at the same time as many others in my practice setting. Two days is adequate. The first 24 hours is when most of my colleagues and I had immune responses, some stronger than others. More than half of us had to use unexpected liberal leave because we were sidelined by the second dose (Pfizer/BioNTech, FWIW).

I had a fever, chills, severe body aches, and nausea/dry heaving with no appetite and needed about 36 hours to feel somewhat normal. It was a combination of feeling like I'd gotten into a fight, had a bad hangover, and was postpartum day 1 after a rough delivery (all things I'd previously experienced).

Assume she will feel like garbage the first day and will need a second day to recover.

[Anonymous]

Wait. She has the sick time? What would the compromise be? She doesn’t need a reason to take the sick days that she earned.

[Anonymous]

Is she using PTO?

If yes, you’d be a ass to try to blocked her. However, I wouldn’t just give her 3 extra paid days for the vaccine—that’s ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to allow this. You are acting like a snowflake.

You are so mean. Her toddler is going to have a "tough time".

[Anonymous]

OP you are a terrible person. She has the time coming, as you said. This is America's post-slavery era. Suck it up and take care of your own kids for a change. It won't kill you.