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There are also costa to unnecessary closures.  I am working from home instead of going to the office today because I couldn’t get a sitter, which means I am missing important meetings and will have to work this weekend to make up the work that won’t get done today.  So now I get to add another layer to existing pandemic-related burnout of not getting a day off this weekend, and will be paying for a sitter for part of the weekend so I can go to the office to do it.[/quote]

The only ones that seem to not suffer any consequences to these bad calls are central office. Make them work. Take the snow days from teacher planning days. You’re home all day, you can plan then. Childcare problems? Tough crap, welcome to the rest of the world. I’ll bet you see fewer stupid calls going forward. [/quote]

This is the point a lot of us are trying to make. When the people making the call to close (and the teachers calling out for lack of childcare who are hedging bets on a closure) get a paid day off, they are not going to weigh things the same as the rest of us who are going to be forced to eat more leave for work, or pay more money for snow day childcare, etc.

And yes other industries like airlines etc. face staffing shortages, but I don’t think all those people are getting extra paid days off. They’re likely stretching their childcare/PTO like the rest of us plebeians.[/quote]

Fully agree, PP. I have colleagues who had to take today off, using PTO, to care for their kids. The rest of us are picking up their work. For those of us in traditional jobs, a "snow day" is just another day of juggling kids and work or using one of our limited PTO days.[/quote]

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