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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sorry but I am going to stick up for OP here. He is trying to help the nanny out until the temporary situation resolves itself. What do you expect people to do? Companies cut people all the time without warning. [/quote]

I agree.  OP, I think a lot of the replies you're getting are from the entitled nannies who seem to frequent this site.  OP, I would cut her pay to what you can afford and give her time off or ask her to work part time.   If you ask her to work part time for that money, pay her at a higher hourly rate than you were previously for that time to show that you appreciate her.   Tell her you understand if she needs to find another job but of course would love for her to resume working full time once you're also working full time.  [/quote]

I am not a nanny. I am a mother who employs a nanny. I would do anything possible to make sure our nanny stayed with our family. Continuity of care and the relationship with my children matter much more than money (assuming we are not going to be homeless). I can think of 100 other things I would cut before I would cut the nanny. [/quote]

Ok, that's a nice sentiment.  But nanny is a MAJOR expense in our household.  I don't think there's really anything we could cut that would allow us to continue paying our nanny responsibly if we were looking at long-term unemployment.  IE, I am not going to get a home equity loan or break into my 401k to pay the nanny while I'm unemployed.  That would be completely crazy.  And at a certain point, it would be better to help the nanny start looking for a more stable situation than asking her to stay on.  The nanny would probably prefer severance pay and time off to look for a new job than just riding out the last dollars until we absolutely can't afford her. [/quote]

We are talking about a furlough that could be a week or two, possibly slightly longer. This isn't about long term unemployment. If you have one parent who is unemployed than that person can provide childcare and if/when down the road they regain employment you can find new childcare. [/quote]

Well yes, obviously if I knew it was most likely just going to be a temp furlough of a few weeks or even a month or two, I would figure out a way to make it work.  But for a less definite period it would be tougher and I would probably try to make longer term plans. [/quote]

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