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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you can't afford to have a nanny. You can't.  That's OK -- a lot of people can't.  You just need to admit that you are not able to have a "staff" and make other accommodations.

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Business 101, if money isn't coming in, you stop money from going out. Even if someone had reserve money to "afford staff" nothing says you need to pay them when your situation changes.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment[/quote]

No one is arguing the legality of this.  What I'm saying is that your financial circumstances don't allow you to continuously employ house staff. That's OK. But you should find other arrangements. [/quote]

And if you are a nanny who can't go a couple of weeks without a paycheck, perhaps you need to look into ways you can become a more qualified (i.e higher earning nanny) or find another career where you can make more money.  Or you need to look at your budget and figure out where you over overspending.   - signed, not a nanny employer but thinks the double standard for employers/nannies is kind of crazy. [/quote]

I may be outing myself as a bleeding heart liberal, but [b]I think those of us who have more money should make greater sacrifices than those who make less. [/b]I don't have any household employees, but I will not fire my cleaning lady willy-nilly because of this shutdown. (I am not federal but likely to experience shutdown effects.) I suppose you think the cleaning lady should be socking away the big bucks for a rainy day or training for a more lucrative career.

If federal workers get back pay for all this nonsense and therefore got a "free" vacation, that is the cost we all have to bear for putting them through the wringer. I doubt that nannies, even in the DC area, are doing a whole lot of "overspending."[/quote]

Completely agree.[/quote]

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