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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it's not obvious to new parents that personnel spend is the biggest expense for a daycare, and an easy way to cut costs there is to send caregivers/teachers home when it appears that they won't be needed to maintain the legally required ratio. But even if the daycare always remains compliant with the ratio, split shifts + unpredictable hours are extremely negative for employee retention. So a daycare that imposes a strict drop off cut off to cut hours will, unsurprisingly, tend to have higher staff turnover -- not great for your kids. [/quote]

In our case, there seemed to be a hierarchy of caregivers at our center. There were older, long-term caregivers who had been with center for many years and they had defined schedules that didn't vary (example: 730-430 everyday). These are the people who regularly communicated with us, gave us updates, reminded us of stuff, etc.

And then there were younger caregivers who worked as floaters and it seemed they would have their hours cut on short notice, when necessary. They were also the ones who would stay until closing time and do clean up & prep the rooms for the next day. I'm not sure where the floaters came from. It seemed like our baby's classroom had a different floater every week. They were all typically young women (18-22) and I'm guessing they were doing this as part of their certification. They certainly were not as skilled or detail-oriented as the regular caregivers.

It was just weird seeing new people in the classroom all the time. I couldn't keep track of their names or even really understood their schedules. [/quote]

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