We are paying ours and having her not come for now. We'll be able to afford this until the end April, then we will tell her we can offer her half pay for the following month (contingent on her returning after that). She may not be ok with that, in which case we'll have to let her go because we won't be able to afford paying her full time.

We are paying ours to stay home until we go back to work. It is honestly kind of a stretch for us to pay her under normal circumstances, so this feels not great, but we love her and so do our kids, and I feel a moral responsibility not to put someone in a situation where they potentially unable to pay their bills in a national emergency.

We may discontinue payroll and pay her cash while she is not working. I need to look into the consequences of that.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some of you did this. It seems idiotic and illogical to have nanny stay home for 2-3 weeks and then bring her back. Either have her come the whole time (which is what we did) or not at all.

Huh? Both my husband and I are at home and my husband has no work currently since his business is shut down. So we don’t need our nanny here while my husband can easily watch them. We also value our nanny so will continue to pay her while we aren’t using her so that we can insure she comes back to us when it’s time.

Your husband could have used some of that time to job hunt (or take a break). For that matter, you could have used that time to take a break too.

So you’re just planning to pay her for months and not have her come in? Fools and their money are easily parted...

PP here: Apparently I wasn’t clear enough. My husbands business (the one he OWNS), is currently shut down. He does not need to job hunt as he owns his own business and we are fine financially with it being shut down for a few months if needed.

And yes, we will continue to pay our nanny for “months” if it comes down to that as again, we value her and love her and want her to come back to us when this is all over. She’s been with us for 2 years and we can financially afford to pay her so MYOB.

I'm a nanny. You are a hero to us, PP that is still paying. I totally understand folks that got laid off having to lay off nannies, but if you are still paid and want your nanny back when this is over....
I'm happy to work but we've all been sick for a week and staying apart. They are still figuring out if they can have me back (not all nannies can go to work in my area), but I'm being paid- because I'm needed back asap. If I get laid off, I have to find another family and they will have to find another nanny.

I don’t know. She has been with us for two years, but only works for us part time (15 hours/wk), and she wasn’t always super reliable. We are ok financially, but I am not really sure how long we are going to pay her. We both work in healthcare, and right now, we are working additional hours without being paid. There is something that seems unfair to also pay someone for hours they are not actually working.

My company is teleworking through May 15. So my family plans to stay isolated until then. We will bring our nanny back then. While I trust her, she lives with roommates I don’t know so who knows if she has been exposed. Too risky. I guess I could ask her to self isolate in our basement but We don’t really have the room.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some of you did this. It seems idiotic and illogical to have nanny stay home for 2-3 weeks and then bring her back. Either have her come the whole time (which is what we did) or not at all.

Huh? Both my husband and I are at home and my husband has no work currently since his business is shut down. So we don’t need our nanny here while my husband can easily watch them. We also value our nanny so will continue to pay her while we aren’t using her so that we can insure she comes back to us when it’s time.

Your husband could have used some of that time to job hunt (or take a break). For that matter, you could have used that time to take a break too.

So you’re just planning to pay her for months and not have her come in? Fools and their money are easily parted...

PP here: Apparently I wasn’t clear enough. My husbands business (the one he OWNS), is currently shut down. He does not need to job hunt as he owns his own business and we are fine financially with it being shut down for a few months if needed.

And yes, we will continue to pay our nanny for “months” if it comes down to that as again, we value her and love her and want her to come back to us when this is all over. She’s been with us for 2 years and we can financially afford to pay her so MYOB.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some of you did this. It seems idiotic and illogical to have nanny stay home for 2-3 weeks and then bring her back. Either have her come the whole time (which is what we did) or not at all.

B/c people were trying to flatten the curve and lessen their exposure possibilities. bringing in an outside person exposes your family to all the contacts that individual has. When this all started, Many ppl didn’t expect schools to close for the remainder of the year and offices to be closed indefinitely

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some of you did this. It seems idiotic and illogical to have nanny stay home for 2-3 weeks and then bring her back. Either have her come the whole time (which is what we did) or not at all.

Huh? Both my husband and I are at home and my husband has no work currently since his business is shut down. So we don’t need our nanny here while my husband can easily watch them. We also value our nanny so will continue to pay her while we aren’t using her so that we can insure she comes back to us when it’s time.

Your husband could have used some of that time to job hunt (or take a break). For that matter, you could have used that time to take a break too.

So you’re just planning to pay her for months and not have her come in? Fools and their money are easily parted...

NP, at some point in the next month or so DH and I will need to go back to the office and We will need our nanny. Is she just supposed to be sitting around waiting for us while not getting paid? Of course not, we’ll lose her so it is in all our interest to continue to pay her..

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some of you did this. It seems idiotic and illogical to have nanny stay home for 2-3 weeks and then bring her back. Either have her come the whole time (which is what we did) or not at all.

Huh? Both my husband and I are at home and my husband has no work currently since his business is shut down. So we don’t need our nanny here while my husband can easily watch them. We also value our nanny so will continue to pay her while we aren’t using her so that we can insure she comes back to us when it’s time.

Your husband could have used some of that time to job hunt (or take a break). For that matter, you could have used that time to take a break too.

So you’re just planning to pay her for months and not have her come in? Fools and their money are easily parted...

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some of you did this. It seems idiotic and illogical to have nanny stay home for 2-3 weeks and then bring her back. Either have her come the whole time (which is what we did) or not at all.

Huh? Both my husband and I are at home and my husband has no work currently since his business is shut down. So we don’t need our nanny here while my husband can easily watch them. We also value our nanny so will continue to pay her while we aren’t using her so that we can insure she comes back to us when it’s time.

I don’t understand why some of you did this. It seems idiotic and illogical to have nanny stay home for 2-3 weeks and then bring her back. Either have her come the whole time (which is what we did) or not at all.

We are paying her and having her not work through April 10th and then will go from there depending on how things are.

Wondering the same thing! We will pay her throughout this as long as we both have jobs but we are both working full-time and need the help.

Like a lot of other people here, my nanny and I agreed she would stay home this week and next, with pay.

For those doing the same, when are you planning to have her back?

After 2 weeks? Longer? Play it by ear?