Federal employees with nannies - what will you do with a furlough?

[Anonymous]

Or she could easily choose a better paying MB.... They're a dime a dozen, if you're a decent nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

How much do you and your husband make compared to the nanny? She probably makes $40,000 and together you make mid-six figures and you have no qualms about reducing her salary by 1/5 a week! If you do this, I hope she finds another job and soon. You are beneath contempt and I am not a nanny.

Really?

Last I knew, I respected our nanny enough to trust if she didn't think she could make a living in her chosen profession...she would choose another profession.

Imagine that. I trust our nanny. Clearly. you don't.

Profession? This is a joke. Professionals are not hourly employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or she could easily choose a better paying MB.... They're a dime a dozen, if you're a decent nanny.

well, that's great. so OP should stop worrying about her nanny, and simply cut her pay and hours. if the nanny is happy, she will stay, if she is not happy, she will simply quit and get a job from one of the dozens of better paying MB crowding our areas..........win/win

[Anonymous]

Sadly, if there are furloughs, nannies will also be furloughed. Or fired.

If they think they can get a better deal, perhaps they should look now because they won't be so lucky once the furloughs start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

How much do you and your husband make compared to the nanny? She probably makes $40,000 and together you make mid-six figures and you have no qualms about reducing her salary by 1/5 a week! If you do this, I hope she finds another job and soon. You are beneath contempt and I am not a nanny.

Really?

Last I knew, I respected our nanny enough to trust if she didn't think she could make a living in her chosen profession...she would choose another profession.

Imagine that. I trust our nanny. Clearly. you don't.

Profession? This is a joke. Professionals are not hourly employees.

Really? Who told you that? I know lots of professions who are hourly employees. You're just being silly, aren't you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

How much do you and your husband make compared to the nanny? She probably makes $40,000 and together you make mid-six figures and you have no qualms about reducing her salary by 1/5 a week! If you do this, I hope she finds another job and soon. You are beneath contempt and I am not a nanny.

Really?

Last I knew, I respected our nanny enough to trust if she didn't think she could make a living in her chosen profession...she would choose another profession.

Imagine that. I trust our nanny. Clearly. you don't.

Profession? This is a joke. Professionals are not hourly employees.

Really? Who told you that? I know lots of professions who are hourly employees. You're just being silly, aren't you?

Lawyers have an hourly rate but are not hourly employees. Doctors, engineers, teachers, dentists, architects, are professional as they have specific academic requirements to receive a diploma and must take state examinations that license them to practice their profession. Anyone can be a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Oh, thank goodness. Now we can let the nanny-bashing commence! Hurrah for this new and sophisticated catch-all for every argument - nannies suck! Anyone can be a nanny! Nannies know nothing! Nannying requires no special education or training! Nannies are worthless! WOOOOOO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

How much do you and your husband make compared to the nanny? She probably makes $40,000 and together you make mid-six figures and you have no qualms about reducing her salary by 1/5 a week! If you do this, I hope she finds another job and soon. You are beneath contempt and I am not a nanny.

Really?

Last I knew, I respected our nanny enough to trust if she didn't think she could make a living in her chosen profession...she would choose another profession.

Imagine that. I trust our nanny. Clearly. you don't.

Profession? This is a joke. Professionals are not hourly employees.

Lawyers, architects.....

[Anonymous]

Not anyone can be a professional nanny. However, most mb's here seem to opt for the non-professional cheap sitter. That's why we see the endless problems here. So sad.

A professional nanny is expected to know how to do her job, just like any other professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

How much do you and your husband make compared to the nanny? She probably makes $40,000 and together you make mid-six figures and you have no qualms about reducing her salary by 1/5 a week! If you do this, I hope she finds another job and soon. You are beneath contempt and I am not a nanny.

Really?

Last I knew, I respected our nanny enough to trust if she didn't think she could make a living in her chosen profession...she would choose another profession.

Imagine that. I trust our nanny. Clearly. you don't.

Profession? This is a joke. Professionals are not hourly employees.

Lawyers, architects.....

Lawyers and architects bill hourly. They are not hourly employees.

[Anonymous]

You're sick, pp.

[Anonymous]

There are other options here, with family and nanny perhaps splitting the burden. If the nanny usually works a nine hour day, maybe she can work and get paid for half those hours so the parents can run errands or work on household projects. Or maybe the nanny's hours get shifted to weekend date nights or one weekend a month so the parents can get away once in a while. This may not be the nanny's first choice, but if the job is otherwise good, the temporary sacrifice may be worthwhile.

[Anonymous]

Ultimately I ended up not being furloughed. But I mentioned the possibility to our nanny, and believe me, if I had to lose $1500/month, I would definitely have to furlough the nanny the days I am furloughed (I am guessing once per week or once every 2 weeks). Her pay cut would be a fraction of what we'd be losing - like a big chunk of our mortgage payment. It would be catastrophic. I totally understand the plight of others being furloughed without large savings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ultimately I ended up not being furloughed. But I mentioned the possibility to our nanny, and believe me, if I had to lose $1500/month, I would definitely have to furlough the nanny the days I am furloughed (I am guessing once per week or once every 2 weeks). Her pay cut would be a fraction of what we'd be losing - like a big chunk of our mortgage payment. It would be catastrophic. I totally understand the plight of others being furloughed without large savings.

I would struggle to pay my bills if I lost 2-4 days of work per month. The total amount of money she'd be out may be less, but she almost certainly has a lower cost of living than you do too. OP, I was on your side all the way up until this statement right here, but now I think you come across kind of snobby.

Happy you were not furloughed, however, for everyone's sake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ultimately I ended up not being furloughed. But I mentioned the possibility to our nanny, and believe me, if I had to lose $1500/month, I would definitely have to furlough the nanny the days I am furloughed (I am guessing once per week or once every 2 weeks). Her pay cut would be a fraction of what we'd be losing - like a big chunk of our mortgage payment. It would be catastrophic. I totally understand the plight of others being furloughed without large savings.

I would struggle to pay my bills if I lost 2-4 days of work per month. The total amount of money she'd be out may be less, but she almost certainly has a lower cost of living than you do too. OP, I was on your side all the way up until this statement right here, but now I think you come across kind of snobby.

Happy you were not furloughed, however, for everyone's sake.

I'm sorry, but you just don't know us - nanny and I and our situation. If you did you would feel differently. And unlike a lot of snotty moms on here, we aren't rich. We dont have $200K HHI. We ate rice and beans tonite.