No snow day for nanny

[Anonymous]

OP never said it was in her contract - she just said that's what she was told when she was hired. BIG difference.

OP, if you have a contract that states the family follows the County school closings for your work schedule, then you are in the right. If there's no contract, or it doesn't have that language, then, given that the roads were fine on Monday (at least in most places), I think it was fair for the family to ask you to come in.

[Anonymous]

It's in my contact.

[Anonymous]

I'm a PP who said OP has every right to fight her employers on this. After reevaluating, OP this is probably the last snow we will get this year so maybe you should take a PPs advice and consider offering to change this part of your contract when the time comes (I'd go with the federal closings, and not put the call completely in your bosses hands) and have an idea of what you'd ask for in return.

[Anonymous]

Reason they followed school closings is BC DB's work follows school closings.

[Anonymous]

Schools close constantly. If you are in DC suburbs schools are a terrible benchmark. Feds are much better

[Anonymous]

OK, DB's work closes. But maybe they've realized that it would be more helpful to have you come in when the weather doesn't really warrant staying home so he can do other projects, errands, etc..

I think no matter what you do about Monday, this part of your contract will change next year. You just need to decide if you want to make a big deal out of Monday, or ask for a raise or additional days off for next year (as an example).

[Anonymous]

Good grief is this a petty group of people. Contract or no, would it kill families to give their nanny an unexpected "bonus" day off once in a while. If one parent is home and able to take care of the children, is it really necessary to have the nanny come in for extra projects and errands? I feel like employers forget we are people with our own lives too. I, for one, would enjoy an extra day here or there to get a project done, and my employers give me these once in a while, simply because they are appreciative of me and not interested in milking me for every dollar they pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief is this a petty group of people. Contract or no, would it kill families to give their nanny an unexpected "bonus" day off once in a while. If one parent is home and able to take care of the children, is it really necessary to have the nanny come in for extra projects and errands? I feel like employers forget we are people with our own lives too. I, for one, would enjoy an extra day here or there to get a project done, and my employers give me these once in a while, simply because they are appreciative of me and not interested in milking me for every dollar they pay.

Oh please. Why do nannies always feel like they need off every single time a parent is home? That is totally ridiculous. My nanny get 3 weeks paid PTO. She also gets all federal holidays and if the federal government closes due to inclement weather, she gets a "bonus" day.

She also gets all the extra days of vacation that we go on that are above our 1 week of choice vacation. I calculated it all out and last year our nanny got 7 weeks off (paid).

And I don't think - at least in DC - my nanny is a minority in the amount of time she gets off.

So enough with the sob story of how nannies don't get enough paid time off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief is this a petty group of people. Contract or no, would it kill families to give their nanny an unexpected "bonus" day off once in a while. If one parent is home and able to take care of the children, is it really necessary to have the nanny come in for extra projects and errands? I feel like employers forget we are people with our own lives too. I, for one, would enjoy an extra day here or there to get a project done, and my employers give me these once in a while, simply because they are appreciative of me and not interested in milking me for every dollar they pay.

This goes both ways you know. If the roads are fine would it kill the nanny to come in and work when she's being paid for that anyway? FWIW I do think the parents should have followed the contract and she should have had the day off but I wouldn't go so far as to call people petty because the roads were fine and you think she should have a day off for no reason. If you have a job as something other than a nanny when do you ever get days off just because your boss feels like being nice. Just because you are a nanny doesn't entitle you to special treatment.