Sick kids

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, if MB and DB are both working from home today why did they need you to come in? I don't understand parents who have no interest in taking care of their sick children. And then when you get sick, will they be angry it you need a sick day?

They are WORKING from home.

Yes but generally, and I am sure most nannies have experienced this, "working from home" is rarely exclusively that, especially if a parent usually goes into an office. I have been in the same situation and it is incredibly frustrating. I could understand if you had an important meeting or a deadline or something else equally important and unable to make up, but really, if you have two kids that are really sick-and you are HOME with them-you don't want to be taking care of them yourself? Why again do people have children if they only want to deal with the fun stuff? I know, I know, though, nanny should just be grateful she has a job and deal with it, that is why she is paid for after all...sad.

When I work from home I have scheduled phone meetings, I can do my other work on my own schedule. When I need to be in my office with the door closed, childcare is needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, if MB and DB are both working from home today why did they need you to come in? I don't understand parents who have no interest in taking care of their sick children. And then when you get sick, will they be angry it you need a sick day?

They are WORKING from home.

Yes but generally, and I am sure most nannies have experienced this, "working from home" is rarely exclusively that, especially if a parent usually goes into an office. I have been in the same situation and it is incredibly frustrating. I could understand if you had an important meeting or a deadline or something else equally important and unable to make up, but really, if you have two kids that are really sick-and you are HOME with them-you don't want to be taking care of them yourself? Why again do people have children if they only want to deal with the fun stuff? I know, I know, though, nanny should just be grateful she has a job and deal with it, that is why she is paid for after all...sad.

When I work from home I have scheduled phone meetings, I can do my other work on my own schedule. When I need to be in my office with the door closed, childcare is needed.

I understand that you have scheduled things during the day. However, in OP's situation both MB and DB were home. You can't honestly tell me that between the two of them, they were unable to care for their sick children? I get that they have hired someone to do it for them, I just don't understand not wanting to do it yourself....

[Anonymous]

OP here, when MB and DB work from home, they usually do a what they need to and then watch Netflix and go to the gym. That's a bit frustrating, but whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Wait, if MB and DB are both working from home today why did they need you to come in? I don't understand parents who have no interest in taking care of their sick children. And then when you get sick, will they be angry it you need a sick day?


They are WORKING from home.


Yes but generally, and I am sure most nannies have experienced this, "working from home" is rarely exclusively that, especially if a parent usually goes into an office. I have been in the same situation and it is incredibly frustrating. I could understand if you had an important meeting or a deadline or something else equally important and unable to make up, but really, if you have two kids that are really sick-and you are HOME with them-you don't want to be taking care of them yourself? Why again do people have children if they only want to deal with the fun stuff? I know, I know, though, nanny should just be grateful she has a job and deal with it, that is why she is paid for after all...sad.

Perhaps you don't know this, PP, but most employers who allow telework require that the employee has child care on the work from home days. If they were taking care of children and not working with childcare on the premises, they could lose their jobs.

It's probably not a good idea to judge them.

[Anonymous]

Seems many of you didn't carefully, or fully read OP posting, especially the end?!

They told her they don't want to use their PTO, so, why are they home. If both were going to be home, they could take turns, one car for children while other works!

Seriously makes no sense, so, now if she gets sick, they will make it a problem and she won't get paid!!

[Anonymous]

How is them giving her notice about the kids being sick any different than showing up for work and then an hour after she gets there, the kids start vomiting all over her?

[Anonymous]

Op here, 12:13, that's happened in the past and I've taken care of my charges. We watched movies and colored.

This time the kids got sick yesterday evening and their parents currently completed their work for the day and are watching Netflix in their bedroom. Like I said before, its their choice.

[Anonymous]

I understand that you have scheduled things during the day. However, in OP's situation both MB and DB were home. You can't honestly tell me that between the two of them, they were unable to care for their sick children? I get that they have hired someone to do it for them, I just don't understand not wanting to do it yourself....

Kids are usually far from miserable when they are sick. You just want an extra paid day off, which is pathetic. If you are paid for work you need to be available to work not expect an extra day off.

[Anonymous]

Seems many of you didn't carefully, or fully read OP posting, especially the end?!

They told her they don't want to use their PTO, so, why are they home. If both were going to be home, they could take turns, one car for children while other works!

Seriously makes no sense, so, now if she gets sick, they will make it a problem and she won't get paid!!

I guess you didn't read carefully. OP didn't say they were working from home *because* the children were sick. She just said they were working from home. Maybe they work from home regularly but did not want to use PTO in this case, or, it sounds like, any case. They can do that. If they're working from home, their jobs may require child care. They have child care. In a sense, whether the kids are sick or not is immaterial.

Honestly, with her Netflix follow up, I'm pretty sure this was a trolling post to start trouble around nannies working when a kid is sick. We've already argued that around here. Summary: nannies want paid days off when kids are sick and parents hire nannies to have coverage when kids are sick. Lather, rinse, repeat.

This forum would be so much more interesting if posters brought real problems to discuss. Maybe they don't because nannying is a pretty good job.

[Anonymous]

12:50, that's not how it works. Since I am here and working, I am being paid. I am going to stay for my entire 13 hour shift. If I leave early I lose money. I would only get paid for the hours I worked. I didn't want the day off, I just wanted a text message from my bosses letting me know what was going on so I could have been better prepared.

[Anonymous]

I understand that you have scheduled things during the day. However, in OP's situation both MB and DB were home. You can't honestly tell me that between the two of them, they were unable to care for their sick children? I get that they have hired someone to do it for them, I just don't understand not wanting to do it yourself..

Sometimes both Dh and I work from home. One of us works in the office and the other will camp out at the dining rom table for the day. When we do that, we really ARE working. Our manny normally spends a lot of time out of the house with the toddler, but on those days we specifically ask him to really try to keep her out of the house as much as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I understand that you have scheduled things during the day. However, in OP's situation both MB and DB were home. You can't honestly tell me that between the two of them, they were unable to care for their sick children? I get that they have hired someone to do it for them, I just don't understand not wanting to do it yourself....

Kids are usually far from miserable when they are sick. You just want an extra paid day off, which is pathetic. If you are paid for work you need to be available to work not expect an extra day off.

You're someone's mom?? You sound awful. I'm pretty sure OP already covered that she is only paid for hours she works so....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I understand that you have scheduled things during the day. However, in OP's situation both MB and DB were home. You can't honestly tell me that between the two of them, they were unable to care for their sick children? I get that they have hired someone to do it for them, I just don't understand not wanting to do it yourself....

Kids are usually far from miserable when they are sick. You just want an extra paid day off, which is pathetic. If you are paid for work you need to be available to work not expect an extra day off.

You're someone's mom?? You sound awful. I'm pretty sure OP already covered that she is only paid for hours she works so....

This +1. I'm pretty sure most nannies would take the day unpaid rather than clean up your kids' vomit while you are present and perfectly capable of doing so yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I understand that you have scheduled things during the day. However, in OP's situation both MB and DB were home. You can't honestly tell me that between the two of them, they were unable to care for their sick children? I get that they have hired someone to do it for them, I just don't understand not wanting to do it yourself....

Kids are usually far from miserable when they are sick. You just want an extra paid day off, which is pathetic. If you are paid for work you need to be available to work not expect an extra day off.

You're someone's mom?? You sound awful. I'm pretty sure OP already covered that she is only paid for hours she works so....

This +1. I'm pretty sure most nannies would take the day unpaid rather than clean up your kids' vomit while you are present and perfectly capable of doing so yourself.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I understand that you have scheduled things during the day. However, in OP's situation both MB and DB were home. You can't honestly tell me that between the two of them, they were unable to care for their sick children? I get that they have hired someone to do it for them, I just don't understand not wanting to do it yourself....

Kids are usually far from miserable when they are sick. You just want an extra paid day off, which is pathetic. If you are paid for work you need to be available to work not expect an extra day off.

You're someone's mom?? You sound awful. I'm pretty sure OP already covered that she is only paid for hours she works so....

This +1. I'm pretty sure most nannies would take the day unpaid rather than clean up your kids' vomit while you are present and perfectly capable of doing so yourself.

That's not really what I was saying. More so trying to say that the PP claiming that nannies are just angling for extra paid days off didn't read well. OP would not get paid if she didn't work so I doubt that is her motivation here. And how a kid acts when they are sick depends on the kid, but they would almost certainly appreciate their mom.