Surprise!!

[Anonymous]

Wait a minute - these are foster kids and the sick one just arrived in MB's home an hour ago? So she just received a child, who might be sick, who she's taking to the doctor immediately, and you're angry about not being informed?

You might not want to work in a household with this much fluctuation but you sound pretty obnoxiously self-righteous in this specific incidence. Just go find another job.

[Anonymous]

No! The child had been with mb for a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that looking after sick and contagious children is all part of being a nanny. That's why they pay us the big bucks!

Hope the child feels better soon!

Wrong. Nannies don't get paid "big bucks". Nurses, doctors, etc. get paid big bucks. Enough to warrant the occupational hazards. They also receive proper benefits including sick time and health insurance. Until those become givens for nannies, and we are actually paid "big bucks", you get coverage for common colds and stuffy noses. Anything more than that and parents need to stay home and be parents.

Oh Jesus. If you want the "big bucks," go to freaking medical school (or probably even college).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that looking after sick and contagious children is all part of being a nanny. That's why they pay us the big bucks!

Hope the child feels better soon!

Wrong. Nannies don't get paid "big bucks". Nurses, doctors, etc. get paid big bucks. Enough to warrant the occupational hazards. They also receive proper benefits including sick time and health insurance. Until those become givens for nannies, and we are actually paid "big bucks", you get coverage for common colds and stuffy noses. Anything more than that and parents need to stay home and be parents.

Oh Jesus. If you want the "big bucks," go to freaking medical school (or probably even college).

Its not about me. Its about what you can reasonably expect for what you're paying. If you don't offer sick days, health insurance, and enough money for your nanny to afford to take care of herself, should she fall ill, you have no right to expect her to risk her health. The lack of health insurance alone eliminates most nanny jobs from the realm of being reasonable to expect sick care beyond the sniffles or a cold. Also, BTW, I graduated from college with honors. I don't make the "big bucks" by choice. I have no desire to be a slave to a "career".