Nanny vacation requests

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I wanted to add that not everyone with a nanny pays for extra coverage during her time off. But rather than expecting to control both of her weeks, what most folks do is require lots of notice as to when she will use her PTO and then YOU adjust your vacation to line up with her plans. So if you don't want to pay, take your vacation that week, even if less convenient. It's also reasonable to have certain blackout dates (let nanny know that she can't take PTO during spring break or the week you are on a business trip, e.g.), but that needs to be said up front.

+1 same here. This may not be norm though for dcum nannies and parents who are wealthy compared to most of country.

[Anonymous]

I personally think one week you can choose and another week, she can choose.

This is only fair to her. Because she has given you plenty of notice when she wants to take her vacation, 2 months is pretty good notice in my opinion.

Plus, in theory, it just wouldn't be fair of you to dictate exactly when she gets to take her vacation.

I say try to work with her or find back up care for the weeks she wants off.

Good luck to you both.

[Anonymous]

I have my other vacation the week of Christmas and New year; just realized that they saved two major holidays and overall didn't get the one week vacation in full.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have my other vacation the week of Christmas and New year; just realized that they saved two major holidays and overall didn't get the one week vacation in full.

If that is the week your employer designates as your week, so be it. Some do, some don't. Personally, I end up working most holidays, but I stipulate that the major holidays (Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's and Independence) are paid 2 or 2.5x depending on rate, and others (Memorial and Labor) are 1.5. But I don't have kids and I live-in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

[Anonymous]

Our family is local so no, we don't go bananas traveling on Xmas week. We go to the office, get our work done and the nanny watches the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

Knock it off. That is a shitty thing to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

Knock it off. That is a shitty thing to do.

There are 7 days between Christmas and New Year's, which means a full week off plus the holidays on either end. Where's the missing days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

Knock it off. That is a shitty thing to do.

There are 7 days between Christmas and New Year's, which means a full week off plus the holidays on either end. Where's the missing days?

A week off means five working days since the weekends are always off. There are only four working days between Christmas (25th) and New Year's Day (1st). You would be shorted one day in 2015 if just given the Christmas week off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

Stop being obtuse. Christmas eve and Christmas day, New Years Yearzday are paid holidays. If she has. To take one week of vacation during Christmas week then she should only have to take 3 days of vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

Stop being obtuse. Christmas eve and Christmas day, New Years Yearzday are paid holidays. If she has. To take one week of vacation during Christmas week then she should only have to take 3 days of vacation.

Not for me. I call these pseudo-holidays - the eve's of both Christmas and New Years, the Friday after Thanksgiving. People just expect to get them paid & off-duty, but they are not officially holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

Stop being obtuse. Christmas eve and Christmas day, New Years Yearzday are paid holidays. If she has. To take one week of vacation during Christmas week then she should only have to take 3 days of vacation.

Not for me. I call these pseudo-holidays - the eve's of both Christmas and New Years, the Friday after Thanksgiving. People just expect to get them paid & off-duty, but they are not officially holidays.

Nanny here. I never expect to get Christmas Eve, New Years' Eve or Black Friday off; I certainly never did while working in other sectors prior to nannying! They aren't holidays and many people don't get them off.

[Anonymous]

I've never worked anywhere that did not give 1/2 day on Christmas Eve and New Years eve.

[Anonymous]

Some people in this board are absolutely absurd with their lack of knowledge. And then to go argue about extra vacation holidays that "every company or employer" offers just completely discredits them. You'd be laughed out of a lot of places, just keep up the gibberish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're already cheating your nanny by giving her the week of Christmas as one of her vacation weeks, considering that most employers give at least Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. You do realize that, don't you?

Cheating her by giving her a week of Christmas ????? Have you lost your mind ? You ladies need to start working at McDonald's and get some perspective as far as paid time goes. Jeez!!!

Stop being obtuse. Christmas eve and Christmas day, New Years Yearzday are paid holidays. If she has. To take one week of vacation during Christmas week then she should only have to take 3 days of vacation.

Not for me. I call these pseudo-holidays - the eve's of both Christmas and New Years, the Friday after Thanksgiving. People just expect to get them paid & off-duty, but they are not officially holidays.

Nanny here. I never expect to get Christmas Eve, New Years' Eve or Black Friday off; I certainly never did while working in other sectors prior to nannying! They aren't holidays and many people don't get them off.

Places that don't give these off:
Hospitals
Jails/Police/Bonds
Most retail
Most sales
Criminal law firms (frequently someone is on call...)
Many banks
Some libraries
Most service (electrician, plumber, etc.)

Yes, you have them off if you work in education, some libraries, some offices, etc. But there are tons of people that work on Eves and then the holiday as well.