Snow days

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This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

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We follow OPM per our agreement, but our nanny has been at work every day except for Monday. She lives about ten minutes away from us and felt it was safe to come. I have been impressed with her work ethic this week.

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Anonymous wrote:This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

And sometimes it is. Sometimes parents aren't working but want their nanny to come entertain their kids. It's not always about nannies whining. Sometimes NFs ARE jerks.

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Anonymous wrote:This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

And sometimes it is. Sometimes parents aren't working but want their nanny to come entertain their kids. It's not always about nannies whining. Sometimes NFs ARE jerks.

Sure, and sometimes employers just want the nannies to come to work so they can do other things. Which is fine. As long as it's safe to be on the roads people should go to work. I feel this way about my job and colleagues also.

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Anonymous wrote:This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

And sometimes it is. Sometimes parents aren't working but want their nanny to come entertain their kids. It's not always about nannies whining. Sometimes NFs ARE jerks.

Sure, and sometimes employers just want the nannies to come to work so they can do other things. Which is fine. As long as it's safe to be on the roads people should go to work. I feel this way about my job and colleagues also.

You can't have it both ways. Either the roads are fine, and people should be going to work, including nanny employers, or everyone wants to take advantage of a snow day "to do other things" and what you do with your kids on those snow days is not your nanny's problem.

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Anonymous wrote:This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

And sometimes it is. Sometimes parents aren't working but want their nanny to come entertain their kids. It's not always about nannies whining. Sometimes NFs ARE jerks.

Sure, and sometimes employers just want the nannies to come to work so they can do other things. Which is fine. As long as it's safe to be on the roads people should go to work. I feel this way about my job and colleagues also.

As long as your contract states something to the effect that the nanny will come in as long as roads are passable, you're fine. If your contract ties nanny's snow days to government or school closures, you have to abide by that.

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Anonymous wrote:This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

And sometimes it is. Sometimes parents aren't working but want their nanny to come entertain their kids. It's not always about nannies whining. Sometimes NFs ARE jerks.

Sure, and sometimes employers just want the nannies to come to work so they can do other things. Which is fine. As long as it's safe to be on the roads people should go to work. I feel this way about my job and colleagues also.

You can't have it both ways. Either the roads are fine, and people should be going to work, including nanny employers, or everyone wants to take advantage of a snow day "to do other things" and what you do with your kids on those snow days is not your nanny's problem.

I don't see it that way. I take vacation days sometimes and use them to run errands, see a friend for lunch, go through all the last season clothing to put away/donate/whatever, etc... Our nanny works those days. If I have a day off that doesn't automatically equal our nanny having a day off. Sometimes it does, or sometimes it means a shortened day for her, but sometimes I'm using that day off for my own purposes. How I spend that time is irrelevant to her obligation to work any given day.

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Anonymous wrote:This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

And sometimes it is. Sometimes parents aren't working but want their nanny to come entertain their kids. It's not always about nannies whining. Sometimes NFs ARE jerks.

Sure, and sometimes employers just want the nannies to come to work so they can do other things. Which is fine. As long as it's safe to be on the roads people should go to work. I feel this way about my job and colleagues also.

You can't have it both ways. Either the roads are fine, and people should be going to work, including nanny employers, or everyone wants to take advantage of a snow day "to do other things" and what you do with your kids on those snow days is not your nanny's problem.

I don't see it that way. I take vacation days sometimes and use them to run errands, see a friend for lunch, go through all the last season clothing to put away/donate/whatever, etc... Our nanny works those days. If I have a day off that doesn't automatically equal our nanny having a day off. Sometimes it does, or sometimes it means a shortened day for her, but sometimes I'm using that day off for my own purposes. How I spend that time is irrelevant to her obligation to work any given day.

You're right. But you don't get to stand on some moral high ground if you are home because of the snow and your nanny also wants to stay home because of the snow. If you need to be at work, that is a different story. Youre being a hypocrite if you cry snow for a day off and then turn around and tell your nanny the roads are fine. That's all I mean when I say you can't have it both ways. Either its a snow day or it isn't, but it shouldn't be a snow day for you and a work day for her.

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Anonymous wrote:This also depends on your NF employers! Note that whether gov or not, if gov NOT closed, you have to take your own leave. I am an MB and I asked for today off - boss said no. It is not always about NF being jerks!

And sometimes it is. Sometimes parents aren't working but want their nanny to come entertain their kids. It's not always about nannies whining. Sometimes NFs ARE jerks.

Sure, and sometimes employers just want the nannies to come to work so they can do other things. Which is fine. As long as it's safe to be on the roads people should go to work. I feel this way about my job and colleagues also.

You can't have it both ways. Either the roads are fine, and people should be going to work, including nanny employers, or everyone wants to take advantage of a snow day "to do other things" and what you do with your kids on those snow days is not your nanny's problem.

I don't see it that way. I take vacation days sometimes and use them to run errands, see a friend for lunch, go through all the last season clothing to put away/donate/whatever, etc... Our nanny works those days. If I have a day off that doesn't automatically equal our nanny having a day off. Sometimes it does, or sometimes it means a shortened day for her, but sometimes I'm using that day off for my own purposes. How I spend that time is irrelevant to her obligation to work any given day.

OK, whatever. We're arguing hypotheticals which is a waste of time.
You're right. But you don't get to stand on some moral high ground if you are home because of the snow and your nanny also wants to stay home because of the snow. If you need to be at work, that is a different story. Youre being a hypocrite if you cry snow for a day off and then turn around and tell your nanny the roads are fine. That's all I mean when I say you can't have it both ways. Either its a snow day or it isn't, but it shouldn't be a snow day for you and a work day for her.