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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If schools are closed, I don't work. MB is pressuring me to come in tomorrow even though her work also follows school closings and she will be off. She is insisting that the roads are fine and I have to come in. I partly want to tell her that she should also come to work then. How do I handle this? She's insisting that the roads will be salted and fine..I don't care about the roads, I care about my contract.

OP clearly stated that she's off when her employer is off, which is all school closings. Whether the roads are plowed doesn't matter. OP's charges don't have school, MB isn't working and OP shouldn't have to work, per the contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If schools are closed, I don't work. MB is pressuring me to come in tomorrow even though her work also follows school closings and she will be off. She is insisting that the roads are fine and I have to come in. I partly want to tell her that she should also come to work then. How do I handle this? She's insisting that the roads will be salted and fine..I don't care about the roads, I care about my contract.

OP clearly stated that she's off when her employer is off, which is all school closings. Whether the roads are plowed doesn't matter. OP's charges don't have school, MB isn't working and OP shouldn't have to work, per the contract.

Exactly. Some of this parent entitlement needs to go. They can hire a live-in if they can afford it, or hire a neighborhood resident if they can afford a decent wage for the cost of living in their neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If schools are closed, I don't work. MB is pressuring me to come in tomorrow even though her work also follows school closings and she will be off. She is insisting that the roads are fine and I have to come in. I partly want to tell her that she should also come to work then. How do I handle this? She's insisting that the roads will be salted and fine..I don't care about the roads, I care about my contract.

OP clearly stated that she's off when her employer is off, which is all school closings. Whether the roads are plowed doesn't matter. OP's charges don't have school, MB isn't working and OP shouldn't have to work, per the contract.

Exactly. Some of this parent entitlement needs to go. They can hire a live-in if they can afford it, or hire a neighborhood resident if they can afford a decent wage for the cost of living in their neighborhood.

"Parent entitlement?" You mean, expecting a person to work when she is scheduled to work and being paid to work? Yes, an employer is "entitled" to have an employee do the job she is paid for, even if said employee thinks the employer is lazy (as every employee as thought at sometime about every employer since the beginning of time).

If the contract says "no school/no work," then, no, she doesn't have to go in, but I would actually counsel these parents to rethink that part of the contract if they are paying for all of those days off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If schools are closed, I don't work. MB is pressuring me to come in tomorrow even though her work also follows school closings and she will be off. She is insisting that the roads are fine and I have to come in. I partly want to tell her that she should also come to work then. How do I handle this? She's insisting that the roads will be salted and fine..I don't care about the roads, I care about my contract.

OP clearly stated that she's off when her employer is off, which is all school closings. Whether the roads are plowed doesn't matter. OP's charges don't have school, MB isn't working and OP shouldn't have to work, per the contract.

Exactly. Some of this parent entitlement needs to go. They can hire a live-in if they can afford it, or hire a neighborhood resident if they can afford a decent wage for the cost of living in their neighborhood.

"Parent entitlement?" You mean, expecting a person to work when she is scheduled to work and being paid to work? Yes, an employer is "entitled" to have an employee do the job she is paid for, even if said employee thinks the employer is lazy (as every employee as thought at sometime about every employer since the beginning of time).

If the contract says "no school/no work," then, no, she doesn't have to go in, but I would actually counsel these parents to rethink that part of the contract if they are paying for all of those days off.

Who cares about your counsel? You.

Many other parents prefer better nannies than you do.

[Anonymous]

What they wrote in their contract and what they meant were two different things. Sure, they might want you to come in but your contract says differently. Now, are they usually pushy people? Are they usually good to you? Remind them of what they wrote and mention the time and a half clause. they may rethink it.

Also- I imagine they are being paid for the days they are off, so it's not like they are OUT more $.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If schools are closed, I don't work. MB is pressuring me to come in tomorrow even though her work also follows school closings and she will be off. She is insisting that the roads are fine and I have to come in. I partly want to tell her that she should also come to work then. How do I handle this? She's insisting that the roads will be salted and fine..I don't care about the roads, I care about my contract.

OP clearly stated that she's off when her employer is off, which is all school closings. Whether the roads are plowed doesn't matter. OP's charges don't have school, MB isn't working and OP shouldn't have to work, per the contract.

Exactly. Some of this parent entitlement needs to go. They can hire a live-in if they can afford it, or hire a neighborhood resident if they can afford a decent wage for the cost of living in their neighborhood.

It wouldn't matter if OP lived next door! The contract states that OP doesn't work when school is closed, because MB will be with the kids. School is closed, MB doesn't want to be with her kids, but the contract hasn't changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If schools are closed, I don't work. MB is pressuring me to come in tomorrow even though her work also follows school closings and she will be off. She is insisting that the roads are fine and I have to come in. I partly want to tell her that she should also come to work then. How do I handle this? She's insisting that the roads will be salted and fine..I don't care about the roads, I care about my contract.

OP clearly stated that she's off when her employer is off, which is all school closings. Whether the roads are plowed doesn't matter. OP's charges don't have school, MB isn't working and OP shouldn't have to work, per the contract.

Exactly. Some of this parent entitlement needs to go. They can hire a live-in if they can afford it, or hire a neighborhood resident if they can afford a decent wage for the cost of living in their neighborhood.

It wouldn't matter if OP lived next door! The contract states that OP doesn't work when school is closed, because MB will be with the kids. School is closed, MB doesn't want to be with her kids, but the contract hasn't changed.

Calm down. We agree with you.

[Anonymous]

I imagine Op's MB is a teacher who likey has work to do even though she is "off". I am always amazed how many nannies on here seem to think work can only be done at an office or that it magically disappears if you just do not do it. If I do not do my work today it is still there tomorrow - nd then I am just further behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I imagine Op's MB is a teacher who likey has work to do even though she is "off". I am always amazed how many nannies on here seem to think work can only be done at an office or that it magically disappears if you just do not do it. If I do not do my work today it is still there tomorrow - nd then I am just further behind.

I'm amazed how you think a nanny should conform to your daily whims. Grow up already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I imagine Op's MB is a teacher who likey has work to do even though she is "off". I am always amazed how many nannies on here seem to think work can only be done at an office or that it magically disappears if you just do not do it. If I do not do my work today it is still there tomorrow - nd then I am just further behind.

I'm amazed how you think a nanny should conform to your daily whims. Grow up already.

umm an MB's job is a "daily whim?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I imagine Op's MB is a teacher who likey has work to do even though she is "off". I am always amazed how many nannies on here seem to think work can only be done at an office or that it magically disappears if you just do not do it. If I do not do my work today it is still there tomorrow - nd then I am just further behind.

I'm amazed how you think a nanny should conform to your daily whims. Grow up already.

umm an MB's job is a "daily whim?"

And so is your grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I imagine Op's MB is a teacher who likey has work to do even though she is "off". I am always amazed how many nannies on here seem to think work can only be done at an office or that it magically disappears if you just do not do it. If I do not do my work today it is still there tomorrow - nd then I am just further behind.

I'm amazed how you think a nanny should conform to your daily whims. Grow up already.

umm an MB's job is a "daily whim?"

No, signing a contract but demanding something different every time it doesn't work in your favor is a "daily whim." I signed a contract with teachers with the same clause as OP. You're damn right these are extra vacation days for me. They were offered to me as a benefit to offset the fact that teachers pay shit rates, and I'm not going to apologize for taking them, and neither should OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I imagine Op's MB is a teacher who likey has work to do even though she is "off". I am always amazed how many nannies on here seem to think work can only be done at an office or that it magically disappears if you just do not do it. If I do not do my work today it is still there tomorrow - nd then I am just further behind.

I'm amazed how you think a nanny should conform to your daily whims. Grow up already.

umm an MB's job is a "daily whim?"

No, signing a contract but demanding something different every time it doesn't work in your favor is a "daily whim." I signed a contract with teachers with the same clause as OP. You're damn right these are extra vacation days for me. They were offered to me as a benefit to offset the fact that teachers pay shit rates, and I'm not going to apologize for taking them, and neither should OP.

That was my thought. The alternative is that OP's job is tied to a school, but not teaching, so administration is a possibility. But it doesn't matter what the job is. MB presumably knew when she would and wouldn't need care. She worked on a contract, she and OP signed the contract. The contract states that OP is off when school is closed. Now MB wants OP to come in whenever MB wants, even when the contract states OP is off. MB is trying to break the contract. If she needs to change the contract, she needs to say so, and OP has just as much leverage to renegotiate as MB does.

[Anonymous]

It sounds to me another lazy Nanny. The roads are completely fine.

[Anonymous]

Do you like your charges?
Are you not tired of digging out snow and watching netflix?
I came in to work on Monday. MB was home but she was sick and DB had to work.

Another question OP... are you in your 20's?
Maybe it's a generational thing.