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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know several people who are going to keep their nanny on for five days for one month to see if the furloughs get lifted. They plan to have her work and use the time to get some things done. If it goes longer than a month and looks like it will continue throughout the full term then most people are looking at cutting back from 5 days to 4 days. Nannies will be much harder hit by what may happen to the contractors. Feds will be furloughed but there will be massive contractor lay offs not furlough. This often means sudden job loss for the nanny too. Feds and contractors don't make huge amounts of money so keeping expensive childcare while they don't need it isn't something they can swing.

If this drags on it will have a huge affect on many service industries and the housing market in this area which was starting to pick up. Its really naive for nannies to think that they will be immune. Its not going to be a good time to be job searching for anyone and many people are at risk. [/quote]

OP - we're both federal employees, so if we get furloughed the full time, it will mean a 20% paycut for us.  Many of my neighbors who are contractors have been laid off, got notice of lay-offs, or have had people on their team cut.  Even people who aren't necessarily government contractors will see a reduction in demand as everyone holds their breath to see what will happen.

I think this is a really difficult issue and I don't think it's unreasonably to be wnodering what to do.  I honestly don't know what I would advocate for (that is, "furloughing" your nanny or just continueing to pay her/use her for five days even on your furlough day).  But I also don't think it will be as easy for nannies as just "well if my employers cut my hours 1/5, I'll find a new job."  I'd say most people in the DC area are going to be at least slightly affected by this.  And hopefully, there are more reasons your work for your employers and they present this considerately and keeping in mind your own needs.  Hopefully they've warned you in advance of their intentions and tried to make it up to you some other way and you can both ride this out together.  [/quote]

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