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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your NF or your contract doesn't make sense. 
The families always take 1-5 weeks+ of vacation and pay you your minimum guaranteed. And then you choose your 1 or whatever weeks on top of that. Usually for something like Xmas week, the nanny holds out[/quote]

1st, her contract seems pretty standard and not at all confusing
2nd, there is no "always" in this industry

If an employee is given PTO as a benefit, with no caveat, they are under no obligation to "hold out" until a time that is convenient for their employer. [/quote]

I agree, there should be no confusion. So why is Miss Experienced Nanny so confused?

No nanny burns her personal vacation week on Christmas because she knows 9/10 times the family will take off that same week and it will be just another bonus paid week off.  Just like all the other weeks the family takes off.

Miss Experienced Nanny should always ask when the family is planning to do Christmas, spring break, summer, etc. and then use her own week separately. [/quote]

I totally disagree with Miss Self-Righteous. I've been a nanny for 8 years with the same family and I get 2 weeks of my choosing as vacation time. I typically take 1-3 days over the course of Thanksgiving, Xmas, and New Years because I travel and my NF doesn't as the MB and DB tend to work at some point over the vacation. For my other days, I do not ask what their vacation plans are for the entire year before I plan my own vacation.

stop being so rude, she was just asking for some advice to a question that might make any accommodating person feel awkward[/quote]

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