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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plan ahead if you are in a area where inclement weather is likely. If your job is essential, then you should absolutely hire someone who can get to you in a matter of minutes. But that’s not always the case. Have backup sitters, offer to pay for their commute or pay more for the day; but most of all don’t wait until the last minute to figure out a plan.[/quote]

All of this.

I am a nanny who lives 45 to an hour away with traffic from my family. We follow OPM for inclement weather and I also use judgement. Today was bad and ppl shouldn’t be on the roads. DC public schools and Dulles are even closed. One of my families “have” to work and the other doesn’t (nannyshare). The family that is going has a long list of back up sitters. It took them maybe 15mins to confirm a backup sitter.

While I would love to live closer, it’s not feasible with the way real estate is in the DMV. I would have to downgrade significantly to basically a 1bd 1ba just so I can go into work on really bad snow days; not worth it.   [/quote]

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