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[quote=Anonymous]We could NOT accommodate this at all.  I work with foreign students as an English teacher and have a great affection for them, but this would be a deal breaker as an employer.  If  their employers allow this, they must understand this is a significant burden to the employers. It's not a trivial thing at all.

Reasons why it poses a problem from our perspective:

Foreign nannies choose to work here, presumably because the $$/benefits are better than in their home countries. So you should adapt to our norms as far as vacation time.  It doesn't matter if other countries have different policies since you have chosen to live and work here.  If you must take that long visit to your home country, it should be between jobs.

It is simply not normal for young parents to get three weeks of vacation together (possibly not all year in some cases), so this is a hardship.  Some  American employers frown upon their employees taking 2 weeks of vacation together, let alone 3 weeks.  and for both parents to line up 3 weeks together would be like lightning striking. If both parents work, their vacation time together is important for family bonding.  IF they have to split up to cover the nanny's vacation, you deprive them of this.

Not all families have grandparents ready and willing to swoop in and take over child care.  (If they did, you might not have a job.)  One time when we had a grandparent care for our kids, she did not have the energy and patience to deal with young children and it did not go well.  She loved them of course but did not know their routine and was surprised that they weren't always perfectly behaved.

We had APs care for our children for more than 10 years.  The APs were mostly great, but on the few occasions when there was an interruption in care, we had to rely on temporary nannies (mostly American, one foreign-born). They did not have the affection for our children, the knowledge of their daily routine, and in some cases, they were downright creepy.  While I'm sure most [u]permanent[/u] nannies are not like this or they wouldn't last long, you don't always get the best people when you are only hiring short-term.  So hiring temporary nannies is risky and unpleasant for the family, especially the children.

Assuming the nanny's vacation is paid, the family has to pay the temporary agency and temporary nanny a good deal of money for the same weeks of child care.  This a financial hardship for many families.

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