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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We put in our nanny's contract that they get two weeks of paid vacation per year - one week at their choosing (that they need to let us know at least one month in advance) and one week at our choosing.

Often times when we are on vacation and our nanny technically isn't, we ask them to go to our house to get mail, water plants, etc. Sometimes we have repair work done when we're not there so we want the nanny to meet those people, etc.[/quote]

Nanny here - i don’t get the outrage at this comment... one week of nanny’s choosing and one of the family’s is pretty standard. Asking for some small tasks when she’s not on the week of her choosing (even non-child-related) is pretty much like every job I’ve ever had and I don’t know many nannies that have guaranteed hours that don’t water plants and fetch mail on occasion... we just consider ourselves lucky to have paid vacation at all. [/quote]

You’re either a nanny being taken advantage of or the employer that posted that. It’s not standard at all for a nanny’s vacation or pto to be used when she still will be coming over and doing things for the employer or doing nothing at all because they are gone. I had one Mb that tried that with me when I was young and just transitioning to nannying from working in preschool and once I was hired through a reputable agency NO family has ever even thought of my time off being lined up with their own. That means the nanny really only gets one week of vacation. If that’s the case and all the family wants to offer they just need to call a spade a spade and hopefully the nanny will negotiate to have 2 actual weeks of vacation going forward. Being on PTO or vacation means you are free to do as you please. I don’t mind helping when my family travels and doesn’t require me for childcare but they certainly will be paying me my normal salary and not taking it from my vacation days. The vacation time is up the the nanny.[/quote]

It was my understanding that this isn’t her vacation time or PTO - it’s additional vacation time the family is taking. They’ve already taken their week of choice and now they’ve chosen to take a second, and they’re asking her to do some household tasks since she has ALREADY RECEIVED her week of the family’s choice. Sorry if I’m mistaken. But none of this seems outlandish to ask of someone presumably being paid their usual 40+ hour/wk rate to do. [/quote]

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