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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not everyone gets the full week off from work.  Christmas is ONE day.[/quote]

It’s a major holiday to spend with family. It would be considerate to give your nanny the day off and at least either the day before or day after off.  [/quote]

I do not understand this line of thinking. At most jobs, you get PTO and holidays. So you get the holiday off, and then if you want additional time off around the holiday, you use your PTO.

Only in nanny-land, is the idea present that you should get “Christmas week” and the day-after-Thanksgiving as paid days off, in addition to PTO. Great if you can negotiate it, but generally not the way the world works.[/quote]

I don’t understand your line of thinking. In nanny-land it’s harder to use PTO and it’s typically not accrued. Most nannies don’t get the option to wake up and say, I think I’ll call in sick today. Since nannies typically have to be at work before the family leaves and stay until they get back you’re looking at longer hours than the typical job. Nannies typically don’t actually get breaks, so while the majority of jobs allow employees lunch and rest breaks, nannies don’t always get those. So a typical nanny is looking at a 45-55 hr week working with children without getting a real break to rest and a day to just say, I think I’ll take today off. If a family doesn’t get holidays off, neither does the nanny.

So yeah, it would be very considerate to think about your nanny during the holidays and at the very least give them Christmas Day and the day before or after off. Anyone who actually spends time with their kids on the weekend knows how hard it is and that’s only 2 days. Not to mention their are usually 2 people helping with the kid(s) while a nanny handles it all by themself. If you can actually afford the luxury of a nanny that tends to mean you have the resources and money to give them the days off. [/quote]

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