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[quote=Anonymous]I work in an office all day without being provided lunch.  And since I am salaried (essentially like a nanny with guaranteed hours for all practical, though not legal, purposes), I don't get a formal lunch break.  Likewise, if having a break but being on call b/c the baby is sleeping doesn't count as a break, then I NEVER get a break because you better believe if I did leave the office but the smartphone buzzed or the client called, I'd have to cut any hour long lunch break short.  Like most people in downtown DC offices, I eat lunch at my desk 99.9 percent of the time, usually while working, not while my boss or clients are napping.

That said, we let our nanny eat our food and those 2 hours are her break.  She usually brings her leftovers, and has never taken us up on our invitation to add to the grocery list, but whatever we have, she can have.  She doesn't abuse the privilege, and we don't pay her extra for meals.  I suspect the same is true for most people.  I'd be astounded if she thought more than that was needed or required, and if for whatever reason we couldn't let her have access to all food, I wouldn't think just providing beverages, coffee and fridge space (what I get at work) was cruel or unusual.

Drumming up a controversy over meals is silly.  You can compare yourself to the nanny's of super rich people all you want, but in any job, more perks mean more hours and more responsibility, so before you compare your lot to some nanny getting 3 meals a day provided by her employer with absolutely no limits, I'd investigate what she her job is like.  Contrary to too many posters on DCUM's belief, job salary and benefits are not determined by what you need to live, or how wealthy your employer is.  So if you want a meal stipend, expect to earn it and negotiate for it.  Otherwise, you are just a regular employee, like all the MBs and all the other nannies.  So pack a lunch or find another job.  It is what I would have to do if I wanted the perk you are angling for, and it isn't unreasonable.

Otherwise, stop lecturing everyone about providing a benefit that is by no means automatic, and that no one thinks is reasonable but you.[/quote]

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