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[quote=Anonymous]"If this is the case, OP certainly is a horrible employer. "Gee, I think I deserve a vacation. Why don't I make my nanny take my vacation without pay so I can pay for it! I don't give a crap about how it will affect her, she's just the help anyway."

I do not think OP is a horrible employer - just a clueless one not thinking enough about what is feasible for her nanny and what is actually even in her own (OP's) interest re: nanny retention. As i posted above, this quite likely flows from the fact that nannying is an hourly job but in the DC area it is treated as defacto salaried (in that nannies get a regular pay even if the family goes away). This is not the norm for almost any other hourly work and so it is not at all surprising that people new to employing a nanny have no clue about this. It really does fall to nannies to help educate the MBs about this at the get-go since they are much more aware of prevailing market norms. Now, a family may need to adjust the salary to take that into account though - that is part of the overall deal - but it sucks for ALL involved when expectations re: guaranteed pay are not aligned.[/quote]

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