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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's weird that posters here think that nannies can't possibly survive a paycheck delay a furlough would require, yet accuse MBs of being irresponsible for not having six months pay saved up...to pay the nanny.

Hypocritical nannies, I think.

If you saved, nanny, you can wait out the shutdown, exactly as your employer will.[/quote]

I have saved, and therefore I could theoretically wait it out.  But lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.  Just because I have built six months worth of savings, does not mean that I want to spend them on my employer getting furloughed.  The money in my savings account isn't magical free money, it is money that I have scrimped and saved and worked hard to reserve so that I would be prepared for actual emergencies, such as not being able to earn an income. The furlough simply means that I am not able to earn an income from my current employer--it doesn't tender me unemployable by those who actually have money.

Just as I (your nanny) am not owed employment by you, you (the employer) are not owed a faithful employee.  Feel free to not pay your nanny during the furlough.  But it is completely unreasonable to suggest that your nanny continue coming into work rather than looking for makeshift work where I can and seeking other employment by someone who is going to be able to pay me more regularly.  [/quote]

This exact argument applies equally well to the furloughed government employees.  The sad reality is that this shutdown may force families to make difficult decisions that will have serious impact on others.  THat might very well include finding a different job (whether you're a government employee or a nanny or a contractor or a SAHM with a furloughed spouse).   That is the ripple effect of a shutdown.  It doesn't make the families or the nannies bad people for doing whatever they have to do to keep themselves solvent and safe.  All kinds of people are suffering economic hardship because of this, and sadly it will cause a rift between some people where very difficult decisions have to be made.  But to apply different standards and judgments to people who are doing their best to earn a living and provide for themselves and their families is arbitrary and unfair.

I would stake my paycheck on the likelihood that every single furloughed government worker would FAR rather be at their job than having to make nightmarish decisions about how long they can afford to employ a nanny when they don't know how long the shutdown will go on.  That's a terrible position to be in as a parent, an employee, an employer and a human being.  It would be nice if there were more compassion being applied universally to everyone impacted by this nightmare.

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