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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am nanny -- full American for those out there.

I have had families I work for that gave me 4 to 5 weeks off per year, and no that did not include holidays, sick time and days they traveled with out me.

My most current family gives me 21 days off, and yes I use it all.  Most of the time I take 2 weeks and than a week during another time. I have asked at my 1 yr review for another 7 days add, they have already agreed.

During the interview we already discussed the need for a back up carer. Once I was hired, we discussed it more. We have a great back up system. For when I am on vacation (and if I was also to get sick). It is important for me to travel the world. I covered all of the US when I was younger. Now I am adding everywhere else. At the age of 38 I have seen almost all of Europe, Asia and Africa. My next trips will bring me south, I hope to cover all of south America in the next few years (yes I say years because I enjoy taking my time in each area and learning about the culture). I also will be heading to Antarctica in 2019. Travel is important to me and luckily it is to my current family, We travel all over with the baby. He has more miles than me (ok not really but for a child that is barely one he is catching up to me).

Nannies are not robots, they get sick --- sometimes it can be a weeklong or if there is any surgery it may be longer. You should have some type of back up in place.

That said people also take vacations (again not robots). If a person has the time off than they should be allowed to take it. If they don't than no they should not be allowed to take more time (ie unpaid). [/quote]

But you know this request would be a deal-breaker for a lot of families, right?

It's not that families don't exist who can accommodate this. It's that the vast majority of American families cannot, and are not interested in figuring out how to make it work.[/quote]

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